Grades 3–5 · Ages 8–10
Kids Art
The same ideas the Jr class is working on, taken further. A full hour, a full palette, real brushes, and a finished piece to show for it.
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Student work from a recent class.
When
Mondays, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
Length
60 minutes
Per class
$25
Full 10 weeks
$250
First class is $10, so you can try it before committing. $20 off for each additional sibling. Classes are held at my home studio in Holladay — I send the address when you enroll.
Fall 2026 workshop
Foundations — September 14 to November 16.
Ten Mondays. The fall workshop is about learning to see like an artist and building technique that holds up — and meeting a working artist most people have never heard of, every single week.
Kids finish the year knowing thirty-odd artists beyond the usual ten. That's deliberate. Every week is anchored to a real artist whose work connects to what we're making that day.
What we cover
The ground this class covers.
Contour and gesture — not just what a line looks like, but what it's doing.
Reading a complicated subject as a set of simple shapes before drawing a single detail.
Mixing with intention. Warm against cool, and why it changes how a painting feels.
Building surface with tools, not just drawing what texture looks like.
Overlap, size and placement — the three tricks that make flat paper have depth.
How a class runs
What a Monday looks like.
- Two weeks per element — learn it, then apply it to a real project.
- Two or three new art words a week, used out loud until they stick.
- Longer demo, closer to ten minutes, with technique shown properly.
- Full palette and real brushes. More choices, more responsibility.
- Every piece is finished to a standard, and it goes home the same day.
Kids Art and Kids Art Jr share the same weekly concept, so siblings in both classes are learning the same thing the same week at their own level.
I tell students what we're learning at the start of class, then reveal the steps one at a time as we go. It keeps everyone moving together and leaves room for the lesson to bend around the group in front of me.
Coming soon
The week-by-week schedule
I'm still finishing the ten-week lesson plan for Kids Art — each week's project, materials, and featured artist. It'll be posted here before the fall workshop begins on September 14.
Coming back next year
No repeats.
The curriculum runs on a three-year rotation, and every tier is a three-grade band. A student can stay in Kids Art for all three years and never repeat a project. When they age up into the next class, the ideas come back — but at a depth they couldn't have handled before.
Enroll
Come try one class first.
Your first Kids Art class is $10. Email me and tell me your child's grade — I'll send the studio address, the supply notes, and confirm your spot.
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