Explorer’s Art   (3 – 4.5 yrs)

Candy Pop

Start off 2021 on a sweet note. Using dessert as a subject, our Explorers will improve their colour awareness, crafting skills, and knowledge of materials. Create an off the scale cupcake sculpture, use food patterns and resist techniques to create a framed fibre art, and stencil to design a Pop-art relief composition.

Core Art   (4.5 yrs+)

Fleeting Impressions

Step into the shoes of Claude Monet by finding joy in capturing the moment. Learn about Monet’s series of impressionist works of Haystacks and take on the challenge of capturing a fleeting moment through specific lighting conditions. Materials such as pencil crayon, acrylic paint, and others will be employed to convey scenery in specific time of day and season. Projects include depicting different stages of a single leaf as it withers, capturing a landscape in different light settings, and painting a rapidly moving subject like hummingbirds. Learn about contemporary works by Etel Adnan and Gerhard Richter.

Ready-Set-Draw   (8 yrs+)

The Drawing Machine

Arm yourself with foundational skills to set up drawing for success. Improve the connection between your eyeballs and your arm. Learn about academic drawing theory with useful drawing tricks. Try out antiquated tricks like the 15th century device called the Drawing Machine. Go through the basics of observational drawing through a combination of drawing exercises: still-life studies, photograph studies in charcoal, biro, and graphite. The final study is a self-portrait in extreme foreshortening, drawn from a photograph in your dry medium of preference.

Sculpture Culture
(Pottery-Ceramics 8 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.     

Tactile Textile   (10 yrs+)

Abstract Land

Weave in three dimensions and create a landscape-inspired abstract sculpture. Historically, decorative and artistic woven pieces are created to be displayed on a wall, covering the floor, or adorning other surfaces. However, contemporary artists have challenged this notion by using traditional weaving together with 3 dimensional structures and forms. Using bendable metal as the foundation structure, weave strips of fabric and build your sculptural form. Explore both unconventional and traditional techniques such as weaving, knotting, and knitting.

NEW! Architecture in Context  (13 yrs+)

Build a foundation for both creative and technical architectural drawing. Learn to render perspective, shape, space and form. With a mix of technical drawings, mood boards and illustrations, investigate common practical challenges faced in industry within the context of Hong Kong’s numerous historic landmarks. Topics of investigation include building Relocation, Restoration and Conversion. Use real floor plans and imagery from existing structures to create both conceptual and imaginative drawings.

Sketchbook Studies / Painting
(10 yrs+)

Contemporary Painting & The 5 Elements

Metal, water, wood, fire, earth – gain a basic understanding of Chinese painting philosophy by getting acquainted with the 5 elements. Draw inspiration from works by Contemporary Asian painters such as Crystal Liu and Kim Tschang Yeul to produce a large format painting in watercolour & gouache. Learn how to apply gold-leafing with imitation gold foil. Appreciate the elements’ ancient roots in Asian philosophies of medicine, astrology, feng shui as well as their use and meaning in contemporary art.

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.

Explorer’s Art   (3 – 4.5 yrs)

A Little Zen

Develop an appreciation of East Asian visual arts from Chinese ink brush calligraphy to serene zen rock gardens. Use a traditional ink brush and rice paper to play with portraying expressive Chinese characters. Interpret motifs from traditional and contemporary ink painting such as fruit, flowers and mountains. Learn about the Japanese art of etegami (e= image; tegami= letter) and build your own miniature zen garden while learning its history and purpose.

Core Art   (4.5 yrs+)

Narrative Words

Take stylistic cues from Hong Kong’s own Kwok Mang Ho and create a mixed-media collage. Experience materials and techniques from stamp printmaking to texture rendering and ink brush calligraphy. Express an animal of choice and its corresponding traditional Chinese character in a composition portraying the animal’s characteristics, texture and emotive qualities. Consider the use of lettering and textural juxtaposition within your composition.

Ready-Set-Draw   (8 yrs+)

Mystical Monster Mash-up

Step beyond your stylistic comfort zone and experiment with different ways of drawing via the medium of oil pastel.  The Assyrian Lamassu, the Egyptian Sphynx, the Greek Chimera – what do all these monsters have in common? These ancient mythical beasts are a mash-up of mismatching animals. Work your way from observational line drawing to figurative abstraction and learn oil pastel techniques along the way. Choose and develop your favourite style to a final wood-board illustration. 

Sculpture Culture   (Pottery-Ceramics 8 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 utilizing techniques of slip casting, clay modeling, and surface texturing.     

Tactile Textile   (10 yrs+)

Expressive Figuration

Use thread as your medium to express a human figure in the bright colour palette of the French painter Paul Gauguin. Starting from a magazine photo collage, transpose the figure into its textile interpretation through the technique of soluble fabric and stitching. A perfect workshop to test your dexterity and master your machine stitch skills. 

NEW! Architecture in Context  (13 yrs+)

Build a foundation for both creative and technical architectural drawing. Learn to render perspective, shape, space and form. With a mix of technical drawings, mood boards and illustrations, investigate common practical challenges faced in industry within the context of Hong Kong’s numerous historic landmarks. Topics of investigation include building Relocation, Restoration and Conversion. Use real floor plans and imagery from existing structures to create both conceptual and imaginative drawings.

Sketchbook Studies / Painting   (10 yrs+)

Bizarre Narrative

Weave contradicting themes and subjects into a bizarre and enigmatic oil painting. Be inspired by the motifs and imagery of Mid-20th century collage artists Man Ray and Raoul Hausmann. Develop a bizarre narrative through the processes of collage and photomontage enriched with unexpected elements and contradicting themes.

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.