The Visual Arts Intensive is designed to help passionate young artists deepen their skills and refine their craft. In Session I, students will explore chiaroscuro and color theory, working across multiple media—including pencil, charcoal—through landscape and still-life studies.
Session II will focus on En Plein Air painting, while Session III will center on Animal Drawing. The bootcamp will conclude with an on-campus art exhibition showcasing participants’ work.
*0.5 high school course credit offered to qualifying full-day summer camp participants.
Session I:
Art I $795 (Full Day) | $405 (Half Day**)
Art II $1560 (Full Day) | $795 (Half Day**)
Session 1: Mon-Fri, Full day or Half day options: Art I: 6/15 – 6/19, (Landscape)| Art II: 6/22-7/3, (Still Life).
Session II:
$1,560 (Full Session) | $795 (Per Week)
Session II: Mon-Fri, Full Day Camp: San Francisco En Plein Air 7/6-7/17
Session III:
$2,340 (Full Session) | $795 (Per Week)
Session III: Mon-Fri, Full Day Camp: Animal Portrait (Oil Painting) 7/20-8/7
Full Day: 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM | **Half Day: 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Course Overview
- Master study of Charles Bargue
- Charles Bargue (c. 1826/1827 – April 6, 1883) was a French painter and lithographer noted for devising an influential drawing course. His drawing is beginner friendly and good for kid to learn measuring, proportion, value and other basics of drawing.
Pencil drawing
- Charles Bargue (c. 1826/1827 – April 6, 1883) was a French painter and lithographer noted for devising an influential drawing course. His drawing is beginner friendly and good for kid to learn measuring, proportion, value and other basics of drawing.
- Chiaroscuro
- Chiaroscuro, (from Italian chiaro, “light,” and scuro, “dark”), technique employed in the visual arts to represent light and shadow as they define three-dimensional objects. Start from geometry shapes such as cube and sphere. Then move on to harder things like still like or human.
- Color Theory
- Color theory, Visual guide to know how to mix color and when to use them in visual arts
- Illustration
- Illustrate a scene or person. Including knowledge of perspective, stage design, color design etc.
DISCOUNT OPPORTUNITIES
Sibling discount
Receive a 10% tuition discount for your second child and 20% off for a third child.
Early Bird Discount
Register before 3/31 to take advantage of our special discount.
Save up to $1000 for referrals!
Help your friends save $50 off camp tuition.
Receive a $50 voucher for each referral.
Registration Fee
(One-Time)
$50
Lunch Fee
$36-$45*
Early Drop-off
between 8:30-9:00am
$25*
Late Pickup
between 4:30-5:30pm
$50*
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