Watercolor Figure Academy

Visual Art Institute’s adult figure academy is an intensive one-week figure workshop experience for adult students and art teachers.  Students will study figure drawing in the morning and figure painting in the afternoon.  Daily in-depth critiques help students engage in each other’s work and give students personal direction for successive studies.

Students will develop new sills and strong artwork for their portfolios.  Visual Art Institute is unique in our ability to prepare you with the proper art portfolio for educator certification.  Our instructors are professional artists that regularly teach at area colleges and universities.  Regardless of the field students intend to enter, learning to draw and paint from the figure in sustained sessions will be a tremendous asset.  This program is unique to Visual Art Institute and students that participate are better prepared to make their mark in the art world. 

Instructors: Bruce Robertson and Shelley Young

Supply List:

Charcoal Pencils

Vine Charcoal

Stick of Compressed Charcoal

Kneaded Erraser

White Plastic Eraser

A Sketchbook

A Drawing Pen

5 Quarter Sheets of Watercolor Paper (approx.)

1 Half Sheet Watercolor Paper

Watercolor Paint ( I often just use Crayola) Bring What You Have

A Good #12 or #14 Round Watercolor Brush with a Good Point. Maybe a Smaller Round (#8 would be good too.)

Roll of Masking Tape

Paper Towels

*VAI Cancellation, Transfers and Refund Policies:

VAI requires a minimum of 6 participants to run a camp. If we are unable to reach the minimum number of participants two weeks prior to the 1st day of camp, VAI staff will contact you about transferring to another camp at no additional charge.

Camp transfers must be completed one week before the start of a camp. If you are unable to attend a camp you registered for and wish to transfer to a different camp, please contact VAI so that we can process that transfer.

All refund requests must be made two weeks prior to the 1st day of camp.