What is Art Mentorship?
Art Mentorship is a specialized art program developed specifically for students who know what they'd like to learn, or those seeking one-on-one style lessons. Art Mentorship classes are suitable for teen and adult students looking to master specific skills or develop a portfolio under the mentorship and guidance of award-winning artists and designers.
Virtual Private Art Lessons
Get 1-on-1 online master classes with an art mentor and kickstart your school portfolio! Get live demos upon request -- whatever YOU want to work on, and creative guidance on personal projects. Pick the brain of art experts and get answers to all your burning questions about art schools, programs or career advice!
How Art Portfolio Reviews Work
Book a private art lesson with a mentor and get actionable feedback on how you can improve your art portfolio, what to include, what to leave out, what to tweak, and recommendations for next steps.
Artist Mentors & Specialties
Drawing, Painting, Cartooning
Arruniya Mohendran
Drawing, Acrylic Painting, Watercolour
Arruniya is an Ontario Certified Teacher and holds a degree in Drawing & Painting from OCAD university. She loves drawing, painting, and printmaking, and her favourite subjects are inspired by nature. She specializes in teaching youth all of the art fundamentals for creative success. More about Arruniya
Pen and Oil on Paper
Gouache on Paper
Here's a video of Arruniya teaching
Drawing, Painting, Portraiture, Illustration, Figure Drawing, Sculpture, Portfolio
Fei Lu
Advanced Drawing, Painting, Media Arts
Fei is an award-winning artist, illustrator and designer who has worked in numerous creative fields. She founded Winged Canvas in 2013 to pursue her passion for art education. Fei paints in oils, acrylics and gouache, and her favourite subjects are people. She loves plein air painting, collecting art and playing with her dogs. More about Fei
Oil painting
Here's a video of Fei teaching
Digital Art, Character Design, Illustration, Drawing, Cartooning, Concept Art, Comics, Anime
Iggy Calabio
Digital Illustration, Anime, Comics & Cartooning
Iggy is an illustrator with a passion for concept art, character design, and anime. He designs characters, makes 3D sculptures, illustrated a children's book and is always painting something digitally. Iggy loves gaming, anime, airbrushing Gundam model kits, and he's a streamer on our channel! More about Iggy
Here's a video of Iggy teaching
Digital Art, Character Design, Illustration, Drawing, Comics, Cartooning, Concept Art, Figure Drawing, Portfolio
Jessie Chang
Digital Illustration, Comics & Cartooning
Jessie is a digital illustrator, cartoonist and the creator of popular webtoon Say Hello Greyson. She draws everyday, and she her favourite subjects are fantasy and horror. She also enjoys writing and playing Dungeons and Dragons. You may recognize Jessie on our YouTube channel and blogs! More about Jessie
Here's a video of Jessie teaching
Drawing, Painting, Digital Art, Character Design, Figure Drawing, Portraiture, Concept Art, Illustration, Animation, Sculpture, Portfolio
Josh Chan
Animation, Character Design, Illustration
Josh, aka "Moodie", is a Toronto-based illustrator and character designer as well as a passionate art instructor. His favourite painting medium is acrylic gouache, and for quick sketches, he prefers ink and pencil crayon. Josh loves movies, video games, graphic novels, and outdoor adventures. More about Josh
Here's a video of Josh teaching
Character Design, Concept Art, Digital Art, Illustration
Gonzalo Fraguas
Game Art, Concept Art, Digital Illustration
Gonzalo has worked in a wide range of filmmaking and video game production roles. While he is adept in many digital mediums, his main focus is storytelling and his true passion is sharing everything he knows with emerging artists and helping them become their best selves. More about Gonzalo
Here's a video of Gonzalo teaching
🎉Student Success Story
Ava dropped in for a painting camp one summer, re-discovered her creative spirit, and then began learning art at Winged Canvas. She explored drawing, watercolour, acrylic, oils (she loved oil paint the most), sculpture, and digital. She then began working on her portfolio in the Art Mentorship program.
A few years later, she was accepted into the Unionville Arts program, which was her ultimate goal. We are so proud of you, Ava! 👏
Mentorship Class Pricing
Prices are listed in USD and include applicable taxes. See Tax Info. Have questions? See our FAQ Section.
Benefits of Private Mentorship
Book a private art lesson with a mentor and get actionable feedback on how you can improve your art portfolio, with recommendations for next steps.
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Benefits of virtual art classes
💼 Portfolio Development
Recommended for art & design school applicants.
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👤 One-on-One Teaching
Customized instructions and learning experience with critiques
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🎨 Personal Art Projects
Determined by student's interests & learning style.
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✅ Mastering Disciplines
Target areas of weakness to achieve student goals.
Private Mentorship FAQs
First We Listen
Tell your mentor about your goals and main points.
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What would you like to accomplish?
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What are your challenges and roadblocks?
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What are you feeling unsure about?
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When are your hard deadlines?
Then We Assess
Your mentor will then give you a critique on the artwork you submitted and discuss:
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Your artistic strengths
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Areas that warrant improvement
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Actionable steps to improve on each piece
Then We Demonstrate
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Watching someone demonstrate how they would approach improving your artwork is extremely helpful.
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Feedback may include live corrections on proportions, techniques, and other parts of the creative process.
Have a question you don't see answered here? 💬 Message our team in the chat!
🏆 Top Art Schools Our Students & Teachers Go To
Our art mentors are graduates of top art universities, specializing in illustration, animation, video game art, graphic design, and more!
Jay Lintag graduated from the York/Sheridan Program in Design (YSDN). He has led and mentored our design team in web and branding. See Jay's accepted graphic design school portfolio.
Jessie Chang began as a co-op student at Winged Canvas. Now she's an OCAD Illustration student and one of our art mentors! See Jessie's accepted illustration school portfolio.
100+ 5 Star Reviews 🔥 Top Rated Art School
What our students are saying about their learning experience at Winged Canvas!
Inna Gertsberg
Google Review | Student
If you are an aspiring young artist or a parent of one, Winged Canvas is the place. The staff are as passionate about art as they are about teaching, the space is buzzing with creativity...
Marta Stepanova
Facebook Review | Student
We are in love... with this community. My daughter enjoys the drawing lessons. As an artist... to find a positive and supportive coaching. I highly recommend... for your professional portfolio.
Ava Dedier
Google Review | Student
Fei is incredibly paitient and always has constructive feedback...looking back at my art...I notice a huge difference...I can definitely say their assistance helped with the growth of my skills.
