Founder / Owner + Instructor Rebecca Kimmel taught in the Los Angeles area from 2007-2018 and has over 10 years of teaching experience at the public and private college and high school level. In 2011 she founded Korpus School of Art + Gallery in Downtown L.A. During 7 years of running Korpus, Rebecca helped to send her private College Portfolio Preparation students to art colleges + universities across the US with over $10 MILLION in Merit Scholarships + Grant offers.

Update: In Summer 2023, Korpus Studio of Art will be coming to Seattle, Washington!

Rebecca initially studied Fine Art and Liberal Studies at top ranked Washington University in St. Louis, MO, where she was a full scholarship finalist. She received her B.F.A. in Illustration from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, and her M.F.A. in Digital Art from George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. She pursued studies in the classical atelier tradition in Florence, Italy.

Rebecca specializes in Figurative Art, with a particular focus on Traditional Figure Drawing. She has experience teaching a wide range of topics, including College Portfolio Preparation, Drawing Fundamentals, Figure Drawing, Anatomy, Portraiture, Master Copies, Pastel, Painting Fundamentals, and Digital Painting Fundamentals using Photoshop.

Rebecca is capable of teaching in a wide range of styles of figurative realism: ranging from rapid gesture drawing and alla prima portrait and figure painting that is preferred by illustrators, to the “slow art” classical realist techniques including Bargue and cast drawing and painting preferred by classical fine artists. She is also capable of guiding students to create works that are imaginative and illustrative, in both illustrative and fine art styles.

Rebecca has a particular passion for College Portfolio Preparation for High School students. She has an extensive knowledge of a range of schools across the U.S., and works closely with her students to prepare the right kind of portfolio for the right kind of school, based on the individual student’s stated needs and preferences. Previous College Preparation students of Rebecca’s have gone on to receive over $10 Million total in Merit Scholarships + Grant offers to their top choice art schools and universities. Each student with whom Rebecca has worked exclusively one on one has gained entrance to a top art school and/or university, and each has received significant financial aid and scholarship money based on their portfolio.

Rebecca has additionally taught in-house Industry Life Drawing Workshops for artists at The Mill VFX in Culver City and Luma Pictures in Santa Monica, CA.