Figure Academy II

Visual Art Institute’s figure academy is an intensive 2-to-4-week figure workshop experience for Jr. High and Sr. High age students.  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 college admittance.  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  

Figure Academy Tuition: $650

Oil Painting Supplies

1/8” Hardboard (Buy at Home Depot and cut into (24)-12” x 16” panels or purchase preprimed canvas board or stretched canvas

White Hog Bristle Brushes: Flats: #6, #4, #2; Filberts: #6, #4, #2

Synthetic Sable Brush: Flats: #16, #10, #6. Round #6

1” Flat Synthetic Acrylic brush for gesso.

Gesso (at least a pint)

Double Cup Palette Cup for solvent and mediums

Turpenoid or Gamsol (pint) DON’T BUY TURPENOID NATURAL (green bottle)

4 oz Bottle of Liquin or tube of Gamblin Solventless Gel

Rolls of Paper Towels (Scott Shop Towels are the best) buy at Costco or hardware store.

large disposable paper palette (12 x 16)

Masterson Lidded Palette Box (12 x 16)

Palette Knife or Painting Knife

Oil Paint:

Large Tube of Titanium White                      Cadmium Yellow Light

Yellow Ochre                                                   Cadmium Red Light

Alizarin Crimson                                               Burnt Sienna

Cerulean Blue                                                   Viridian or Phthalo (phthalocyanine) Green

Ultramarine Blue                                               Burnt Umber

Raw Sienna       Sap Green

Drawing Supplies

5 Sheets 22 x 30 Heavy Drawing Paper

1 box of Soft Vine Charcoal

2 Conte 1710 B Charcoal Pencils or 3 General 2B Charcoal Pencils

2 General White Charcoal Pencils

1 stick of Compressed Charcoal

I large kneaded eraser

1 white plastic eraser

1 cartridge eraser

Roll of 1” masking tape

Single edge razor blade

100 grit Sanding Block or Sandpaper

Sharpie marker

Large blending stomp/tortillion

Sketchbook and Drawing Pen

*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.