Advanced (5–6 Months)
Description
The Advanced program focuses on higher-level composition, sketching, drawing, and shading skills. Learners progress through painting techniques and applications, culminating in theme-based life and poster illustration techniques that emphasize artistic depth, realism, and personal style.
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Drawing, Coloring Medium & Tools
Advanced-level general drawing tools including HB and 2B pencils, oil pastels, poster colors, watercolor techniques, and round and flat brushes.
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Learning Outcomes
Students develop strong drawing and visualization skills through sketching, composition, and shading. The program enhances painting knowledge and techniques while strengthening the application of poster and life illustration skills through advanced concepts and structured execution.
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Learning Duration
5–6 months per level
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Ideation
• Think, analyze, and expand
• Idea recording (idea sheet)
• Color studies
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Composition
• Still life and landscapes
• Perspective
• Layering system and checklist
• Title and text design development
• Poster and life illustration
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Drawing
• Observational drawing
• Sketching and hand skills
• Basic lines, shapes, and forms
• Tone and shading concepts
• Lines and strokes (shading)
• Style and detailing
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Coloring
• Poster and watercolor techniques
• Coloring discipline
• Coloring direction and strokes
• Flat and multiple tones
• Color schemes
• Highlight and shadow
• Style and detailing
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Creativity
• Relate, combine, and create
• Theme and expression
• Modification and improvement
ADVANCED – (Sample Works)
This Advanced level focuses on refining students’ technical skills and artistic expression through a variety of drawing, shading, and painting techniques. Students explore realistic pencil shading through detailed studies such as Horsescape, develop watercolor mastery with architectural and environmental scenes like Wharfscape, and create concept-driven illustrations using poster colors and watercolors to express metaphorical life themes. Emphasis is placed on composition, depth, texture, and creative storytelling while working confidently with pencil, poster color, and watercolor media.
