Polina - Drawing tutor - Wheaton
Polina - Drawing tutor - Wheaton

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  • Rate $23
  • Response 1h
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    Number of students Polina has taught since their arrival at Superprof

Polina - Drawing tutor - Wheaton
  • 5 (1 review)

$23/h

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  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Oil painting
  • Sculpture

Experienced tutor in Drawing in Wheaton, Polina offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Oil painting
  • Sculpture

Lesson location

    • At Polina's house: Wheaton

About Polina

Renaissance Classical Art School offers over 16 years of proven teaching experience with consistent, measurable student results. Our students begin formal fine-art education as early as age 9, following a structured academy-level curriculum designed for every age, level, and background.

Our program is rooted in the 19th-century European academy and Renaissance apprentice traditions—the same time-tested methods that formed masters such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Velázquez, and Bouguereau. These classical foundations remain essential for developing real artistic skill.

However, we are not a traditional atelier limited to historical methods alone. While drawing from life and classical realism form the backbone of our training, students are also taught how to expand creativity, develop original ideas, and confidently work with modern media and technologies. Senior students learn to apply classical skills to contemporary materials, mixed media, digital tools, and modern workflows, understanding that technology is a tool—not a replacement—for strong fundamentals.

No prior portfolio is required. Every student begins with fine-art fundamentals. The curriculum follows a systematic, skill-based progression, breaking down the complex challenge of realistic drawing and painting into clear, achievable stages. Advancement depends on demonstrated skill, effort, and discipline, not age or time alone. Each student receives personalized critiques and instruction at every level.

Drawing is the foundation of everything we do. This balanced classical-to-modern approach builds strong observation, structure, composition, color, and light control while encouraging creative thinking. Graduates develop competitive portfolios and have earned scholarships and grants to prestigious colleges and universities across the United States.

We are serious about Classical Realism, creative growth, and preparing students for the modern art world—and the results speak for themselves.

Our mission:

• Develop critical and creative thinking through visual analysis

• Cultivate a refined sense of beauty and harmony

• Teach professional academy-level artistic skills

• Integrate classical foundations with modern media and technology

• Build strong composition, proportion, color, and light understanding

• Unlock and expand each student’s individual potential

Progress, discipline, and results define our school. The goal is simple: to help every student reach their highest artistic and creative potential.



Few years ago I did a big research and realize that nobody wants to teach kids formal art approach anymore - just few ateliers left for adults in Chicago... why realism died? Why formal art education forgotten? That is another story...

Kids basically have no place like art school to go and learn in one location: art fundamentals, develop their artistic skills, to learn color theory, to learn sketching from life, animal anatomy, human anatomy, learn painting technics in various mediums, drawing technics in various mediums etc. 

So I decided to open formal art school here in Wheaton, IL and developed my own method which combines all above skills in 5 years program. 



I hold a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree and have over 17 years of experience developing and teaching a structured classical art curriculum. My training is rooted in traditional academic drawing and painting, with emphasis on:

• Constructive drawing

• Perspective (one-point, two-point, multi-point)

• Anatomy and figure construction

• Value structure and form modeling

• Classical painting techniques (acrylic and oil)

• Portfolio development for competitive college admissions

In addition to formal academic training, I have spent years refining and systematizing my methodology into a progressive, multi-year program designed to build technical mastery step by step.

My work combines formal fine art education, studio practice, and long-term curriculum development focused on disciplined skill acquisition rather than recreational art instruction.

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  • English

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English

At our school, art education is treated as a structured discipline, not a casual activity.

1. Initial Evaluation

Every new student goes through an assessment.

We review:

• Previous artworks (if available)

• Technical skill level (line control, proportion, value, perspective)

• Visual understanding and observation ability

• Focus, discipline, and long-term goals

This allows us to determine the correct placement: pre-academic, academic, portfolio, or recreational.

2. Individual Skill Analysis

We identify:

• Strengths to build upon

• Technical gaps that must be corrected

• Level of visual literacy

• Work ethic and commitment level

No student is placed randomly. Placement is intentional.

3. Structured Training Plan

Each student follows a structured progression:

• Foundational drawing (line, proportion, perspective)

• Value and form construction

• Still life studies from life

• Complex compositions

• Medium control (graphite → acrylic → oil, etc.)

• Portfolio development (if applicable)

Advancement is skill-based, not age-based.

All ages, but I prefer to work with kids 12 years and up. 

I’m very honest with adults who comes to me, Adults have a very busy life and the formal approach which requires some spare time to be dedicated to art is not the best option for busy adults. Students must have at least 4 hours a week for homework, 4 hours in the studio min. I always tell if you want to paint, you have to learn to draw because drawing is the foundation of everything. But people are always search for shortcuts... there is no shortcut in learning process. You can not be a doctor in 1 day, 1 week or 1 year, you can not learn musical instrument  in 1 year and play complex music pieces, 

why people want to learn drawing, painting in 1 week, 1 month or 1 year? Impossible. 



Make a clear goal what exact level of expertise you want to archive! Find a perfect instructor who will help you to fulfill your dreams! Good luck everyone!

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Rates

Rate

  • $23

Pack rates

  • 5h: $115
  • 10h: $230

Details

Prices: $45 for 2 hours group lesson for academic level 12+, portfolio preparation and adult courses flat fee

$40 per 1,5 hours lesson for pre-academic lesson LM (ages 9-12)

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