Hello Everyone!
This Spring 2026 semester, we will continue to offer some of our in-person classes at our CDA Campus in Pasadena, CA.
Besides the in-person classes, we will continue to offer our online courses as options as well so our out-of-state and international students can continue to study with us in the future.
We would like to thank you all for your support over the years and are looking forward to continuing serving your educational and portfolio-building needs in the future~!
SPRING 2026 IMPORTANT DATES
EARLY ENROLLMENT DATE: Sunday, Jan., 4th, 2026 at 12 PM PST (noon) (E-mailing list subscribers only. Password Required)
**If you are interested in early enrollment, please visit our “Contact Page” to sign up for our E-mailing list.
PUBLIC ENROLLMENT START DATE: Monday, Jan., 5th, 2026 at 12 AM PST (midnight)
SEMESTER START DATE: Saturday, Feb., 7th, 2026
SEMESTER END DATE: Saturday, Apr., 18th, 2026
** Please allow 1~2 weeks cushion time for the end of the semester.
School Holiday: None
SPRING 2026 10-WEEK ONLINE CLASSES + IN-PERSON CLASSES
All CDA class days/times listed below are based on the Los Angeles PDT & PST time zone.
** = 6 week courses
*** = 8 week courses
SATURDAY
[SATURDAY] ONLINE CLASSES (ZOOM)
#100 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Intro to Perspective with Polina Hristova / $800
#101 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Intro to Character Design with Tom van Rheenen / $840
(Tom will be out of town on Feb 21st, and the class will be pushed back 1 week. With the 1 week push back, the last class is scheduled to end on April 18th.)
[SATURDAY] HYBRID CLASS (IN-PERSON / ONLINE)
#102 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sketching for Environment* with Ed Li (HYBRID COURSE - CDA CAMPUS) / $800
* = Field trip required classes
#103 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sketching for Environment with Ed Li (HYBRID COURSE - ONLINE - ZOOM) / $800
(For the online students during the 4 field trip weeks, Ed will be uploading videos with short demo lectures, supplement drawing reference materials and explanation of the field trip drawing assignments that he wish the online students to practice during the field trip weeks.
On the Friday before field trips, Ed will meet with the online students (Friday, 5PM-6PM PST or times TBD) to go over the previous week HW crit, review the lecture for the week and kick off the online field trip assignment for online students. During the field trip weeks, Ed or his TA will be on Discord during set time to work together on the field trip assignment and to help answer additional questions.)
SUNDAY
[SUNDAY] ONLINE CLASSES (ZOOM)
#104 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM (4 hrs)
Vis Com 1: Dynamic Sketching with Andrew Cano / $840
#105 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Intro to Figure Drawing** with Edward Chang / $550
(This is a 6-week course. First day of class starting on Feb 8th.)
#106 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Intro to Animal Drawing*** with Polina Hristova / $680
(This is a 8-week course. First day of class starting on Feb 22nd.)
[SUNDAY] HYBRID CLASS (IN-PERSON / ONLINE)
#107 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Costume Gesture Drawing with Gregory Weir-Quiton (HYBRID COURSE - CDA CAMPUS) / $800
#108 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Costume Gesture Drawing with Gregory Weir-Quiton (HYBRID COURSE - ONLINE - ZOOM) / $800
(The lecture and demo portion of the course will be concentrated in the first 1~1.5 hr of the weekly course. When the in-person students are drawing from the live model, the online students will be provided photos to work from during the drawing exercise time. Once the drawings are completed, the students will be asked to share their drawings on the class Discord where Gregory can view and discuss feedback with the class together.)
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Uninstructed Figure Drawing Workshop / $15 cash payment per session due at entry.
(First uninstructed workshop starting on Sunday, January 18th.)
MONDAY
[MONDAY] ONLINE CLASSES (ZOOM)
#109 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM (4 hrs)
Analytical Figure Drawing with Kevin Chen / $840
#110 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Composition & Layout Design with Mike Hernandez / $840
#111 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Character Design for Game Production with Alex Chen / $840
#112 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (2 hrs)
Intro to Animation Storyboard*** with Sam Szymanski / $800
(This is a 8-week course. First class starts on Feb 23rd. This class will meet on both Monday and Tuesday nights with a total of 4 hrs per week.)