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Pre-College Saturday Studio Class: Oil Painting

$480

with Roger Chavez

Calendar Current session started Feb 3, 2024 at 11 am, runs for 10 weeks

No class March 30th

This class is for high-school students of all abilities and experience levels, from novices to veterans.

Explore the vibrant possibilities of oil painting and deepen your understanding of the two-dimensional visual language through time honored methods taught at PAFA.  

In this class you will learn about a variety of materials and techniques including painting supports, preparation of the historical and contemporary oil mediums, use of brushes and paint chemistry.  

Learning Objectives: 

Students will understand color mixing of prismatic hues and earth tone colors 

Students will be able to apply the systems of additive and subtractive color to their work 

Students will be able to apply a variety of taught oil painting techniques to subjects such as still-life, the cityscape, and nudes.  

Please bring all supplies on list by first day of class - note that supplies are not included in this course. 

Materials list for Oil Painting Saturday Studio Class

Young Artist Academy - Illustration and Comics

$265

with Mike Sienkiewicz

Calendar Next session starts Apr 6, 2024 at 11 am, runs for 5 weeks

Hone your art making skills, focusing on a variety of illustration techniques. The class will embrace out-of-the-box thinking and experimentation with traditional and innovative media, while improving your drawing techniques and discovering the ins and outs of character development, comics creation, poster design, cartooning, and a host of other options within the world of illustration.  

Supplies will be provided

Full Course

SPRING FESTIVAL

Free
Calendar Next available session starts Apr 28, 2024 at 1 pm

Join us in celebration of another year of art making at PAFA, with music, food, performances, art-making station, and a raffle for a FREE Summer Art Camp.

Camp I-1. Artist Garden. Ages 5-6

$400
Calendar Next available session starts Jun 24, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Get inspired by the “Artists as Cultivators” exhibition and create your own artistic garden where anything can grow; you only have to imagine it!     

Camp II-1: Sculptural Creations. Ages 7-8

$400
Calendar Next available session starts Jun 24, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week
Get creative with surprising tools and materials as well as traditional methods of sculpture! Learn cool sculpting tips and tricks to help you make your best, most exciting, 3-D projects.    

Camp III-1: Intro To Drawing. Ages 9-11

$400
Calendar Next session starts Jun 24, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Turn your doodles into artworks! Learn to draw human figures, animals and nature, creating scenes from both observation and imagination.    

Full Course

Camp IV-1: Art Foundations. Ages 12-14

$400
Calendar Next session starts Jun 24, 2024 at 9 am, runs for 1 week

Develop your foundational skills in traditional art-making methods and explore some experimental techniques, while strengthening and diversifying your skills and use of materials.     

Full Course

Pre-College: Drawing I

$465

with Roger Chavez

Calendar Next available session starts Jun 24, 2024 at 10 am, runs for 1 week

Strengthen your drawing ability and build your college portfolio. Learn to draw what you see with confidence! Work from still life arrangements, PAFA’s renowned collection, interior spaces, and the human figure, to master foundational elements: shape, contour line, composition, light and shadow, texture, and perspective. Students practice sight-drawing and measuring techniques and learn ways of defining form and space. This course teaches important skills for all artmaking, including for painting and other disciplines. Live model fee is included in the tuition.

Students are responsible for providing all their own materials.

A materials list will be emailed to registered students two weeks before class and made available on PAFA's website.

If you are applying for the scholarship: WAIT TO REGISTER UNTIL YOU HEAR THE DECISION! Scholarships cannot be applied retroactively! For Scholarship information visit https://www.pafa.org/school/academics/pre-college/summer-intensives





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