Tween/Teen Art Club

Students wishing to hone their art making may join us in our studio and online. We offer drop-in and recurring tuition options. Each week, students may choose to work on their own art with teacher support as well as be offered studio-lead projects. We offer support with drawing and painting as well as with mixed media and sculptural materials.

Further development of art and technique—such as understanding split complimentary and tertiary colors or using a variety of pencil weights—is incorporated. Composition and use of space and the picture plane are emphasized, along with looking to the work of assemblage and contemporary artists.

We balance instruction and independence. We offer guidance while also getting out of the way of the teen artist, allowing them to develop their individual artistic style.

Students are given critique of their work, while also feeling supported in our relaxed, no-pressure studio setting. Portfolio building and development of personal art interests is included.

We explore the work of contemporary and progressive artists, using the student’s taste and personal interest as a driving force.

Register here for drop-in or recurring monthly classes.

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Featured Projects

Sandra Silberweig: Larger-than-Life Portraits

Medium: Mixed Media on Black Paper

Inspiration: Sandra Silbersweig

Students took a nod to the bright and colorful work of Silbersweig, adding their own spin, interpretation and use of color. The finished works definitely displayed threads of self-portraiture

Gimme a Hand: Representational Self Portrait

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

Inspiration:Drawing from observation

Brief description: Students used their hands as a point of reference, and were charged with mixing and blending accurate skin tones, addressing overall composition and visual appeal with the formation and placement of the painting.

Animal Calling: Whimsical Portraiture

Medium:Mixed Media on Paper

Inspiration: Reflective painting

Working from personal art interest, and asking "If you were an animal, what animal would you be?,” students used a variety of visual references (photos, books) to create visually stunning and classical portraits with a whimsical flair. The piece you see here best represents the artist and her love of flowers.

Translating Color into Sepia Tones

Medium: Acrylic

Inspiration: Referencing landscape photographs

Students selected a color photograph of a landscape. Having created value scales in pencil and charcoal, students were ready to identify the various values within the landscapes. They assessed each color value a sepia tone value to translate the imagery from color to monochrome.

Exploring Value Scale on Tonal Paper: I’m a Fan!

Medium: Graphite & conte

Inspiration: Drawing from observation

Students learned about and implemented various graphic weights and conte to create still life drawings of a metal fan. The biggest challenge was including the tremendous detail and the subtleties of changes in value on a metallic surface.