fine art lessons for children

OBSERVE: 2 Objects (Value & Form)

Forms are three dimensional shapes. Because drawings and paintings have only two dimensions, artists must use shadows on the objects themselves as well as cast shadows in order to let the viewer know if the object they are viewing is a form, or a flat shape. If you learn how to create form, you can make everything in your artwork look 3D. Most objects that we have in everyday life are made up of combinations of slightly modified platonic forms.

Malia, age 10

Malia, age 10

Sam, age 14

Sam, age 14

Monty, age 10

Monty, age 10

The Arts Crawl and art/work/place at The Maya Salon!

If you're out and about this Saturday, July 21, stop by The Maya Salon to view beautiful work done by the art/work/place students!  

A few beauties are shown below, but more will be on display this Saturday!  Don't miss out on great art and fun times!

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Inspired by Kandinsky and O'Keefe

Our Modern Art Summer Art Intensive is underway and the projects look amazing!  On day 1, our students created these awesome pieces which were inspired by Kandinsky's Squares with Concentric Circles.

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Day 2 was flower-filled!  Check out these beautiful hand-painted tote bags inspired by Georgia O'Keefe.

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Check back later this week to see the rest of the awesome projects!

If you missed out on this camp, we'll be holding a Pop Art Summer Art Intensive from July 30 to August 3.  Register using the link below!

Summer isn't over yet, and neither are Summer art camps!

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Before the kids go back to school, there's still time to sign them up for a super fun Summer camp!  Give them the opportunity to have fun while they learn and sign them up for an art/work/place Summer Art Intensive!


We've got the Modern Art Summer Art Intensive starting this Monday, July 16 and it will run through Friday, July 20.  There's still room so request your space today using the link below!


After that comes our Large Canvas Painting Summer Art Intensive.  It will run from Monday, July 23 through Friday, July 27.  Seats are filling up fast, so if large canvases are for you, sign up now!  Check out the link below to request your space!


For the week of July 30 to August 3, we'll be holding our Pop Art Summer Art Intensive, where a different pop artist will be explored each day!  Don't miss out on this great opportunity to learn about the great pop artists of our time.


Last but not least is our Making Minis Summer Art Intensive during the week of August 6 to August 10.  If you love to work with your hands, this is the camp for you!  Sign up below!