Heritage Visual Art Forms

Curriculum Classes

This is an on-going term course with set syllabus with begins with fundamental strokes and patterns, sketching of basic motifs, shapes, in the traditional styles of heritage visual arts, and goes on to cover complicated geometry-based architecture and human anatomy, under the supervision of a maven artist.

Duration: Level 1 : 3 months (12 sessions of 1 hour each)
Frequency: Weekly once
Enrollments: By email only
Location: Virtual

Policies and General Guidelines

  • Format of the class

    The sessions start with free hand sketching with pencil on paper. In Level 1, the students practice some basic shapes and strokes, border designs, flowers, animals, birds, basic human faces and limbs. Within 3 months, along with learning the fundamental drawings, the course would lead to completion of one project sketched and painted free hand.

  • Duration of the class

    Typical duration of a class is 60 minutes, however the class generally overshoots by 10-15 minutes. So please know that all the additional time per term goes to the students free of cost as quality and creativity are our prime virtues. Please plan for other activities after classes accordingly or let us know in advance if a student needs to leave sooner.

  • Location

    Virtual over zoom

  • Days and Hours

    There are multiple batches being offered throughout the week. Please fill up the form to express interest to join. We would send an invitation to join via email with the available time slots.

  • Teacher-Student ration

    Maximum of 10 students in a session with 1 teacher

  • List of Supplies

    A list of supplies will be provided after the enrollment before the first session. Ample time will be given to acquire the supplies before the classes start

  • Holidays, Breaks and Vacations

    a. Our holiday list is based on important Indian Festivals and major US holidays. The classes would be made up on a different day of the week incase it is cancelled owing to a holiday

    b. Students taking a term break would lose the spot and can join the waitlist to find a spot again

    c. Absence from a class – Please communicate absence from a class at the earliest. See Makeup class policy.

  • Fee

    The fee could be paid through our automatic enrollment system or through Zelle, Venmo or through the website.

    The fee for a term is due 15 days before beginning of the term to confirm a spot. A penalty of $15 per week is charged in the event of failure to pay the fee by the 1st of the first month of new term.

    Once enrolled in a term, the fees would not be refunded or carried forward under any circumstances.

    A registration fee of USD 25 is levy on every new sign-up and an Annual Fee of USD 25 is due on Jan 1st every year

    Fee is non-refundable and does not include supplies.

  • Make-up Class Policy

    Makeup classes cannot be provided for these classes as they are group lessons. However, a recording of the class would be available for limited period of time for the participants to view and catch up.

    Please know - No refund or balance will be carried forward to the next term

    Fee will NOT be pro-rated for any missed class in any circumstances

  • Other Relevant Information

    We try and maintain punctuality for best use of class time and encourage students to log in no later than 5 minutes of starting time.

    We reserve the right to refuse admission to any participant who poses a disciplinary problem or disrupts class

    Incase of minors, parents (or an allocated responsible adult) must be contactable at all times during class

    We do take photographs occasionally of the class and artworks of students. These maybe used for promotions on our websites and social media handles and for other advertising and publicity purposes. We reserve the right to publish any photographs of the class and/or artwork created by the students - If you do not wish to be photographed, please inform us before the commencement of your first class

  • Registration

    Please express interest using the form and we would reach out when there is availability in a batch.