<p>I’m going to plug SAIC Early college program. I came out of that class with at least 3 portfolio-worthy pieces.</p>
<p>I did Painting/Drawing for 3 weeks and it was excellent. The BEST part is that oil Paint is provided so you are encouraged to go really large scale, and their teachers really are encouraging (but also extremely critical), I learned so much.</p>
<p>Basically, 6 hours of class every day, 3x a week there are optional supplemental classes you can take (figure drawing, contemporary art, and body casting), and 2x a week there are after-class workshops. </p>
<p>There is some figure painting, on-site drawing, a little bit of more-exploratory/abstract painting. But most of it is figure painting. You’re really encouraged to take risks and explore yourself.</p>
<p>The studio space is pretty cool. You get to make friends with a bunch of people taking writing, architecture, Advanced Projects, graphic design, and so on. I felt that most of the social aspect was in the studio at night, and I couldn’t have met cooler people. Art schools are often like that. There were also daytrips, groups going out to dinner, and so on.</p>