As COVID-19 case numbers in the community have continued to drop in March 2022, masks are optional for those who wish to wear them. If your child, or anyone in your household exhibits ANY signs of illness, please do not bring your child to class to maintain a safe and healthy environment for everyone.
Drawing
Mr. Billy's drawing classes meet once a week. All materials are provided. Class is divided into three sections. Students spend the first part of class warming up on their own with practice drawing exercises related to the lesson. During the second section, students will follow along with Mr. Billy's drawing instruction, use reference materials, and make many creative choices to create an original piece. During the last part of class, students take time to finish their artwork and make their pieces all their own.
- A drawing class geared for younger artists to explore realistic drawing, improve hand-eye coordination, light logic, and coloring techniques through different media like markers, colored pencils, and oil pastel. Subjects include animals, people, and architecture.
- 4:30 to 5:30 pm
- Ages 6 to 8
- 9 weeks: Jan 9 - Mar 6
- $205
Basic Drawing with Mr. Billy
Mondays
- A drawing class for kids where we explore a variety of artistic techniques including light logic, color theory, realistic drawing, human proportion, and perspective. We will use markers, color pencil, graphite pencils, and oil pastel to draw animals, people, architecture, and just about anything!
- 6 to 7:30 pm
- Ages 8 to 12
- 9 weeks: Jan 9 - Mar 6
- $240
- 6:30 to 8:00 pm
- Ages 8 to 12
- 9 weeks: Jan 11 - Mar 8
- $240
- 4:30 to 6:00 pm
- Ages 8 to 12
- 9 weeks: Jan 12 - Mar 9
- $240
Drawing Fundamentals with Mr. Billy
Mondays
Wednesdays
Thursdays
- A realistic drawing course for teens and adults of any skill level. We will use marker and color pencil techniques, explore graphite and pen drawing, and explore a variety of subjects each week. Students are encouraged to develop their own ideas related to each project. Emphasis is placed upon building skills of shading, form, perspective, composition, layering, drawing people, and color theory.
- 6:30 to 8:30 pm
- Ages 12 and up
- 9 weeks: Jan 12 - Mar 9
- $270
Teen/Adult Drawing with Mr. Billy
Thursdays
- A drawing class covering the special techniques of drawing stylized cartoon characters. Students will learn to draw well-known characters such as Garfield or Calvin and Hobbes, and learn techniques to develop their own original characters.
- 4:30 to 6:00 pm
- Ages 8 to 12
- 9 weeks: Jan 10 - Mar 7
- $240
Cartooning with Mr. Billy
Tuesdays
- For the serious artist interested in rendering art with pencils. Students will explore a variety of subjects including animals, still life, and people. They will learn how to use many grades of pencils and other tools to render realistic shadows, lighting, and textures to make their drawings come to life!
- 4:30 to 6:00 pm
- Ages 8 and up
- 9 weeks: Jan 11 - Mar 8
- $240
Graphite Pencil Drawing with Mr. Billy
Wednesdays
Digital Arts
Digital arts are a growing ever changing field popular among new and traditional artists. Mr. Billy has been working with computers and art over 20 years and has been teaching kids digital arts since 2008.
Classes do require that students bring their own laptop computers. The software we use is free and open source.
2D classes using Krita require a drawing tablet. Graphics tablets such as Wacom or Bamboo (or other brand) come in a variety of sizes, the larger being more expensive and designed for professionals. Typically the smaller ones range from $30 to $100 in price. Many students opt for the "Wacom Intuos Draw." For 3D classes in Blender, a 3 button mouse is highly recommended.
- Students will use Krita and Blender, free open source applications,
to make 3D models, render lighting with realistic materials, and explore animation techniques. We will also explore realistic and stylized digital painting techniques using layers, lighting, brush types, and filters. Blender and Krita can appear overwhelming at first glance but Mr. Billy takes care to break down the concepts and tools in a variety of small and large projects geared for kids, building upon that knowledge each week.
Everyone can download and try Blender for free from Blender.org.
and Krita from from Krita.org - 6:30 to 8:30 pm
- Ages 10 and up
- 9 weeks: Jan 10 - Mar 7
- $270 (supplies required)
Digital Arts and Animationwith Mr. Billy
Tuesdays
Payment Policies- all registrants
To secure a registrants spot in a class, classes and camps must be paid in full prior to the start date. Once payment has been secured, if a registrant is unable to attend or wants to cancel a session (a full term, not an individual class), then that fee may be applied to a future class with the same instructor within 12 months. No refunds are provided once the session makes and payments are submitted. Returned check charge fee is $35. Class prorating cannot be instituted retroactively.
For Mr. Billy and Mrs. V's registrants
A sibling discount of 10% off the lowest cost class/camp is applicable only when registering two or more registrants from the same family and paying for both/all registrants at the same time. Classes are prorated by $15/missed class for late registrants.
For Mrs. Bonham's registrants
A session may be prorated by $15 if the registrant knows in advance that they will miss a class and notifies Elm Street Studio at the time of registration.