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Week 1 | May 28-31, 2024
Grades 6-12
Learn to Draw the Portrait
May 28-31, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
While being inspired by Chuck Close, students will be exploring the graphite medium and learn the foundations of drawing. Students will look closely at the human face to learn how to render it naturalistically, along with learning the proper facial proportions.
- Learn how to use the graphite medium
- Demonstrate the proportions of the face and how to render the eyes, nose and mouth
- Complete a realistic portrait drawing
$300
Grades 6-12
Whimsical Watercolors
May 28-31, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
This camp will examine botanical life by creating a series of intricate watercolor paintings. Instructors will demonstrate watercolor techniques using washes, glazes, wet-on-wet, dry brush, and adding in salt, alcohol and other substances that create magical textures and patterns.
- Learn how to use watercolor paints, colored pencils, and markers
- Demonstrate various watercolor techniques
- Complete a watercolor painting that represents a fantastical landscape
$300
Grades 6-12
Character Sculptor
May 28-31, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Learn to digitally sculpt characters for animated films with this introductory camp to Blender. Students will create a three dimensional characters while learning the essentials of the program, Blender.
- Learn to use Blender
- Explore techniques associated with sculpting & rendering 3D digital objects!
- Designed for beginners to develop a foundational understanding of the program and discover unique skills to aid them in their future digital creations!
$315
Week 2 | Jun 3-7, 2024
Grades 6-12
Concept Art for Gaming
Jun 3-7, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Students in this camp will explore the relationship between concept art, artists and the gaming industry. Students will discover how to develop a series of concept illustrations, from which an entire game’s design can be inspired by. They will need to think critically about how to convey their vision of a character’s design, while providing & allowing optionality for game designers to work with. Excellent for portfolios!
- Develop additional skills in Adobe Photoshop
- Explore contemporary trends in concept art.
- Create a collection of concept character imagery for a potential game.
$365
Grades 6-12
Digital Manga Webtoons
Jun 3-7, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Webtoons are a type of digital comic that originated in South Korea usually meant to be read on smartphones. They are formatted vertically, often featuring music or animations. In this camp each student will design their own webtoon, using an original story line and discover how to push their illustration skills further with Adobe Photoshop.
- Develop illustration skills in Adobe Photoshop
- Experiment with webtoon formats for your comic
- Complete a digital illustration
$365
Grades 6-12
Sketch Series
Jun 3-7, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
This drawing adventure is the perfect way for teens to explore sketching and learn techniques that they can take with them for all their future sketchbook adventures. Each day we will focus on sketching a different subject and learn a new sketching technique.
- Explore hatching, cross-hatching, stippling, scribbling and shading
- Evoke different emotions through your sketches daily
- Bring home a new sketch each day across a variety of subject matter
$350
Grades 6-12
Focus on Realism
Jun 3-7, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
In this camp we will focus on rendering a drawing in a realistic, almost photographic way. Students will use multiple reference photographs to create a final drawing that implements subtle transitions in line and shadow, accurate proportions and perspective in an attempt to be mistaken for the real photograph!
- Learn how to draw using the grid technique
- Implement techniques in brightness values, edges & transitions
- Complete a final drawing that combines multiple reference photographs
$350
Grades 6-12
Pen & Ink Illustration
Jun 3-7, 2024
3:30pm - 6:00pm
Explore the field of illustration from a new frame of reference. Students will be able to demonstrate their knowledge and proficiency with the pen and ink drawing medium. Students will learn about today’s illustrators and develop unique concepts of their own.
- Learn how to use micron pens and india ink
- Demonstrate cross hatching, stippling and shading using pen and ink
- Complete a series of three pen and ink drawings
$350
Grades 3-5
Comic Book Creation
Jun 3-7, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Cartoonists endeavor to create innovative storylines featuring fun and interesting characters, inspiring today’s students to do the same. Students will demonstrate their creativity and imagination through original creations of characters and stories, learning illustration essentials from cover to panel designs.
- Learn how to use colored pencils and illustration markers
- Demonstrate how to create storyboards
- Complete a ten-panel page comic
$350
Grades K-2
Aerial Creations
Jun 3-7, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Design a floating piece of art that moves with the flow of air and changes its view with every angle. Students will learn about artist Alexander Calder and how he redefined the space and form in his floating mobile sculptures. Students will draw, cut, paint and combine their 2-dimensional artworks to create a floating 3-dimensional artwork.
- Draw and paint a series of animals, planets or objects for your mobile
- Learn to combine them at different lengths to create an interesting balance of forms
- Hang your completed mobile artworks and watch how they change as you move around the sculpture
$350
Week 3 | Jun 10-14, 2024
Grades 6-12
Intro to Photography
Jun 10-14, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Students will explore the fundamentals of photography and the basics of camera operation such as aperture, shutter speed, depth of field and the rule of thirds. Students will experience a complete artistic process from brainstorming to final product. Students will finalize their projects through the use of professional photo editing
- Learn how to use a DSLR camera and tripod
- Explore the manual functions on a DSLR camera and principal photography techniques
- Create a series of photographs which tell a story or a narrative.
$365
Grades 6-12
Digital Content Creators
Jun 10-14, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
If you want to take your social media content to the next level with video effects, this camp is for you! Students will learn a series of viral video techniques that allow them to create digital content that is engaging and of a professional quality.
- Shoot footage on your mobile phone
- Add post production elements such as motion graphics, transition effects, cinemagraphs and more
- Edit your footage using easy to use software to create unique video content
$365
Grades 6-12
Freestyle Ink Illustration
Jun 10-14, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Create an intricate ink illustration using fine point micron pens and ink washes. Drawing inspiration from today’s most famous illustration and tattoo artists, we will explore their agile-yet-disciplined ink use. This camp will specifically focus on helping students improve in the style of improvisation, and create a work that is experimental and playful.
- Learn how to use ink, technical pens and nylon brushes
- Develop your own illustration style
- Complete a series of ink illustration drawings
$350
Grades 6-12
Miniature Paintings
Jun 10-14, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Each student will receives six 3 X 3 inch mini canvases and will be challenged to created a series of miniature paintings that are interconnected by subject matter, color and style. The completed series will tell a visual story that is inspired by each student’s memory.
- Learn how to paint on a small surface using fine brushes
- Demonstrate the use of acrylic painting techniques such as stippling, dabbling, pour painting, dry brush and palette knife
- Complete a series of mini paintings
$350
Grades 6-12
Pour Painting
Jun 10-14, 2024
3:30pm - 6:00pm
Flow art, also known as acrylic pour painting, is a form of abstract art that uses acrylic paints with a variety of consistencies to create different effects. Layers of paint are poured into a cup, which then react with each other when combined to create organic free-flowing abstract compositions. Students will learn about color theory, different texture creating techniques and how to prepare a canvas for flow painting.
- Learn techniques such as “the bloom effect,” ribboning, flip-cup and dirty pour
- Experiment with paint mediums to create different textures and paint reactions
- Complete a series of acrylic flow paintings that demonstrates new techniques you have learned
$350
Grades 3-5
Fashion Illustration
Jun 10-14, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Bring your runway visions to life in this fashion drawing class. Students will learn how to draw a fashion figure with appropriate proportions and in various fashion poses. We will also focus on creating a series of sketches that represents a full fashion line, complete with clothing, shoes and accessories that mimics the textures and materials of the style.
- Learn how to create a fashion figure drawing called a “croquis.”
- Draw with a variety of media to bring your style to life including pencil, marker and watercolor
- Complete a series of fashion drawings that represents your unique style
$350
Grades K-2
Monster Magic
Jun 10-14, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Use modeling clay to create your own magical monster family! Scary, cute, creepy or cuddly, you get to design and build a series of monsters inspired by your favorite characters or your own family!
- Brainstorming what your monsters will look like, their personalities and develop a backstory for each monster
- Learn useful techniques - like rolling perfect spheres, cylinder, creating faces, limbs and textures with modeling clay
- Complete a series of 3D monsters complete with names, identities and accessories
$350
Week 4 | Jun 17-21, 2024
Grades 6-12
Digital Animation: Character Performance
Jun 17-21, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
It is open to any skilled digital artist who wishes to take their animation techniques to the next level, while studying amongst other advanced peers. Students are expected to have a solid grasp of the foundations of the program Adobe: Animate, Character design and desire a dedicated camp designed to push them creatively & artistically to gain mastery over animating a character’s emotional performance.
- Gain further experience animating a character during dialogue
- Demonstrate understanding of the subtleties in body language during dialogue based performances.
- Complete a high-level quality and fully performative animated monologue
$365
Grades 6-12
3D Paper Art
Jun 17-21, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
3D Paper Art, more formally called “3D Decoupage” is the art of creating an image by cutting out elements of varying sizes and layering them on top of each other to create a unique art object. This camp is an excellent way to experiment with a new, unique material outside of traditional painting and drawing.
- Create the illusion of depth by layering and propping
- Learn to create 3D forms using folded paper, exacto knives and adhesives
- Each scene will be completely unique - inspired by your own interests or memories
$350
Grades 6-12
Tik Tok Art Trends
Jun 17-21, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
In this camp, we will make a different artwork each day, experimenting with today’s most popular art trends. These include pop art, pour painting, watercolor abstraction, zentangle and more.
- Make a series of mini artworks
- Experiment with new tools and mediums from drawing to painting
- Take videos of your artwork as you make them
$350
Grades 6-12
Monster Clay Models
Jun 17-21, 2024
3:30pm - 6:00pm
Monster Clay is an incredible oil based premium sculpting clay that is used by artists, animators and industrial designers to create sculpting miniatures and highly detailed figures and busts. The clay holds its shape extremely well and doesn't dry out allowing artists to create highly detailed figures with intricate textures.
- Learn how to join, mold, sculpt and carve your clay
- Experiment with intricate textures by using imprinting techniques
- Complete a 3D figurine model using Monster Clay
$350
Grades 3-5
Manga Sidekick Stickers
Jun 17-21, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Manga comics have highly stylized characteristics and engaging storylines that have become very popular in today's culture. Students will develop their own sidekick character from their favorite manga comic. The completed manga drawings will be printed as custom stickers.
- Learn how to use pencil, illustration markers, and ink
- Demonstrate use of line art and shading techniques
- Complete a manga drawing that you can share with friends in the form of a sticker
$350
Grades 3-5
Toon Town
Jun 17-21, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Students will explore environmental design by creating a cartoon-inspired business for a class collaborative project, ToonTown! Students will illustrate their cartoon business’ building, its environment, the items it will sell and characters who will run it.
- Learn how to illustrate a 3D environment
- Demonstrate perspective and rendering techniques
- Complete an illustration of a whimsical building & props
$365
Grades K-2
Illuminated Creations
Jun 17-21, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
This camp combines science, technology, engineering, art and math to create an artwork that lights up! Students will consider both the vessel and the internal elements for their creation using paper, markers, colored pencils and paint.
- Design, draw and cut a vessel and animals for your illuminated creation
- Source elements in nature such as grass, rocks and dirt to create a life-like habitat
- Use lights and batteries to illuminate your creation for a day and night version
$350
Week 5 | Jun 24-28, 2024
Grades 6-12
Manga: Poses & Faces
Jun 24-28, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Mastering drawing of your anime characters requires learning human proportions, muscles and how the body changes in different poses. We will focus on these techniques to develop a strong foundation for our characters so that they look life-like and proportional.
- Learn how to draw an anime figure in multiple poses
- Explore drawing faces from the front, side and three-quarter view
- Learn how your manga inspired figures differ from a traditional figure drawing
$350
Grades 6-12
Digital Character Design
Jun 24-28, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Students in this camp will explore how to design & render a character from the ground up. Everything will be covered in this camp! From ideation, sketching, inking to full rendering techniques, students will test their creativity and art making skills through the use of digital software. This camp is designed for the pure beginner digital artist who has an original character in their mind which is burning to get out!
- Learn how to use tools in SketchBook Pro
- Demonstrate the fundamentals of character design and rendering.
- Complete an original character design.
$365
Grades 6-12
Street Art: Galaxies
Jun 24-28, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
The street-art movement marked by artists around the world has placed graffiti on the map and grown to be an accepted creative outlet. In this camp, students will study graffiti as a base for making their own street-art paintings that are galaxy themed.. Students will work on large-scale wood panels using acrylic and spray paint.
- Learn how to use spray paint, acrylic paint, and Exacto knives
- Experiment with techniques like soft mist, raised stencils, bounced paint and creating comets
- Complete one large scale spray painting
$375
Grades 6-12
Architectural Drawing
Jun 24-28, 2024
3:30pm - 6:00pm
Art and function come together in this exciting realistic drawing camp! Explore technical principles and visual language of architectural drawing. Students will work on grid paper and vellum while learning to think spatially as well as create beautiful realistic drawings from inspirations around them.
- Learn how to use micron pens, colored pencils, and watercolor
- Demonstrate the understanding of linear perspective
- Complete an architectural drawing containing a monument and a building
$350
Grades 3-5
Design Your Own Character
Jun 24-28, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Students in this camp will explore how to design & render a character from the ground up. Everything will be covered in this camp! From ideation, sketching, inking to full rendering techniques, students will test their creativity and art making skills through the use of digital software. This camp is designed for the pure beginner digital artist who has an original character in their mind which is burning to get out!
- Learn how to use tools in SketchBook Pro
- Demonstrate the fundamentals of character design and rendering.
- Complete an original character design.
$365
Grades 3-5
Illuminated Creations
Jun 24-28, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
This camp combines science, technology, engineering, art and math to create an artwork that lights up! Students will consider both the vessel and the internal elements for their creation using paper, markers, colored pencils and paint.
- Design, draw and cut a vessel and animals for your illuminated creation
- Source elements in nature such as grass, rocks and dirt to create a life-like habitat
- Use lights and batteries to illuminate your creation for a day and night version
$350
Grades K-2
Galaxy Paintings
Jun 24-28, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
This camp is for any student that has ever been curious about the stars that exist when looking up at the sky on a clear summer night. Students will examine relevant concepts in astronomy and cosmology inspiring them to create renderings of what they imagine beyond planet Earth.
- Learn how to use watercolor, acrylic, and collage
- Demonstrate the use of light, tone, and shade
- Complete a mixed media painting of your own galaxy
$350
Week 6 | Jul 1-3, 2024
Grades 6-12
Design Sprints
Jul 1-3, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Students will work on a series of daily projects designed to walk them through the essentials of Adobe Photoshop. The class is for beginners to develop a foundational understanding of the program and discover unique skills to aid them in their future projects!
- Learn to use Adobe Photoshop
- We will explore how to create a background extension, removing objects, masking, object glow, neon layers, and much more
- Complete a series of unique, independent design pieces
$235
Grades 6-12
iPad Painting: Recreating Masterpieces
Jul 1-3, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Learn to paint on your iPad using Procreate. Students will recreate the work of a famous artist of their choice, with a twist! The challenge here will be to mimic the brushstrokes, color palette and tools replicating a traditional painting to a digital artwork.
- Learn to use Procreate on an iPad
- Learn how to use advanced brushes, download new brushes and create your own
- Create a digital artwork that is inspired by a famous masterpiece.
$235
Grades 6-12
Resin Accessories
Jul 1-3, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Design and create your own custom accessories, such as keychains, phone rings and jewelry using a high gloss epoxy resin!Our instructors will guide students step by step on how to create their unique accessories.
- Sketch out your designs to create a theme or style for your items
- Learn how to use a mold and epoxy resin to form your shapes
- Add color, dried flowers, glitter and powder to create texture
$250
Grades 3-5
Learn to Paint: Sweet Treats
Jul 1-3, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Learn the most essential elements of painting through the foundations of acrylic painting. Students will explore how to use this painting medium to create a painting with an interesting composition and use of color.
- Learn how to use acrylic paint
- Demonstrate knowledge of composition, color mixing, and value
- Complete an acrylic painting of your favorite sweet treat
$225
Grades 3-5
Comic Book Illustration
Jul 1-3, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Cartoonists endeavor to create innovative storylines featuring fun and interesting characters, inspiring today’s students to do the same. Students will demonstrate their creativity and imagination through original creations of characters and stories, learning illustration essentials from cover to panel designs.
- Learn how to use colored pencils and illustration markers
- Demonstrate how to create storyboards
- Complete a ten-panel page comic
$225
Grades K-2
Printmaking 101
Jul 1-3, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Printmaking is a technique dating back to the 13th century in East Asia where woodcut blocks were used to create prints of text and visual representations. Albrecht Dürer, one of the most famous printmakers, mastered the technique by creating sensational artworks using printmaking. In this camp we will learn a variety of printmaking techniques from monoprints to etchings.
- Learn several printmaking techniques including monoprints, etchings, direct transfers and rubbings.
- Experiment with ink and color to create a series of prints
- Combine your prints to create a series of images
$225
Week 7 | Jul 8-12, 2024
Grades 6-12
Cosplay: Headware & Helmets
Jul 8-12, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Cosplay, one of One River’s most popular camps, allows students to design and build a functional costume or prop using EVA foam. For those new to this form of art, cosplaying is an activity where you dress as your favorite character from comics, film or TV.
- Learn how to cut, layer, glue and shape EVA foam
- Focus on making props such as helmets, headdresses, masks, crowns, horns and more
- This camp is often taken in conjunction with Cosplay: Shields & Swords
$375
Grades 6-12
Monster Clay Models
Jul 8-12, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Monster Clay is an incredible oil based premium sculpting clay that is used by artists, animators and industrial designers to create sculpting miniatures and highly detailed figures and busts. The clay holds its shape extremely well and doesn't dry out allowing artists to create highly detailed figures with intricate textures.
- Learn how to join, mold, sculpt and carve your clay
- Experiment with intricate textures by using imprinting techniques
- Complete a 3D figurine model using Monster Clay
$350
Grades 6-12
Character Sculptor
Jul 8-12, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Learn to digitally sculpt characters for animated films with this introductory camp to Blender. Students will create a three dimensional characters while learning the essentials of the program, Blender.
- Learn to use Blender
- Explore techniques associated with sculpting & rendering 3D digital objects!
- Designed for beginners to develop a foundational understanding of the program and discover unique skills to aid them in their future digital creations!
$365
Grades 6-12
Summer Courses: Drawing from Life*
Jul 8-12, 2024
3:30pm - 6:00pm
This Summer Course is open to teen artists grades 9-12 who wish to take their realism drawing techniques to the next level, while studying amongst other high school age peers. Students in this camp will focus on mastering skills in representation, scale, value and perspective to enhance & advance their observational drawing skills.
- Learn how to work with charcoal, blending stumps, chalk pastels and more.
- Demonstrate an understanding of realism through light & value
- Complete a high quality drawing from observation
$350
Grades 6-12
Video Production: Documentary
Jul 8-12, 2024
3:30pm - 6:00pm
Students will discover the core processes behind the production of film & video content. Each student will be tasked with recording footage both in & outside of class for a short documentary film. Students will walk away with a strong foundation for storytelling through film mediums.
- Learn to use Adobe Premiere.
- Demonstrate pre production, editing, scene transitions, voice over, click tracks, credits and more!
- Create a short 2-3 minute documentary video.
$365
Grades 3-5
iPad Painting
Jul 8-12, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Learn to paint on your iPad with this introductory camp to Procreate. Students will explore a series of illustrations designed to walk through the essentials of the program, Procreate. This class is designed for beginners to develop a foundational understanding of the program and discover unique skills to aid them in their future digital paintings!
- Learn to use Procreate on an iPad
- Explore methods of rendering characters, digital painting and even animation!
- Create a small collection of work to get you started!
*Students are required to provide their own iPad (with Apple Pencil/Stylus) and Procreate App in order to participate in this camp.
$365
Grades 3-5
Learn to Draw the Portrait
Jul 8-12, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Students will learn the foundations of drawing and become familiar with the graphite medium. Students will learn how to render the human eye, nose, and mouth naturalistically.
- Learn how to use graphite pencils, blending stumps and kneaded erasers
- Demonstrate how to draw realistic features in correct proportions
- Complete one portrait drawing
$350
Grades K-2
Once Upon a Time: Storybook Art
Jul 8-12, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Students will create one artwork each day, using stories as inspiration. Together, we'll read classics, as well as new books and talk about the illustrations and the meanings behind the words. Afterwards, students will experiment with drawing, painting, and sculpture to create their own enchanted artworks. This camp combines the young artists' love of reading and art-making!
- Read one book per day and learn the secrets behind the illustrations and words
- Demonstrate skills across drawing, painting, sculpture, and more
- Complete 5 meaningful artworks by the end of camp
$350
Week 8 | Jul 15-19, 2024
Grades 6-12
Digital Manga: Scene Scensations
Jul 15-19, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
High on a mountain top…. or…. in the dark alley of a busy city? In this camp we will focus on developing a digital drawing of scenery of each student’s choice. We will explore how to draw both architectural elements in our scene, as well as more organic natural elements.
- Learn how to draw in Adobe Photoshop to create a scene
- Explore tools like perspective wrap, vanishing point and content aware fill
- Complete a digital illustration of a unique scene
$365
Grades 6-12
Learn to Draw: People, Poses & Proportions
Jul 15-19, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Students will gain the understanding of the human form and mechanics of the human body. They will study basic anatomy to further their ability to represent a figure in various poses.
- Learn how to use charcoal and graphite
- Demonstrate the understanding of a figure in motion through gesture drawing
- Complete a drawing with multiple figures in various poses
$350
Grades 6-12
Digital Manga: Characters
Jul 15-19, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Consistent in numerous Manga lore and stories, is the theme of characters with energy powers. Students will discover how to push their illustration skills further with Adobe Photoshop, through advanced lighting and filter effects, in order to produce a team of heroes and villains, clashing with supernatural abilities. During this camp, students will investigate the illustrated physics of energy beams, blasts, and other electric bursts, as well as the dynamic body positions necessary to produce these charges.
- Develop skills in Adobe Photoshop
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to illustrate light and create dynamic effects
- Complete an illustration of a unique manga character(s) with an energy theme.
$365
Grades 6-12
Pen & Ink Illustration
Jul 15-19, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Explore the field of illustration from a new frame of reference. Students will be able to demonstrate their knowledge and proficiency with the pen and ink drawing medium. Students will learn about today’s illustrators and develop unique concepts of their own.
- Learn how to use micron pens and india ink
- Demonstrate cross hatching, stippling and shading using pen and ink
- Complete a series of three pen and ink drawings
$350
Grades 6-12
Jumpstart Your Startup
Jul 15-19, 2024
3:30pm - 6:00pm
Do you have a business idea for a Product? Service? App? This course in entrepreneurship will help you bring your idea to the conceptualization stage by developing a business plan, drawings of your concept and thinking about marketing your concept in the real world.
- This course will engage in design by using Adobe Photoshop to render concepts visually
- We will spend time discussing how other entrepreneurs brought their ideas to life
- The final product will include a business plan, design drawings and a marketing plan
$365
Grades 6-12
Summer Courses: Painting Portraits: Acrylics*
Jul 15-19, 2024
3:30pm - 6:00pm
Students in this Summer Course for teens grade 9-12, will create an acrylic painting of a portrait of their choice. The will focus on essential foundations of color, value, texture, blending & rendering realistically to enhance & advance their skills with the acrylic medium.
- Learn how to work with various additive mediums: Extender, Glazer, Flow Improver, and more.
- Demonstrate an understanding of paint handling & color theory through blending
- Complete a final high quality painting of a portrait.
$350
Grades 3-5
Chibi Characters
Jul 15-19, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
In this manga-inspired cartooning camp we will create our own “chibi” characters! These are super cute characters of people or animals that have been shrunken into funny, childlike creatures with big heads, big eyes and silly expressions!
- In chibi characters, emotion comes from the eyes! So we will focus our attention on creating eyes that tell their emotions and story
- Learn to use illustration markers and watercolor paint
- Create 4-5 characters inspired by your imagination, your family, your friends or your favorite tv-show
$350
Grades K-2
3D Animal Wall Sculptures
Jul 15-19, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Students will create an animal relief sculpture that can be mounted on their wall at home. We will look at inspiration from both art and life- from the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Sculpture to Louise Nevelson’s wall relief sculptures.
- Learn about the 4 types of relief sculpture: low, medium, high and sunken
- Create a well supported, flat wall structure for your sculpture
- Use a variety of media including paint, glue, feathers, and much more to create your animal
$350
Week 9 | Jul 22-26, 2024
Grades 6-12
Cartooning & Novel Development
Jul 22-26, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Aspiring cartoonists will get started on creating an original graphic novel in in this fun camp that will combine illustration, storytelling and humor in sequential art making. We will look at popular comic books and graphic novels for inspiration.
- Learn how to create cartoon panels by focusing on size, format and line art
- Add humor to your story by emphasizing comic effect using verbal and visual wit
- Use pencil, microns and illustration markers to create the first few pages of your graphic novel
$350
Grades 6-12
Design Sprints
Jul 22-26, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Students will work on a series of daily projects designed to walk them through the essentials of Adobe Photoshop. The class is for beginners to develop a foundational understanding of the program and discover unique skills to aid them in their future projects!
- Learn to use Adobe Photoshop
- We will explore how to create a background extension, removing objects, masking, object glow, neon layers, and much more
- Complete a series of unique, independent design pieces
$365
Grades 6-12
Digital Animation 101
Jul 22-26, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Students will explore a series of 5 mini projects designed to walk through the essentials of Adobe Animate along with the 12 principles of animation. This class is for beginners to develop a foundational understanding of the program and discover unique skills to aid them in their future animation projects!
- Learn to use Adobe Animate
- Demonstrate key-frame animation, onion skinning, tweens and more
- Complete 5 animated GIFs
$365
Grades 6-12
Learn to Draw the Portrait
Jul 22-26, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
While being inspired by Chuck Close, students will be exploring the graphite medium and learn the foundations of drawing. Students will look closely at the human face to learn how to render it naturalistically, along with learning the proper facial proportions.
- Learn how to use the graphite medium
- Demonstrate the proportions of the face and how to render the eyes, nose and mouth
- Complete a realistic portrait drawing
$350
Grades 6-12
Summer Courses: Comics and Digital Illustration*
Jul 22-26, 2024
3:30pm - 6:00pm
Aspiring cartoonists will make their own digital comic illustration in this Summer Course for teens grades 9-12, by combining illustration, storytelling and humor in sequential art making. Students are expected to have foundational understanding of the program Adobe: Photoshop, prior to joining this camp. We will also work in Adobe Illustrator, however, students are not expected to come to this course with Illustrator knowledge.
- Gain further experience with digital drawing and painting in Adobe Photoshop.
- Add humor to your illustration by emphasizing comic effect using verbal and visual wit
- Complete a high-level quality and fully detailed comic illustration
$365
Grades 6-12
Street Art: Skateboard Decks
Jul 22-26, 2024
3:30pm - 6:00pm
Students will learn about the visual language of street art and its connections to skate culture. Taking inspiration from contemporary street and skate artists, students will design and paint their own skateboard deck using acrylic and spray paint.
$375
Grades 3-5
Street Art Painting
Jul 22-26, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
The recent street-art movement marked by artists like Banksy has placed graffiti on the map and grown to be an accepted creative outlet. In this camp, students will study graffiti as a base for making their own street-art paintings. Students will work on large-scale wood panels using acrylic and spray paint.
- Learn how to use spray paint, acrylic paint, and Exacto knives
- Demonstrate how to stencil
- Complete one large scale spray painting
$375
Grades K-2
3D Dinos
Jul 22-26, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Students will examine different types of dinosaurs to create their own 3-D rendition - focusing on scale, proportion and texture. From high and low relief sculpture to free-standing sculpture in the round, students will learn the diverse styles and methods of working with clay. Through the processes of experimenting and working with clay, students will learn fundamental sculpting techniques and demonstrate their understanding of 3-D art-making.
- Learn how to use clay
- Demonstrate use of the slip and score method
- Complete two sculpture projects; a fossil and a small scale dinosaur
$350
Week 10 | Jul 29-Aug 2, 2024
Grades 6-12
Digital Content Creators
Jul 29-Aug 2, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
If you want to take your social media content to the next level with video effects, this camp is for you! Students will learn a series of viral video techniques that allow them to create digital content that is engaging and of a professional quality.
- Shoot footage on your mobile phone
- Add post production elements such as motion graphics, transition effects, cinemagraphs and more
- Edit your footage using easy to use software to create unique video content
$365
Grades 6-12
Digital Grafitti
Jul 29-Aug 2, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
The recent street-art movement marked by artists like Banksy has placed graffiti on the map and grown to be an accepted creative outlet. In this camp, students will study graffiti as a base for making their own digital street-art paintings. Students will work in Adobe Photoshop to digitally draw and render street art, graffiti and lettering.
- Learn how to use digital drawing and painting tools in Adobe Photoshop
- Use specialty brushes in Photoshop that mimic real spray paint
- Complete a series of digital artworks
$365
Grades 6-12
Oil Painting Botanics
Jul 29-Aug 2, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Students will begin their oil paint journey in this camp starting with preparatory skills such as brush orientation, to more advanced techniques like medium control. They will learn about color and paint application to create an oil painting.
- Learn how paint with oil and a painting medium
- Demonstrate skills across color mixing and paint application
- Complete a series of oil paint experimentations and one finished painting
$350
Grades 6-12
Street Art: Wynwood Walls Edition
Jul 29-Aug 2, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
The Wynwood Art District Association was founded in early 2003 by a group of art dealers, artists and curators. This thriving neighborhood in Miami, Florida features over 200 murals painted by street artists from around the world. In this camp we will look at their art to be inspired for our own street art paintings
The recent street-art movement marked by artists like Banksy has placed graffiti on the map and grown to be an accepted creative outlet. Students will create a street art painting to convey a message after learning about the various impacts of public art.
- Learn how to use spray paint and acrylic paint in a larger scale
- Demonstrate how to make custom stencils and various spray painting techniques.
- Students will create a street art painting to convey a message after learning about the various impacts of public art.
$375
Grades 6-12
Drawing for Fashion
Jul 29-Aug 2, 2024
3:30pm - 6:00pm
Bring your runway visions to life in this fashion drawing class. Students will learn how to draw a fashion figure with appropriate proportions and in various fashion poses. We will also focus on creating a series of sketches that represents a full fashion line, complete with clothing, shoes and accessories that mimics the textures and materials of the style.
- Learn how to create a fashion figure drawing called a “croquis.”
- Draw with a variety of media to bring your style to life including pencil, marker and watercolor
- Complete a series of fashion drawings that represents your unique style
$350
Grades 6-12
Digital Animation 101
Jul 29-Aug 2, 2024
3:30pm - 6:00pm
Students will explore a series of 5 mini projects designed to walk through the essentials of Adobe Animate along with the 12 principles of animation. This class is for beginners to develop a foundational understanding of the program and discover unique skills to aid them in their future animation projects!
- Learn to use Adobe Animate
- Demonstrate key-frame animation, onion skinning, tweens and more
- Complete 5 animated GIFs
$365
Grades 3-5
One Artwork a Day
Jul 29-Aug 2, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
This art making adventure is the perfect way for young artists to explore different paths within the fine arts. Over the course of a week, you will learn important fundamentals about drawing, sculpting, and painting. Every camper will create one new piece of art for each day of camp attended.
- Learn more about where your talent shines brightest.
- Breakdown barriers between traditional forms of studio art.
- Bring home a mini-project for each day of camp.
$350
Grades K-2
Watercolor Underworlds
Jul 29-Aug 2, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Explore underwater creatures from the familiar sea turtle to the exotic vampire squid. Students will learn a variety of watercolor painting techniques as they create unique underwater scenes!
- Learn how to use watercolor paints and techniques
- Demonstrate knowledge of the watercolor medium and different painting tools
- Complete a series of watercolor paintings of various underwater scenes
$350
Week 11 | Aug 5-9, 2024
Grades 6-12
Learn to Draw: Colored Pencils
Aug 5-9, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Learn how the humble colored pencil can be a powerful artmaking tool and medium in this camp. Students will learn and use important drawing techniques to create a colored pencil drawing. They will also learn various shading techniques while experimenting with color.
- Learn how to use colored pencils
- Demonstrate knowledge of color and shading
- Complete a colored pencil drawing of a unique still life
$350
Grades 6-12
Cosplay: Shields & Swords
Aug 5-9, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Cosplay, one of One River’s most popular camps, allows students to design and build a functional costume or prop using EVA foam. For those new to this form of art, cosplaying is an activity where you dress as your favorite character from comics, film or TV.
- Learn how to cut, layer, glue and shape EVA foam
- Focus on making props such as shields, swords, wands, wings, sabers and more
- This camp is often taken in conjunction with Cosplay: Headwear & Helmets
$375
Grades 6-12
iPad Painting: Famous Faces
Aug 5-9, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Learn to paint on your iPad using Procreate. Students will create a portrait painting of someone notable, such as a celebrity or prominent figure that holds significance to them.
- Learn to use Procreate on an iPad
- Learn how to realistically render a portrait
- Create a digital portrait using Procreate tools
$365
Grades 6-12
Summer Courses: Graphic Design and Visual Communication*
Aug 5-9, 2024
3:30pm - 6:00pm
Visual communication is the practice of using visual elements to get a message across, inspire change, or evoke an emotion. This Summer Course for teens grades 9-12, will focus on learning how to use graphic design to convey a powerful message through composition, color, layering and typography to accomplish their design. Students are expected to have a foundational understanding of Adobe Photoshop prior to joining this camp. We will also work in Adobe Illustrator, however, students are not expected to come to this course with Illustrator knowledge.
- Gain further experience designing using vectors & pixel based imagery.
- Demonstrate an understanding of visual identity and branding
- Complete several high-level quality design-centric outcomes
$365
Grades 6-12
Painting on Glass
Aug 5-9, 2024
3:30pm - 6:00pm
Reverse glass painting technique was made especially popular during the Renaissance period due to its complex compositions, harmonious colors and exquisite smooth surfaces. This camp will allow students to experiment with how light, opacity and transparency affect a painting on this unique surface.
- Learn how to create a reverse glass painting on a plexiglass surface
- Create a unique composition that is influenced by your choice of harmonious colors
- Complete a painting that can be installed in a brightly lit area where light will change its appearance daily
$350
Grades 3-5
Kawaii Creations
Aug 5-9, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Cute! Adorable! Lovable! Charming!… Kawaii! Kawaii is the culture of cuteness in Japan and in this camp we will be making all things cute! To make our digital Kawaii characters we will look at inspiration from popular Japanese cartoons while learning how to create a silhouette, distinct facial features and texture for our original characters.
- We will learn how to use Adobe Photoshop to create our characters
- Learn how to draw proper proportions to ensure the kawaii-style
- Create 4-5 characters inspired by food, animals and objects
$365
Grades 3-5
Cartooning: Superhero Edition
Aug 5-9, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Aspiring cartoonists will make their own superhero illustration in this fun camp that will combine illustration and character development.. We will focus specifically on superhero comics from DC and Marvel for inspiration.
- Learn how to draw a cartoon illustration
- Develop a unique superhero character from your imagination or choose your favorite to recreate
- Learn to render with microns and illustration markers
$350
Grades K-2
One Artwork a Day
Aug 5-9, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
This art-making adventure is the perfect way for young artists to explore different paths within the fine arts. Over the course of a week, you will learn important fundamentals about drawing, sculpting, and painting. Every camper will create one new piece of art for each day of camp attended.
- Learn more about where your talent shines brightest.
- Breakdown barriers between traditional forms of studio art.
- Bring home a mini-project for each day of camp.
$350
Week 12 | Aug 12-16, 2024
Grades 6-12
Concept Art for Gaming
Aug 12-16, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Students in this camp will explore the relationship between concept art, artists and the gaming industry. Students will discover how to develop a series of concept illustrations, from which an entire game’s design can be inspired by. They will need to think critically about how to convey their vision of a character’s design, while providing & allowing optionality for game designers to work with. Excellent for portfolios!
- Develop additional skills in Adobe Photoshop
- Explore contemporary trends in concept art.
- Create a collection of concept character imagery for a potential game.
$365
Grades 6-12
Street Art: Banksy Edition
Aug 12-16, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist who has been active since the 1990s. He creates satirical street art that combine humor with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling technique. Banksy has helped place graffiti on the map and grown it to be an accepted creative outlet.
- Learn how to use spray paint, acrylic paint, and Exacto knives
- Master stenciling and wheat pasting techniques
- Complete one large scale spray painting inspired by Banksy’s style
$375
Grades 6-12
Digital Character Design
Aug 12-16, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Students in this camp will explore how to design & render a character from the ground up. Everything will be covered in this camp! From ideation, sketching, inking to full rendering techniques, students will test their creativity and art making skills through the use of digital software. This camp is designed for the pure beginner digital artist who has an original character in their mind which is burning to get out!
- Learn how to use tools in SketchBook Pro
- Demonstrate the fundamentals of character design and rendering.
- Complete an original character design.
$365
Grades 6-12
One Artwork a Day
Aug 12-16, 2024
3:30pm - 6:00pm
This art making adventure is the perfect way for teen artists to explore different paths within the fine arts. Over the course of a week, you will experiment with mini projects across drawing, sculpture, and painting. Every student will create one new piece of art for each day of camp attended.
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Learn more about where your talent shines brightest.
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Breakdown barriers between traditional forms of studio art.
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Bring home a mini-project for each day.
$350
Grades 6-12
Sci Fi & Fantasy Illustration
Aug 12-16, 2024
3:30pm - 6:00pm
Would you like your art to transport you to a new world? This camp features techniques and methods to turn a blank digital canvas into a vast open “other worldly” universe. Students of this camp will explore how to render fantastical landscapes with burning skies, poisonous atmospheres, bizarre plant life and wild mountain ranges. Transport your viewers to an undiscovered new world in this digital painting camp.
- Learn skills in digital painting with Adobe Photoshop
- Demonstrate how to render landscapes with emphasis on foreground, middleground & background layers
- Complete a realism based digital painting of an alien or fantasy landscape.
$365
Grades 3-5
Animal Kingdom Shadow Boxes
Aug 12-16, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Shadowbox art is a unique art making practice that involves an enclosed display of 2d and 3d handmade art objects. In this camp we will select an animal for our shadow box and learn to draw, paint and prop it in their environment.
- Learn how to draw and paint the animal of your choice
- Create stencils and use paper cutting techniques to create multiple layers
- Experiment with multiple layers to create shadows and the illusion of depth
$350
Grades 3-5
Learn to Sculpt
Aug 12-16, 2024
12:30pm - 3:00pm
Explore different types of sculpture from freestanding to relief, and experiment with sculpting techniques such as additive and subtractive. Students will learn how to create two clay sculptures incorporating these essential foundations.
- Learn how to use clay and sculpting tools
- Demonstrate mastery in the additive and subtractive sculpture techniques
- Complete two sculptures: one freestanding and one relief
$350
Grades K-2
Jungle Murals
Aug 12-16, 2024
9:30am - 12:00pm
Explore leopards, parrots, chimpanzees, and more all while learning about how to create a collaborative mural. In this camp, students will be able to create paintings of their favorite jungle animals working in large scale.
- Learn how to paint with acrylics
- Demonstrate the use of blending, layering, scraping and washing techniques
- Paint a large panel that functions as both an individual work of art and is part of a larger mural with your fellow campers
$350