Explorer’s Art   (3 – 5 yrs)

A Picturesque Town

For the start of the new year, our little Explorers will dream up their own idyllic neighbourhoods with two wonderful town-themed projects. First, they will be introduced to basic resist art techniques with a ‘Faux Batik’ art piece. Plan the composition of a new town, apply a resist agent to watercolour paper, then watch as your town planning design magically appears right before your eyes! Then they’ll get to grips with simplistic 3D modelling through the creation of a town skyline, displayed in a unique paper-crafted frame!

Core Art   (5 – 10 yrs)

Lines Encounter

Informed by two contemporary conceptual painters, Holly Coulis and Michael Craig-Martin,  this term’s exploration focuses on the way we see mundane objects and how we transform the familiar into a magnified painterly field; from still life to animated abstraction. Colour as paramount will be enhanced with the rich quality of the lines; lines that reinforce and lines that intersect and weave, creating a vibrant and energetic geometric tableau through a two-dimensional rendering and a transparent 3D puzzle piece that delights all.

Drawing Fundamentals   (6 – 8 yrs)

A New Perspective

This new year, we shall delve into the most fun-damental skills to create realistic perspective art, covering one-and-two-point-perspectives. Study the masters of the past from Pietro Perugino to Gustave Caillebotte and learn how to create convincing 3D spaces in a 2D medium. Then based on these essential drawing principles, our participants will take what they have learned and add a splash of imagination, to turn the classical into the fantastical with a fictional city from their own imagination — one that might even rival the Emerald City of Oz!

Ready-Set-Draw   (8 yrs+)

Conceptual Creature Illustration

In this design-oriented Ready-Set-Draw term, participants will learn about conceptual illustration – a way of visually communicating an idea in a concise but thought-provoking manner, often clever and delightful! By taking what they learned previously about the technical elements of realistic animal and landscape drawings, our participants will create something truly epic! Using important principles of graphic design, they will style and paint with a controlled colour palette, a conceptual illustration that features the shape and textures of a wild animal to outline a beautiful vista of its natural habitat.

Comics   (8 yrs+)

Cover It All

Look back and take inspiration from the Golden and Silver Age of American Comics with titles like Action Comics, Detective Comics, The Vault of Horror, and Tales from the Crypt. This era also introduced us to wildly popular superhero characters like Superman and Spiderman. This term, you will study core principles of character design and figure anatomy as you map out your very own illustrative comic cover, honing your newly acquired knowhow of layout design, composition, fonts and colour. Draw from the hallmarks from old comic covers to fashion your own design that really pops!

Ceramic Fanatics

(Pottery-Ceramics 10 yrs+)

Fundamentals Master Class

Learn to build three-dimensionally and excel in creation that takes form in art ware, figurines, sculpture, decorative and applied art objects. Acquire fundamental skills from pinching, coiling, slab to wheel-throwing, we shall experiment with new materials whilst utilising techniques of slip casting, clay modelling, and surface texturing.

NEW! Sculpture Culture

(Mixed-media 3D Design 10 yrs+)

Plaster Master

Before the 20th century, sculptural art was almost always figural – depicting people, creatures and objects found in the real world. This term, come explore a new way of representing your ideas through abstract sculpture! Learn to focus on geometric and organic shapes to simplify your subject into its most basic forms. Study how Henry Moore, Jean Arp and Victoria Ellis experiment with space and form in their own works. Develop reductive and carving techniques to create a series of abstract pieces using plaster of paris. Then with specialist tools, create a detailed animal bas-relief using refined carving skills.

Pixelated

(Digital Arts 10 yrs+)

Chop & Blend

How do professionals make the impossible yet photorealistic images we see every day in advertisements? Create your own advert from the ground up with a well-planned photoshoot; prepare your set, direct the lighting, adjust your device’s camera settings, and shoot! Then take it into the digital studio to edit your photos with photo manipulation tools to cut, arrange, and combine your collection of photos with text into a single image. Use your newly-acquired skills to create a mouth-watering promotional artwork that would have your fruit drink flying off the shelves!

Sketchbook Studies & Painting   (10 yrs+)

Bonnard’s Cats

Have you ever laughed out loud in an art gallery? French painter & illustrator Pierre Bonnard’s silly cat paintings can have that effect! Learn to sculpt a stylised pet animal of your choice with humorous and comical proportions. Practice painting realistic animal textures and colours. Combine those elements on your canvas by observing and painting your bizarre little creature complete with a natural background in broad, expressive strokes of oil paint for a perfectly uncanny effect.

Mentor Studio   (13 yrs+)

For art enthusiasts who are considering Art for GCSE, A-Levels, IGCSE or IB; or who simply enjoy being stretched artistically. Mentor Studio is open to any participants who want to strengthen their skill repertoire, build on their collection of portfolio-worthy artworks, or explore challenging themes through open-end self-enquiry guided closely by a mentor. Acquire in-depth knowledge and understanding of art-form, techniques and styles used as we guide you through various artistic decision and pathways to artistic achievement.

Architecture in Context   (13 yrs+)

Rendering technicalities with creativity, we explore architectural and interior spaces, with referenced imagery and floor plans of Hong Kong vibrant and historical landmarks to build a foundation of perspective, shape, space and form. Topics of investigation throughout the year range from Relocation, Restoration and Conversion, with rendition of a mix of architectural drawings, mood boards and illustrations; both conceptual and imaginative.