Mon: ✏️ Caricature & Expression Lab
– Exaggeration techniques
– Facial emotion studies
– Character personality development
– Dynamic posing
Tue: 🌆 World Building & Costume Design
– Background creation
– Character history & lore
– Fashion & visual storytelling
Wed: CLOSED – Canada Day
Thu: 🧱 3D Character Sculpting
– Clay character building
– Weapons, powers & aura design
– Gesture and movement in sculpture
Fri: 📖 Storyboard & Cover Design Studio
– One-page manga storyboard
– Poster / cover composition
On some days, we will spend half a day in the studio and the other half of the day in nearby parks. 1 or 2 days on this week, we will spend the whole day in a destination such as Markham Museum, Rouge National Urban Park or Toronto Zoo . The details of which specific days will be the field trip day(s) and choice of destination will be confirmed later and may get adjusted based on weather as well.
Mon: ✏️ Gesture & Quick Capture Techniques
– Timed drawing drills
– Capturing movement & energy
Tue: 🏠 Interior Perspective & Composition
– One-point & two-point perspective
– Drawing indoor spaces
Wed: 🌳 Outdoor Plein Air Foundations
– Sketching buildings & landscapes
– Working efficiently on location
Thu: 🖊 Pen & Watercolour Techniques
– Line confidence
– Wash layering outdoors
Fri: 📓 Urban Sketchbook Project
– Final location sketch
– Personal style development
– Portfolio-ready spread
These are the topics we will cover, but the order may be adjusted based on the field trip days.
Campers can only join full day for the whole week
Animation Foundations Intensive: A focused, skill-building week where students learn how to design expressive characters, develop story worlds, sculpt in 3D, and create their own manga-style poster or storyboard.
WEEK 1 : Jun 29 – Jul 3
🎨 Character Design & Manga Bootcamp
Mon: ✍️ Dry Media Foundations – Chalk, Pastel & Conté
– Blending and layering techniques
– Light vs shadow control
– Texture rendering
– Expressive mark-making
Tue: 💧 Watercolour & Ink Illustration Lab
– Line confidence with ink
– Controlled vs loose washes
– Layering transparencies
– Composition planning
Wed: 🎨 Acrylic & Pop Art Study
– Acrylic layering and opacity
– Color theory in action
– Bold composition
– Studying a contemporary pop artist
Thu: 🖼 Oil Painting Foundations
– Understanding oil paint properties
– Brush control and blending
– Underpainting basics
– Traditional painting workflow
Fri: 🧩 Collage & Printmaking Studio
– Composition through layering
– Visual storytelling using mixed materials
– Texture building
– Introductory print transfer techniques
WEEK 9 : Aug 24 – 28
🎨 Fine Art Intensive: Medium Mastery Bootcamp
A studio-focused week exploring professional art materials and techniques used by traditional and contemporary artists.
A studio-focused week exploring professional art materials and techniques used by traditional and contemporary artists.
WEEK 10 : Aug 31 – Sept 4
🏙 Urban Sketching Bootcamp
