Our goal is to give you the equivalent or better art education than you would get at a top prestigious Art Academy or Art University.
Tuition and fees for a four-year program of art education at a traditional Art Academy or University will cost you between US$80,000 to US$120,000.
Each of our 16 workshops contains much more information than you would get at an intensive one-week oil painting workshop with a top professional artist, such as the creator of the Virtual Art Academy course materials. A live workshop will typically cost you around $3000 for each workshop (including the cost of airfare, lodging, and tuition). With us you study at your own pace, in the comfort of your own studio, and you don’t have to factor in any travel costs.
Click the following button to join. The cost of our program is only US$89 per month. After you click the button, you will see the price (plus any relevant taxes in your country), converted to your local currency.
How The Virtual Art Academy Membership Works
The Virtual Art Academy Membership works just like any other membership system, for example, a Netflix or cable company subscription. With us you pay a simple monthly membership fee, which gives you access to your online painting classes and course materials on our exclusive Virtual Art Online Art School website.
No Risk. No Commitment Needed.
You are not committed to paying for the full program, as we work on a monthly membership subscription that you can cancel at any time.
✓ All programs automatically renew on a month to month subscription basis – you can cancel any time
✓ Use with any device – phone, tablet, computer
✓ 100% secure payment
NO RISK
There is absolutely no risk to you. Unlike a traditional Art Academy or University, you do not have to commit the full payment up-front. If the program does not work for you, after one month, you can can cancel your membership, and owe nothing more. The eBook you receive with your first month’s membership is yours to keep.
Check Out These Five Star Reviews
Scroll through the reviews below to see what your art education might be missing. Each of these emails was written by a long-term student who has benefited from the unique Virtual Art Academy approach. We suggest you read them, as it will give you a perspective on the Virtual Art Academy from a long-term students’ point of view, rather from what we say on this website. None of these reviews has been edited or modified in any way by us.
You can read many more reviews here.
What Happens After I Click Join Now
STEP 1: Enter your credit card details and pay. Please note that your country will add tax at your local rate.
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Only online learning program I have ever discovered using a training industry best practice
VAA is the only online learning program I have ever discovered using a training industry best practice of incorporating Knowledge and Skills to support learning a new activity. Every building block (Drawing, Form, Observation, Concept, Notan, Composition, Colour, Brushwork) incorporates a “spiral learning” approach where you are introduced to the Knowledge/Skill at one level and then reintroduced to it again elsewhere in the curriculum. Sure genius.
I’ve attended workshops, read books, and watched YouTube videos — and none of them provide the scaffolded approach to learning the VAA offers. If you are just starting your painting journey, start here. If you are a mid level or advanced painter, start here. There is a sense of community with artists around the globe. You are part of a peer to peer learning process bigger than yourself.
As a result of the VAA, I have been juried into several shows, am represented by a local gallery and have been selling my paintings on a consistent basis. VAA curriculum’s approach will grow your ‘artist’s brush’ and aid you in finding your artistic voice. As your basics improve, your art improves. Henry Hensche said, “There is study and there is performance, and we should not confuse the two, study is done for perceptual development, our performances show us where we are in that development, and we must have both…”. VAA curriculum offers both.
I went through the entire curriculum, did every every exercise, and today review my printed books/exercises on an annual basis to keep myself fresh and ready for my next painting adventure.
Onwards/Sideways,
Jay “jbird” Holobach
https://www.jayholobach.com/
An excellent foundation on so many aspects of painting
When I got word of the course available through Virtual Art Academy, I was very excited for the opportunity to learn what I never knew about painting. VAA has provided me an excellent foundation on so many aspects of painting. The course is organized very logically, provides great examples, diagrams, thorough explanations and worthwhile assignments. I highly recommend this course to anyone with a desire for an in-depth education of art.
Thank you again, Barry, I love this course Jeanne
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A great learning platform
Barry gave me a fishing rod so I can catch my own fish
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No need to buy expensive art books…. Just do the VAA 4 year course. I still refer to it
Read more “No need to buy expensive art books…. Just do the VAA 4 year course. I still refer to it”
It is wild to see how much I am learning in this course!
I retired last year, and decided I wanted to spend my time in retirement learning how to oil paint. But having never painted before, I wasn’t even sure what to look for in an online painting course. However, I did some searches for “Best Online Oil Painting Courses,” and found several references to VAA.
I signed up for VAA’s ongoing Apprentice Program last October (2023), and I am incredibly glad I did! As a beginner, I didn’t know what I didn’t know, but I didn’t have to: VAA has already mapped it all out for me. It starts out with basic, fundamental stuff, but also teaches me the THINKING that goes in the painting: the composition, my color choices, how to consciously select which darks and lights need to be emphasized, etc.
Bottomline, I am learning how to create paintings that have both visual music and poetry, and it is super fun to see my growth! I cannot recommend this course enough!
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comprehensive art education
The equivalent of a 4 year art education at a fraction of the cost
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STEP 2: After 5 minutes, please check your email for instructions. If you cannot find it, search your mail for "Virtual Art Academy" (sometimes gmail puts emails in an area called Promotions).
STEP 3: Download the app for your smartphone or tablet, or access my online art education school on your computer.
STEP 4: Look for the Start Here tutorial. This gives you all the information on how our art education program is structured. Do your first assignment, and start to see your paintings steadily improve, one step at a time.
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