Fine Art Camp Programs

The Fine Art Camps and Visual Art Camps offered at Centauri provides an opportunity to develop technique and explore creativity. In Fine Art, programs explore painting (acrylics, watercolour, oils), charcoal, pencil and pastels, as well as clay, plaster, wire and soap carving.
Check out our photography camps here.
At Centauri, campers choose one specialty arts program per session. To see a chart listing all the programs and their sessions
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An Artist’s Time Machine!

Session 1 - A (ages 9-14) Instructor: Aaron Alviano

Travel back in time with us, as we explore - and create - more than 2,000 years of art! Immortalise yourself as a Pharaoh, unlocking the mysteries of ancient Egypt. As a Roman, commemorate the life of your Emperor in clay. Illustrate your own medieval manuscript, and make yourself a family coat of arms. Design your own Gothic architecture, discover how the Impressionists used watercolour to create magic, paint your dreams like the surrealists, and uncover the bizarre world of Escher and Warhol, using lino blocks and screen printing. This is a journey through time designed especially for artists! We’ll draw, paint, sculpt and rewrite history as we prepare to take our audience on an exciting journey through time!

Pixels & Paint

Session 1 - O (ages 14-18) Instructor: Sandra Baumander

Art and Design collide in this two-week creativity extravaganza! Join us as we push the limits of our imagination by exploring how these two disciplines can work together and complement each other! Firstly we will delve into the world of graphic design, working digitally, as well as with more traditional mediums such as printmaking, to create truly original art. Next, we will explore clothing design from an artist’s point of view. We will reconstruct vintage clothes, using their history as inspiration for new pieces with interesting narratives and meaning. Lastly we will venture into the world of production design, working with a theatre program to conceptualize and execute a 3-D stage design. No experience is necessary for this program, just an interest in both art and design, an open mind and a willingness to push the boundaries!

Paint Your Heart Out!

Session 3 - O (ages 14-18) Instructor: Aaron Alviano

In this program, our artists get to paint, paint, paint! Working in oil, acrylics and watercolour, campers will learn the demands, techniques and possibilities of different mediums. Gesture, still life, landscape and portraiture will all be explored as you improve your brush technique, enhance your appreciation of colour and explore the possibilities of light, space, perspective and form. Discover how to paint from sketch studies, field notes and photographs, and examine the work of well known painters. If you love art, then you’ll love this: a program designed to help you become the very best painter you can be!

Working in Pen and Ink: Classic Comic Creation

Session 4 (ages 13-18) Instructor: Aaron Alviano

Calling all artists and comic book fans! Discover the ins and outs of comic book creation in this classic - yet intense - art program! From storyboarding to page layout, character creation to narrative structure, learn everything you need to create your own comic in book form. There will be a focus on the art techniques essential for all comic book creators: perspective, figure drawing, portrait styles, inking, colour and layout. In addition, writing workshops will assist you in creating story and script. If you love comic books or graphic novels, and you want to discover a new outlet for your original thoughts and ideas, this program is for you! In addition, since art technique forms the backbone of our work, this program would be suited to any artist interested in learning more about the mediums of pen and ink.

Also check out:

Photography Camps

Digital Art Camps

A Summary of our 2010 Fine Art Summer Camps!

Session 1 Art Camp: An Artist’s Time Machine! (ages 9-14)

Session 1 Digital Arts Camp: Pixels & Paint (ages 14-18)

Session 3 Art Camp: Paint Your Heart Out! (ages 14-18)

Session 4 Art Camp: Working in Pen and Ink: Classic Comic Creation (ages 9 to 14)