Summer Opportunities

Summer Class Descriptions

Artisan Market Class

This will be our first year holding this summer class with the hopes that it becomes a yearly class offering. It is my hope that students will develop their own brand and learn to market and sell their own product line. If it goes well, we will look for opportunities throughout the year for students to set up their booth and earn some money doing what they love!

I will provide the students with everything they need for a simple booth. I would like for them to each create a short video (in class) that can be shared via your social media or texted to family and friends. This video will describe their brand and product ideas, and allow the students to request support (investment capital) to expand their initial offerings and setup. This money would first go toward a banner and table cover for their booth, and once they have those it would purchase more product for them to sell. I will provide each student with 10 magnets, 10 buttons, a sample t-shirt (so that they can take orders if they don’t have the funds to produce shirts to buy at the market day), and 10 greeting cards. Additional funds will buy them more shirts, buttons, magnets, cards, a silk screen and squeegee to keep, custom ink colors to keep, etc.

Students will have the opportunity to create images to use on their product line over the eight week class, and then set up and sell at our Market Day in early August.

Digital Art Class

In Digital Art, students will learn how to use a tablet and stylus to create their drawings. They will be taught techniques and tools in the Procreate app. Once they've mastered drawing on the tablet, they will begin to learn animation techniques through the app Procreate Dreams. Students will work at their own speed with students of varying skill levels and ages, and will create digital art that they will be excited to share!

Students will need a tablet and drawing stylus, and both the Procreate and Procreate Dreams apps installed on the tablet. They'll need to be sure their devices are charged, or bring a charger to class!

Advanced Painting I & II

Advanced Art classes at Artist Tree Studio are by invitation only. Students are invited when I feel they have reached a proficient level at observational drawing and drawing from references. I also look for students to be well behaved in class and show an aptitude for painting and a desire to dedicate themselves to a long creative process before asking them to join.

Advanced Painting I invites students to pick from famous works of art throughout history to recreate as closely as possible. They may choose a Keith Haring painting, or perhaps a Van Gogh. Whatever they choose, they will spend ample time drawing the painting to the best of their ability, and then use quality materials to depict the image with as much accuracy as they can. Students always find that they are more capable than they imagined!

Advanced Painting II is a class in which students begin to explore creating complex scenes for their own imagined paintings. They will choose a subject they wish to paint, and search for many reference photos of items they would like to include in their painting. They will piece together a drawing from all of the references, and use the photos to help them paint while paying attention to light source and vantage point, etc. They may use AI to help generate a scene.

Students in both classes may one paint 1-2 paintings in the summer. They will spend a lot of time on each piece, and will be encouraged to take the time they need to make a beautiful painting.

Drawing Skills Class

In Drawing Skills, students will work to improve their ability to draw what they see, and draw from reference photos. I have developed a technique for teaching drawing that students find very helpful in achieving their drawing goals, making the process a lot less stressful. Students will have a lot of choice in the subjects of their drawings. I want them to enjoy drawing things that they love so that they will be motivated to be patient with themselves as they improve their skills.