Milan Art Institute

Online Art School for Adults

A year of drawing, painting, and learning to sell your art, with weekly coaching for two years.

You've been making art long enough to know a weekend class won't get you there. You want a school: a sequence, a teacher who sees your paintings, and a way to sell the art once it's actually good.

That school is the Mastery Program.

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Eternal Breath, oil on canvas by Elli Milan: a red horse and a white horse nose to nose among flowers and clouds — Eternal BreathElli Milan. Oil on canvas, 30 x 36 in.

The studio

Paintings by the artists who teach

Elli, Dimitra, and John Milan made these.

Soul Sisters, an oil painting by Elli Milan of two women wearing crowns of flowers, standing shoulder deep in water — Soul SistersElli Milan. Oil on canvas.

You're the Dawn, an oil painting by Dimitra Milan of a face in warm light with blue wings and butterflies — You're the DawnDimitra Milan. Oil on canvas, 48 x 60 in.

Woodland Dreams, mixed media oil on canvas by Elli and John Milan: birch trunks and yellow leaves in a forest — Woodland DreamsElli and John Milan. Mixed media oil on canvas, 60 x 48 in.

Dare to Dream, a watercolor by Dimitra Milan — Dare to DreamDimitra Milan. Watercolor.

What you get

The full drawing and painting curriculum, in the order the skills actually build.

Two years of coaching and feedback, including weekly calls.

Training in the business of selling your art.

Lifetime access to the lessons, so you can replay a demonstration the week you need it.

Optional personal artist mentors if you want a private studio relationship on top of the group coaching.

Elli Milan and Dimitra Milan in the studio, standing in front of their paintings — Elli Milan and Dimitra Milan, 2025

The artists

You learn from painters who sell their art

Elli and Dimitra Milan built the curriculum. John paints and teaches in it too. The Mastery Program is their school, taught online, with coaching on the paintings you make.

What it costs

Pay in full for $3,999. Or $399 a month for 12 months ($4,788), or $229 a month for 24 months ($5,496). There's a 30-day money-back guarantee.

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If you want one class

We also teach standalone on-demand classes in oil, acrylic, mixed media, and drawing. Buy one of those when you want a single course. Come here when you want the school.

Is this an online art school for adults?

Yes. The Mastery Program is Milan Art Institute's year-long online art school. Adults enroll from home, work through a sequenced curriculum, and get coaching on the paintings they make.

How is this different from your online art classes?

The on-demand catalog is individual courses you can buy one at a time. The Mastery Program is the full school: curriculum, two years of coaching, and business training, at one price.

How much is the Mastery Program?

$3,999 paid in full, or $399 a month for 12 months, or $229 a month for 24 months.

Can beginners enroll?

Yes. Milan Art Institute doesn't turn people away. The center of the program is artists who have been painting for years and still can't get the results they want, and complete beginners enroll too.