Teens

2021 is Year of the Ox (Chinese New Year).  By the way, 2020 was the year of the rat, in case you were wondering.  And boy did it turn out to be an ugly rat of a year, didn’t it?! The Ox [...]

Our tween / teen class created these amazing contour flowers using india ink and acrylic.   We wanted students to practice working on a very large scale, to create a contour drawing using [...]

We are always teeming for new topics, art movements, techniques, and mediums for our teen art tribe to experience. Over the past two weeks, these crazy creative students (ages 12-15) tackled the [...]

In this day and age of Photoshop and digital photo alteration, we were inspired to explore the lost art of altering photographs by hand!

Dip Dye Wall Tapestries in our Tween + Teen Camp

Botanical collages inspired by artist Julie Hamilton.

A colorful cacti painting project inspired by the muted desert colors of the Southwest!

This watercolor cacti + succulent painting project was inspired by the iridescent colors, interesting shapes, and varied textures of these beautiful plants!

Contour Drawing Technique

inspired by Chelsy of the Dreamy Gypsy