ART EDUCATION
Do you know that you are lot more creative than you think? You need a company of an artist to unlock your creativity. Have a date with your inner being and explore dimensionless-dimension, which is beyond unit, time and space – a real and natural meditation!
Visual art is therapeutic in nature, which sharpens focus, cultivates patience, increases happiness, manages emotions and reduces stress. Come and join fun filled drawing and painting class, and reward yourself with an exciting gift of creativity!
COURSES
These courses are specially designed for kids and youngster aspiring to be an artist, art teacher, architect, fashion designer, graphic designer, multimedia expert, tattoo artist, web designer or as a hobbyist.
Portrait
Portrait from memory and, portrait using a reference picture and advance hyper-realistic portrait course for kids, adults and professionals.
Fundamentals
Compact fundamentals course for beginners, and in depth advance fundamental course for intermediate and advance participants.
Painting
Painting from reference pictures, using acrylic color, charcoal, glass color, graphite, oil color, soft pastels, watercolor and mixed medium.
Digital Design
3D exterior & interior modelling, animation, VFX, digital portrait, caricature & painting, digital illustration, graphic design course.
Fashion Illustration
Basic fundamentals, basic human anatomy postures and drapery course for fashion design students and boutique workers.
Human Anatomy
From basic to advance human anatomy, including dynamics human anatomy postures for intermediate and professional artists.
Sculpturing
Introduction to portrait sculpturing using clay.
Calligraphy
Introduction calligraphy course using English and Hindi letters.
Abstract Art Course
Abstract art using alcohol Ink, fluid acrylic and knife painting.
student portfolio
GREECE STREET : Harjeet Kaur, line and wash watercolor painting.
THIRD EYE : Aditi, alcohol ink and digital art painting
FREEDOM : Shruti Thakur, soft pastels and colored pencil painting
ISHA KAKKARIA : Mohit Bansal, graphite and charcoal pencil portrait
CHURCH : By Jaskaran, Watercolor Painting
MARK THE TERRITORY : Mohit Bansal, graphite and charcoal pencil portrait
EDWARD ALLEN HARRIS : Jasleen Bedi, Oil Color Portrait
PORTRAIT: Jaskaran, charcoal pencil portrait
BUT HE SAY THAT HE LOVES ME : Neha, charcoal and graphite pencils, portrait on domestic violence
WHY SHANKY STUDIO?
The quality of a product and service is ensured by service design methodology and service delivery methodology. Unlike conventional fine arts institutes, services at Shanky Studio are specifically tailored for individual requirements and delivered on a one-to-one basis i.e. no batches, using unique and proven methodology, which accelerates the learning process to 70% to 80%, reduces the learning curve, and improves the retention, with over 99% success rate! In addition, the following are the advantages and the key differentiators from other run-of-the-mill fine arts institutes and art academies –
One-to-One Engagement
ONE TEACHER PER STUDENT A one-to-one session between faculty and student ensures that the full concentration of either is devoted to each other without the distraction of other students with different levels of abilities. The faculty and the student are pressurized to achieve results because of a greater degree of responsibility and ownership. This entire close coupling ultimately leads a higher rate of success, minimum risks and a quick return on investment.
Personalised Course
DESIGN YOUR COURSE Courses are tailor-made using flexible and loosely coupled modules, so that course objectives are attained easily and quickly. As a result, the content can be derived 70% to 80% faster than in a group, with hands on correction and exemplary guidance, with over 99% of success rate. This system reduces the chances of risks that naturally occur within heterogeneous groups in art academies and art institutes, which are offering cheaper solution.
Delivery Methodology
99% SUCCESS RATE
It enables a personalized and flexible delivery methodology to suit the depth of topic and student’s existing abilities. To maximize the learning curve, courses are designed with right combination of structured, semi-structured and un-structured training, with the required depth of knowledge for each topic. It reduces the efforts required to achieving efficacy and a better learning curve, with greater understanding and content retention.
Experienced Faculty
20 YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE
The visual art training is directly imparted by the artist Surinder Shanker Anand, who has over 20 years of teaching experience and trained over 550 students. Since childhood, he was blessed with innate artistic abilities. As a kid, at the age 3, he used to draw on the cement floor using colored medicine tablets and chalks. His artistic expressions are engaged with the subjects related to humans anatomy, nature and spirituality.
Studio Environment
PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT
As against the typical classroom of an art institute or an art academy, the class at Shanky Studio is conducted in a studio environment, wherein a student get a chance to see the professional environment, latest tools, technology and in progress projects. Since class timings are mutually decided by both student and faculty, the learning at self-pace is becomes most effective and efficient way of learning topics related with visual arts.
Creative Abilities
FOCUS ON DRAWING FROM MEMORY In one-to-one teaching, for the faculty, it is easy to harness creative abilities of the participant, which is different from replication (i.e. copy using reference picture) skills ensuring that by being present to guide him, the faculty encourages originality and out of the box thinking. Such one-to-one interactions may also help students explore their hidden skills too. Creative abilities ensures an ultimate freedom from a reference picture.
7C teaching methodology
Methodology plays a critical role when dealing with the subject related to visual art, especially where participants’ existing skills and abilities are not homogeneous. At Shanky Studio, unlike conventional fine art institutes, visual art courses are tailor-made for an individual participant, and delivered on a one-to-one basis i.e. one teacher per student, using a unique, proven and hybrid 7C methodology, wherein courses are designed and delivered using 4MAT methodology framework, overlapped with SMARTER and Johari Windows frameworks. Our 7C methodology has the following 7 steps –
- Classroom –
- Commence i.e. define the topic’s objectives.
- Concepts practice.
- Create artwork.
- Continue practice at home –
- Create again i.e. practice.
- Change i.e. try variations.
- Consult i.e. ask for feedback.
- Correct i.e. improvise.
What is 4MAT Framework?
The 4MAT learning cycle methodology is a framework for creating a dynamic style of teaching and learning, which is in sync with the human brain. Based upon recent research in the field of neuroscience and cognitive studies, the 4MAT explains how people acquire new information via observation, and then how do they process the newly acquired information in their brain.
SMARTER stands for what?
To maximize the learning, topics are delivered, with the right combination of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured training, with the required depth of knowledge for a particular topic. Each topic in a module is designed using SMARTER i.e.
- S – Specific.
- M – Measurable.
- A – Attainable.
- R – Relevant.
- T – Time-bound.
- E – Evaluate.
- R – Re-adjust.
what is Johari Windows?
An interaction with an artist expands the participant’s “Open Area” per Johari windows, which enhances the participant’s knowledge, skills, and experience related to the art domain. These interactions are of the following 3 types –
- Tell: An artist can disclose and demonstrate his techniques to the participant.
- Shared discovery: Participants and artists can work together to explore participants’ hidden skills.
- Ask: Participants can take feedback about their artwork and thereby improve upon it.
course design and delivery methodology AT shanky studio
MEET YOUR FACULTY
SURINDER SHANKER ANAND
“Art is more of a happening, a meditation, where subject and object merge into each other, and one transcends the concept of time, space and unit. It’s amazing that this phenomenon takes place when the entity “i” is not present at all. Anyway, though I enjoy this creative happening, the manifestation may be enjoyed by others. During this journey of Visual Art, I have received innumerable awards, accolades and blessings”.
faqS
Do you offer any discounts?
We neither negotiate on price nor offer any unscheduled discount to our clients. The prices are fixed, as published on this website. We don’t compromise on the quality of content and delivery methodology i.e. one-to-one and personalized services, which offers you the best value for your money.
I along with my friend would like to join the same class. Will there be any reduction in the fee?
If more than one participant in joining the same class, the cumulative fee will be reduced by 20%.
However, more than 1 participant in a class may create a heterogeneous environment, and thus impact the quality of delivery and hit the time lines adversely.
Do you offer fee installments?
Do you have any special slots for art students from USA and Canada?
Early morning from 7 am to 8:30 am IST and 7:30 pm to 9 pm IST slots are reserved for USA classes.
What if I am unable to draw and not satisfied with the first session?
How do I purchase course and make payment?
There are various options -
- Cash.
- Checks.
- Debit cards.
- Credit cards.
- Mobile payments.
- Electronic bank transfers.
Based upon your request, we will share my swift / wire bank details with you, so that the payment can be transferred to the designated account. You may buy our courses at our web page Shop.
The class will start once we receive 100% payment in our account.
What all is required to set up an online class?
What material do I need in the initial class?
Participants are required to arrange their own art supplies and laptop with the required software, for visual art courses and digital courses respectively.
For art supplies do check our blog What All Art Supplies Do I Need?, wherein we have listed various art supplies.
If you live in Tricity i.e. Chandigarh, Mohali or
Panchkula, you can find art suppliers in our blog Where Can I Get Professional Visual Art Supplies In Chandigarh?
What sort of experience do I need to learn art?
- A keen interest in visual art.
- Sufficient time to practice the home assignments.
- Sitting capacity.
- Observation.
Why some of the courses are expensive?
In order to meet the learning objectives, we keep on investing time & money in the course design and delivery methodologies. Our courses are tailor-made for an individual, and course content are delivered on one-to-one basis, which make learning fast up to 80%, with 99% success rate. We don't deliver the course in the batches, which reduces the effectiveness and speed of the course.
Is it possible to learn art without inborn artistic abilities?
What is the objective and scope the courses?
To develop creative abilities and learn artistic skills by exposing the participants through various processes (ideation to visualization and manifestation), medium (pen, graphite pencil, charcoal, watercolor, acrylic, oil, pastels, mix-media and digital), materials, methods / techniques, tools and technologies, using unique teaching methodology, which covers various subjects such as portrait, human anatomy, landscape, drawing from still life, abstract art, sculpturing, craft work, digital art etc. For more details please check the description section Visual Fine Arts Modules. Final artwork created by you will be the perfect wall decor for your home! For complete details, visit the link "Fundamentals of Visual Art"
What’s is the difference between creative abilities and artistic skills?
At Shanky Studio, the focus is to enhance the creative abilities i.e. from ideation to 3D visualization from memory and imagination, which are different from artistic skill. Creative abilities gives ultimate freedom to the artist, as participants can draw from their memory, without using any reference picture, which is the ultimate freedom for an artist!
In contrast, an artistic skill is mere a replication skills using a particular medium.
How long it will take to learn the sketching, drawing and painting?
I want to learn to paint. Why should I learn fundamentals of visual art?
Please read the blog Why should I learn fundamentals of visual art?
What mediums are taught in the different courses?
What are the benefits of visual fine art?
What are different mode of classes?
- Online using skype or zoom etc.
- Offline in the studio.
- Hybrid, which is the combination of both online and offline.
- One to many for visual art workshops.
- Recorded session.
Is it worth pursuing career in visual art?
Answer is big YES. How about a salary package of Rs 72 Lacs per Annum? For more information check out blog Career in Visual Art.
Do you prepare students for professional design and arts colleges?
What is your audience?
What is the venue and timings?
Mutually suitable and agreed time-slot, which is usually between 7 AM to 6 PM Indian Standard Time.
Early and late slots are specifically meant for participants from USA, UK and Canada.
What all infrastructure and facilities at your studio?
What will be the medium of instructions in the classroom?
Subject will be taught in English or Hindi or Punjabi languages. Practice worksheets and written communication, if any, will be in English only.
Can I have training on selected topics?
Yes, special one-to-one training on select topics available on request. We can create tailor-made course for you, which will save your time as well as money.
How much time do I need to spend on home assignments?
What are the benefits on online visual art class?
Visit our blog How Effective Is Online Visual Art Class?
Do you have any course for tattoo artists?
How do I ensure that Shanky Studio is the best art academy?
Before you invest your time and money on art education, please check our blog How To Select Right Art Academy?, wherein we have mentioned various parameters to evaluate an art academy.
Shanky Studio has been rated 4.9 / 5 on all parameters mentioned in the blogs, except "Is The Academy Registered Or Accredited With Universities?".
Shanky Studio and it's courses are neither registered nor accredited with Govt Organization or any National or International University. However, we do strive to deliver excellence in visual art education and related activities.