SUMMER CAMPS       -        DAY WORKSHOPS       -       CLASSES

Summary of How It Works:

Below is our schedule of the Live, In-Person art lessons held at Suzanne Hanks' home in Gilbert, AZ. Cross Streets of Guadalupe and Recker.

All participants get a complimentary subscription to Bring Art Home for the summer!

Scroll to the bottom to see a visual calendar of all the events.  (I like to see a calendar because I am visual like that!)

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULED CLASSES/WORKSHOPS/CAMPS

May:   We have classes each Wednesday of May. 

June:  Two Art Camps and One Fashion Art Workshop

July:    Two Art Camps and One Workshop

June:  Two Art Camps and One Fashion Art Workshop

July:    Three Art Camps and One Workshop

All participants get a complimentary summer subscription to Bring Art Home.

$15/lesson

Ages 11+

WEDNESDAYS - 2 pm - 3:30 pm

May 9, 16, 23, & 30

All art material will be supplied.

Pencil, pen, and watercolors will be used.

Learn to draw the figure by exploring proportion, form, gesture, and composition. Study portraiture while Master artists (Modern and Renaissance) as guides.

Study the proper methods to render the realistic facial likeness.

You will also get a primer on keeping a sketchbook and "catching" people around you.

We will study the clothed human form as we learn and study.  

All weekly lessons will be taught in person in Gilbert, AZ. Crossroads Recker and Guadalupe.

$15/lesson

Ages 6 - 10

WEDNESDAYS - 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm

May 9, 16, 23, & 30

All art materials will be supplied.

Pencil, pen, watercolor, tempera paint, and more...

Week 1: Ancient Art - Egyptian, Aboriginal

Week 2: Greek and Roman Art

Week 3: Art of the Middle Ages 

Week 4: Renaissance - Michelangelo and DaVinci

Week 5: Picasso to Graffiti

Your child will be using a wide variety of media, such as watercolors, clay, ink, pencil, colored pencils, etc...

We will time travel to the different parts of the world, discovering and emulating the story of art through the lens of history. 

I am so excited to teach this class, I am excited about this adventure! I love teaching the younger ages because we get to really get our hands dirty, be inventive, use our imagination and use "story" as a medium for teaching. 

SUMMER CAMPS START! All participants get a complimentary summer subscription to Bring Art Home.

$99

Ages 6-10

JUNE 4 - 6th 9:00am - 12:30pm

All art material will be supplied.

Pencil, pen, and watercolor, sculptey clay, tempera paint, paper mache, food, and more...

This is a rough & tumble art camp with some globie paintballs to make abstract art, make paper mache masks, work with sculptey clay to make useful objects, tattoo a banana, make a map and so much more over 3 - half days with 10.5 hours of art making!

Your explorer will come home daily with home-made gifts, new skills, art masterpieces and ideas for spying, creating and building.

Cakes, 1963, oil on canvas Wayne Thiebaud

$99

Ages 6 - 10

JUNE 4 - 6th 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm

All art materials will be supplied.

Pencil, pen, watercolor, tempera paint, paper mache, and so more...

The sweetest art camp you ever knew. We will have a "sweet" theme while we work with sculptey clay, make fabric doily bowls, paint flowers, make a diorama, paint on cookie frosting, draw, paint and so much more over this 3 - half days with 10.5 hours of art making!

Your sweeties will come home daily with home-made gifts, art masterpieces, new art skills and an excitement to make and create beauty all around.

from $45

Ages 12+

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27th 1 -5 pm

All art materials will be supplied

We will work with pencil, watercolor pencils, ink, and watercolors.

Learn how to draw/paint the different fashions. You can use this skill in catching people on the street to draw or to design your own clothes. You will get some mini-lessons in shading and proportions to fill any gaps.  We will discuss and use different techniques with pencil, ink, and watercolors. 

You will go home with a small portfolio of your favorite fashion designs and a know how to make your own.

All participants get a complimentary summer subscription to Bring Art Home.

$99

Ages 6 - 10

JULY 9 - 11TH - 9am - 12:30pm

All art materials will be supplied.

A healthy snack will be included.

In my opinion, Storybook art is the best! It is art telling a story.

The storybook art of yesteryear is incredibly inspiring, as is some more modern storytelling illustration. Andrew Wyeth, Maurice Sendak, James Gurney, Charley Harper, Beatrix Potter, Freya Blackwood and more...

In this camp, your student will hear stories from these great art storytellers, learn their "secrets" and draw/paint just like them.

This camp will be full of music, stories, some dramatic play and, of course, drawing and painting. Your student will come home with 2 art pieces a day and many stories to tell.

$99

Ages 11+

JULY 9 - 11TH - 1:30 pm - 5 pm

All art materials will be supplied.

We will use pencil, paper, ink, and watercolors.

A healthy snack will be included.

To be able to stand in the midst of streets, tall buildings and people going everywhere can be overwhelming. In this camp, your student will learn how to do exactly that!

We will cover architecture, 1pt, 2pt, and 3 pt perspective, a primer in sketching people in action on the streets and more.

Unfortunately, due to the hot Arizona weather, we will not be going on site. I will schedule an Urban Sketching Experience in October.

We will also discuss what materials would be important to have on hand and different ways artists carry their art supplies.

$79

July 16 -18th 9 - 12:30 pm

Ages 9 - 14

In this camp, you will be introduced to and learn how to knit, crochet, hand-lettering with calligraphy pens, and breadmaking.

Each day will be filled with music, instruction, games, and MAKING! 

Taught by Savanna Hanks and Kyler Duncan with the help of Suzanne Hanks.

Projects your child will be making and bringing home TBA.

Each day will be 3.5 hours with a healthy snack included.

Perspective Illusions

Draw A Warm/Cool Portrait