Kids Camp (UWS)

First Brushstrokes for Kids: Everything a Beginner Needs to Know It’s a magical time when your child takes up a brush and uses paint for the first time- Who knows where it will lead ? But we predict great things! Our course curriculum includes everything a beginner needs to know, from how to choose the right brush and employ color, to how to create...

The human face is an exciting study but many students find it challenging or intimidating. In this course we help demystify this process with preliminary drawing exercises before moving onto fully realized paintings. Our focus will be on: Practical drawing + sketching exercises to study the human face subject. Breaking down the face into halves...

Learn how to paint your favorite animals- domestic pets or wild animals, mammals, mammals, birds + fish in their natural habitats. Capturing animals with their unique characteristics is an excellent way to learn the skill of painting, color mixing, techniques and applications. Learn how to skillfully capture anatomy + build your observational skills,...

Young artists who love to paint, learn how to capture exciting portraits of your favorite people: capture their likeness and individual characteristics as you create portraits of your Siblings, Parents, Nannies and Family, Presidents or Pop stars + all the people that you love! You are welcome to bring in your own pictures or photos to work from or...

Frida Kahlo, Basquiat, Keith Haring, Rothko, Warhol, Van Gogh- get to know them in this awesome class! In our studio we love to take inspiration from the best and introduce young students to these incredible artists who have come and gone and left their indelible mark on popular culture! This is a cool class where we look at some very cool modern...

Studying animal anatomy is an excellent way to hone your painting skills. Animals are a fascinating way to hone observational skills and use a huge variety of painting applications and techniques to create realistic and provocative portraits on fully realized canvas. In this course: Every week we will we will take a different animal and students...

New to art? This is the perfect after school opportunity to get started! In this course we will begin with drawing exercises before moving into complete a finished painting. Develop drawing techniques , learn how to achieve proportion, perspective, line, form, shading, rule of thirds, using a combination of pencil,charcoal and inks before moving onto...

Working from still life is the perfect way to hone your painting skills, capturing everyday objects as accurately as possible. Creating from real life is an amazing way to hone observational skills. When you paint from life, you interact with the subject first-handedly. As opposed to using photographs (where visual information is displayed on...

Capture your favorite landscapes or cityscapes in fully realized canvases!  In this awesome painting course. We will study representational, impressionistic and expressionistic or abstract techniques in picturesque, pastoral or sublime vistas. We welcome students to bring photos of places that inspire them, choosing personal places that have meaning...

One River School has developed a unique Portfolio Development Program for motivated teens who are preparing a body of work for college admission. Based on years of research, our program allows teen students to demonstrate an approach to art making that is investigative, ambitious and individualized.  Experienced educators help students analyze...

Teen artists will deepen their knowledge of painting and further their painting skills in: Color mixing Paint application Texture Layering Composition Palette knife Brushwork and more. Our innovative curriculum inspired by contemporary artists stimulates their imagination and helps them develop essential skills in a fun classroom environment....

The Portrait course reviews essential skills for portrait painting in Photoshop, including proportion, facial features, and value. Traditional painting techniques will be applied to a digital format.