New This Year

 Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards is an exciting method that not only teaches the skill of drawing but informs the student about their brain. They will have seven lessons that bring dramatic and encouraging drawing results as well as new concepts that encourage and challenge their minds. Students are surprised with their success and gain creative confidence.

Alexandra Nechita has been called "the petite Picasso". This sixteen year old girl motivates and inspires students with her story from coloring books to exhibitions all over the world. Students see her studio and learn the process of her paintings. She demonstrates and explains several forms of media-painting on canvas, etching and lithographs, pen and ink drawings, ceramics, and sculpture in metal and glass. Her poise and positive outlook are uncommon for someone her age.

Trading cards are gaining worldwide popularity. The vending machines that once sold cigarettes now vend original art in small affordable cellophane packets. It is with this idea that we will make personally expressive trading cards from 3x5 index cards.