The Art Class

This is the class that put Studio Arts/Lakewood Arts on the map. It's the ideal environment for making art because it supports kids' creativity, builds self-esteem, and rewards parents with art works by their children that they'll treasure forever. In this project-based class, kids use a variety of media (balancing 2D and 3D) to explore Art techniques and traditions, giving them a solid base for branching out in their artistic pursuits.

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Drawing and Painting

Our most requested class! Classic Drawing and Painting instruction is for young artists interested in building their skills upon traditional basics. Even the youngest students can explore the challenges of figure drawing, simple perspective, and drawing from observation. Students work with acrylics, watercolor, tempera, pen and ink, pastels, and charcoal while engaging their imaginations, gaining inspiration and techniques from the Masters, and learning to See as the Artist Sees.

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The Art Of Cartooning

Express your inner Super Hero! This is the ultimate class for the kid who lives and breathes cartoons. Students make their own slick comic books as they learn professional techniques for illustrating and writing stories. Study anatomy, facial expressions, movement and how to draw the best “Ka-Pow!” and “Zing!” Older kids/teens also love this class, especially the ones who leave little pencil drawings everywhere.

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The Portfolio Class

This class provides a private tutorial for each student with Studio Arts Director, Barley Vogel and Jim Hastings. Only for the art student who is serious about building a portfolio that provides entry to the Arts High School of your dreams. Our student placement success rate is incomparable (nearly 100% to the Freshman Class). Barley and Jim guide you in making new artwork and polishing work in progress as you create a professional portfolio and learn to finesse the interview process. Ages 13 - 17. Call for detailed information and pricing. 214-827-1222.

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Ceramics

Turn ‘mud pies’ into plates, bowls and an infinite variety of ceramic artworks. Kids learn advanced techniques from throwing pots on the wheel to hand-building splendid and complex masterpieces. Kids from this class become very confident with their clay skills. Great support for 3-dimensional learners! The only true ceramics class in town for little potters! We are also offering a new section this year for teens - enjoy lots of time on the wheel and a small class size.

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Independent Study

Instructor will present projects that can be accomplished in several different media, which each student may approach in a different way. Lots of conceptual thinking and a real sense of invention and ownership for the student is the result. We will be combining students with different concentrations in the same class - some in clay, some sculpture, some drawing/painting, printmaking, etc.

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Oil Painting

Explore traditional methods using water-soluble oil paint with subjects including still life, figure, and your inspired imagination. Technical issues of color theory and proper oil painting techniques will be addressed and built upon with each project.

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Build It!

Build It Sculpture Class
Create sculptural structures for busy hands and analytical minds. This is the class for expanding spatial thinking and learning structural basics for a lifetime of sculpture making. Projects include techniques in clay, wood, papier-mache, and many other materials as you explore traditional and nontraditional design techniques. The perfect class for future architects, engineers, and designers (and, of course, mad scientists).

Art and Animals

This class is Barley's new pet project. At Studio Arts, we are inspired by the beauty the natural world. Dive heart first into clucks of chickens, herds of horses, the dogness of dogs, facts of frogs and any other intriguing models we happen upon. Some field trips in the neighborhood will require you to drive just a little bit. Projects will involve all media (draw/paint/clay/sculpture) and will be FUN and AMAZING.

Clay Wheel

Get your hands dirty! Learn a variety of ceramic techniques (coil, slab, extruding, wheel, pinch) to create beautiful and useful objects. A great class for beginners, but whatever your level of experience, you will find expert instruction, great project ideas and lots of clay to work with. Supplies included. Projects different from camps.