This is specifically desgined for tween/teen artists who are independently working on completing pieces started in class. This class is by "invite only". If your artist is interested in this class please email us at michaelsymberstudios@gmail.com. 

This 10 session guided studio time will run on Wednesdays, 4:00-5:30; 8/20/25, 8/27/25, 9/3/25, 9/10/25, 9/17/25, 9/24/25, 10/1/25, 10/8/25, 10/15/25 & 10/22/25.

This class is specifically designed for the tween/teen artists, 4th grade and up.

Piet Mondrian lived from 1872 two 1944. His paintings are some of the most recognizable in the world. What many do not realize is that he was not always an abstract painter. He was one of the most sensitive, talented and skillful realistic drawers and painters in history.In this class, students will trace his journey from realism to modern art by creating three separate pieces. One an incredibly realistic drawing. Two the beginning of Abstract art as Mondrian paints trees In a new way, and the third a completely abstract design made only from black white and the primary colors.I promise that they are all related closely and I will teach you why!

Please join us to learn about one of my favorite artists in history!

This 5 session class will run on Thursdays, 4:00pm -5:30pm; 9/25/25, 10/2/25, 10/9/25, 10/16/25 & 10/23/25.

This class is specifically designed for the tween/teen artist, 4th grade and up.

Many of our students from fifth grade to high school are absolute masters of sketching, shading, and rendering in pencil. I love to build on incredible skills, and strengthen students’ powers of observation.In this class, we will all sit around one huge table covered with paper.In the center?A life-size human skeleton!As everyone draws, they will see different parts from a different perspective. This strengthens individual confidence, knowledge of the human anatomy for artists, and drawing in perspective, including for shortening! The end product creates one enormous circular image of a ring of interlocking bones!Fun and challenging!Register now if you have skills and want even more!

This 4 session class will run on Mondays, 4:00pm-5:30pm; 9/29/25, 10/6/25, (Skipping over holiday 10/13/25), 10/20/25 & 10/27/25.

This class is specifically designed for artists in 3rd through 8th grade.

Learn how to draw realistic dinosaurs!

All of my life I have told people, “If you want to learn about something... draw it.”  This is absolutely true of animals! Through drawing, you will learn far more than just how they appear. OBSERVE how they stand, how they sleep, what makes them happy or angry. Use Art to research where the animal lives, and what it eats.

We will begin with the drawing fundamentals shape, proportion, light, shadow, and texture. Soon enough, however, students will get their own sketchbooks and set of graphite pencils to keep studies of their favorite animals! NOW, learn to use those same principles to draw with the incredible Prismacolor colored pencils!

Passion is what makes us great artists, so if you love animals and have an interest in biology, please grab this great opportunity!

This 4 session class runs Thursdays, 4:00pm -5:30pm; 10/30/25, 11/6/25, 11/13/25, & 11/20/25.

This class is specifically designed for artists in Kindergarten through 5th grade.

Re-create Vincent Van Gogh's iconic Starry Night using oil pastels.  

Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created approximately 2,100 works of art.It is therefore surprising that only few of his paintings are immediately recognized, and that details about his life are vague to many.This class is designed to teach young artists his thoughts about creating art as well as Vincent’s love of giving people happiness with his art. We will show students how the composition of Starry Night was influenced by Japanese Art and is almost completely based on Hokusai’s Great Wave print. We will also show them how to use oil pastels and the color theory that Vincent used to make his stars shine brighter.

This 4 session class will run on Mondays, 4:00-5:30 pm; 11/3/25, 11/10/25, 11/17/25 and 11/24/25.