Guiding children to explore their inner creativity through color, materials, and self expression. I approach these lessons with openness, mindfulness, and structure on all levels from the basics to a university style curriculum.

3 year old art student's hand after a creative watercolor session
Lemons Still Life Painting (Copy)
The Rescuers: Mural painting with kids (Copy)
Frog & Toad: Mural Painting with Kids (Copy)
Mas Cacti Por Favor! Mural painting with Kids (Copy)
Self Portrait painting (Copy)
Private individual art lesson (Copy)
Private art lesson with kids (Copy)
Drawing with eyes closed; Art with Kids 2023 (Copy)
Black Ink 2 yr old (Copy)
The Artist Corner (Copy)
Watercoloring at the Santa Barbara Mission (Copy)
Self Portrait (Copy)
Finding the Horizon (Copy)
Bright Start Mural of Santa Barbara (Copy)
5 yr old abstract watercolor painting (Copy)
Abstract sketch with black lines, pink, orange, and yellow colors, and gestural stroke work.
Three children painting on a large, colorful abstract mural on a wall.
White Stripes Final Blind Abstract Painting 4 yr olds (Copy)
Yellow Black & White Mixed Media (Copy)
Golden Gate Bridge (Copy)
Grated Pastels (Copy)
Black Ink Painting to Opera (Copy)
Banana Stalk Still Life Painting 3 yr olds (Copy)
Final Banana Stalk Painting 3 yr olds (Copy)
Tracing Palm Leaves with sidewalk chalk 2 yr olds (Copy)
Chasing Shadows/Tracing 3 yr olds (Copy)
Organic Matter Mandala (Copy)
Blind Abstract Painting 5 yr olds (Copy)
Abstract expressionist painting with broad, colorful brushstrokes in blue, green, yellow, black, and hints of other colors on a white canvas.
Avocado Still Life (Copy)
Dragon Fruit Still Life Study (Copy)
Dragon Fruit Studies 5 yr olds (Copy)
A Stormy Night (Copy)
Purple Hands (Copy)
Mixed Media with 2 year olds (Copy)
Painted Arms Starfish Class (Copy)
Forest Finger Painting 2 yr olds (Copy)
Diorama/Set Design (Copy)
Intro to Costume Design (Copy)
Charcoal Drawings inspired by stones (Copy)
Sugar Cane Study in pastels (Copy)