Weekly Art Classes for Kids!

Group Classes for Kids (upcoming classes below…)

Private Art Lessons for Kids

Private Lessons for Individuals with Special Needs

Group and Private Lessons for Neurodivergent Students

Art Parties and Anything for Your Creative Needs

Paint Parties for Kids and Adults

Please reach out to Ms. Melissa @ 480-390-8193 with any questions, inquiries, and suggestions! I am always open and available to share ideas, help, and/or inspire!

Please feel free to message me for party information. I travel with all materials needed for an awesome time. I bring aprons, stools, tables, drop clothes, paint, water cups, easels, canvas, and crafts for a craft party. You may even choose your painting or theme. I can also host parties like “unicorns”, “dinosaurs”, “mermaids” , “Minecraft”, even clay, as I have a kiln.

Feel free to text or phone and we can chat to see if I can serve your creative needs!

480-390-8193

For My Amazing Homeschool Families:

All my lessons align with the Arizona State Standards for Visual Arts and the National Visual Arts Standards. I am quite proficient in both sets of standards. I even helped write the Arizona State Standards for Visual Arts in 2015. I provide a well-rounded assortment of lessons including various forms of art, and many different mediums (including kiln-fired clay). I believe in having small class sizes and plenty of personalized attention. Every student deserves an outstanding art education with “hands-on” experiences that they will remember forever. They will have so much fun, that they won’t even realize they are learning!

Please check out the links below for copies of the Visual Art Standards

“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”

-Confucius

AZ Visual Arts Standards

National Visual Arts Standards

Upcoming Classes

Abstract Face Paintings

We will look at and discuss different abstract faces from artists like Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee, Willem de Kooning, Joan Miro, and others.

Wednesday, September 17th

2:30-4:30

and

Friday, September 19th

10-12 and 12-2

$20 for two-hour session

ESA, Cash, and Venmo accepted

Text Ms. Melissa

@ 480-390-8193

to sign up!

No Art Classes from September 22nd -October 29th

I will be traveling to Japan to explore and study more art techniques

(I can’t wait to share them with you!)

“Haunted Houses

and

Monster LolliPops”

Halloween Fun!

We will be painting Haunted Houses and making ‘monster” lollipops.

For the lollipops, we will be using Jolly Rancher suckers, lollipop sticks, and candy eyeballs. Students will be taking them home in fun Halloween bags.

If your child has any allergies to this candy or dietary restrictions, please let me know. We want everyone to be safe and have fun!

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Wednesday, October 29th

2:30-4:30

and

Friday, October 31st

10-12 and 12-2

Text Ms. Melissa

@ 480-390-8193

to sign up

$20 for two-hour class

ESA, cash, and Venmo accepted

“SalvadorDali”

Style Clay Clocks

We will be looking at Dali’s famous painting

“Persistence of Memory “

and learning about Surrealism

Students will create “Dali” style clock sculptures out of clay!

This is a two-class commitment.

Day 1: We create clay clocks (I then fire them in the kiln)

Day 2: We paint them and take them home

Clay Day 1:

Wednesday, November 5th

2:30-4:30

and

Friday, November 7th

10-12 and 12-2

Clay Day 2:

Wednesday, November 12th

2:30-4:30

and

Friday, November 14th

10-12 and 12-2

Text Ms.Melissa

@ 480-390-8193

to sign up!

$20 per two-hour class ($40 for both classes)

ESA, Cash, and Venmo accepted

Check back soon for more classes!

Art

Journaling

for Teens

Wednesdays 5-7

What is an Art Journal?

An Art journal is a visual diary where you practice making art while expressing yourself at the same time.

I will teach different techniques every time students come to class. We will be painting, collaging, inking, stamping, tearing, coloring, printing, and even sewing…the options are endless. THIS IS A BLAST!

This class is awesome for angry teens, happy teens, curious teens, messy teens, neat teens, hyper teens, quiet teens, creative teens, bored teens, inspired teens, teens that love to write, teens that love to draw, teens that love to paint, and teens that love to collect papers and photos and all kinds of oddities. Seriously, this class is awesome. Your kiddo will love it!

Text Melissa at 4803908193 to sign up!

all classes are $20 for two hours ESA/CW, cash and Venmo accepted

Students bring their journal or sketchbook of choice, however…we can also bind our own pages instead of using an actual book. The options are truly endless,