12 lessons per term.
How workshops run
Workshops enroll in rolling short terms: one seat lets a child rotate through 3 to 4 domains in a year, 7 to 8 weeks each, with a finished piece every session.
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Can an Irvine child join with no painting experience?
The class is designed as a first encounter with formal materials, so it starts from the materials themselves and assumes no earlier training. The class meets in person in Irvine, with an online section running in parallel. Children under 8 are better placed in Early Art, which takes ages 3 to 8, and can move here once they are ready.
What age in Irvine is this for?
Ages 8 to 10. Hand control and attention span at this age are usually enough to work with real oil painting materials and to stay with one canvas over several sessions, which is why the introduction is placed here rather than earlier.
How long is a term?
12 lessons. The workshop, open to students from Irvine and nearby communities, enrolls in rolling short terms, so one seat lets a child rotate through 3 to 4 different domains in a year, each term ending with finished work.
How is this different from earlier art classes?
The materials, and how the work proceeds. Early art classes work on creativity in its rawest form and are not about technique, while this course puts formal painting materials in a child's hands for the first time and sets clearer expectations for a finished piece.
What comes next for an Irvine student?
It depends on the direction a child wants to take. Picture Book Design, also for ages 8 to 10, puts drawing to work on a story and ends in a bound book, while Digital Arts, for ages 8 to 12, moves the same skills onto a screen.
