* Art 301 is for artists who are ready to turn skills into a voice and drawings into stories. Over six focused weeks, learners explore visual storytelling, advanced lighting, character design, worldbuilding, style experiments, and a portfolio-ready capstone project. Instead of just “learning techniques,” students practice making choices: which moment to show, what lighting feels right, and how a character’s shape tells who they are, and what kind of world their art wants to live in. Art 301 is gentle but honest: it invites teens and adults and determined younger artists with support to think like directors and designers, not just sketchers. By the end, they’ve created not only individual pieces, but also a tiny body of work that feels like a true introduction to who they are as artists.