Art Camps

Art camp is all about giving you a structure to your education. These are the exact exercises you can use to improve your skills as an artist, no matter where you're at right now. Whether you're a beginner or a pro, these courses will push you to the next level.

We offer half-day and full-day camps to K-12 students. Each week, we focus on different topics at camp. Students will be divided into different groups based on their levels.

Summer Art Camp |June 26-Sep 1, 2023

American Academy of Fine Arts – 13635 NE 8th St, Bellevue 98005

Watercolor Painting: From Start to Finish

This class introduces classic watercolor techniques and builds slowly from the simple to the more complex. Topics include use of value, control of the medium, color mixing, and composition. Demonstrations are part of the class but painting from still life and photographs is emphasized. Experienced students will focus on assignments to improve color handling, composition, and specific painting challenges.

Dates: June 26-June30 1 (5 days) / July 24-28 (5 days)/ August 21-25 (5 days)

K-8

9:30 am – 12:00 pm

Fee: $249

Clay Figurine

The course will take you through the entire process of sculpting a figurine to a very high finish, with an emphasis on getting the anatomical structure correct at the beginning. This is key to achieving a likeness. We will show you how to train your eye to see objectively, so you can learn to trust your own judgment.

Dates: June 26-June 30 (5 days) / July 24- July 28 (5 days)/ August 7- August 11 (5 days) / August 21-25 (5 days)

K-8

1 pm – 3:30 pm

Fee: $249 (5 days)

Crafting and Painting

Students will use a variety of media such as colored pencils, pastels, charcoal, watercolor, woodware, and acrylic to create pieces of art. The course will involve three-dimensional painting, painting in different media, cartoon painting, and many other art forms, and will cover composition, value, color, materials, and techniques. Students paint from still life or other reference materials. 

Dates: July 5-7 (3 days) / July 17-21 (5 days)/ August 14-18 (5 days)

K-8

9:30am-12pm

Fee: $249 (5 days) $149 (3 days)

Anime Drawing & Design

This art class, Students will learn to draw from a variety of outstanding works of different styles and create their own character designs. How to use professional measurement methods and planning to learn the basic bone and muscle structure to perfect our Anime drawing.The course will take a relaxed approach to draw Anime characters!

Dates: July 31-August 4 (5 days)/ August 28-Sep 1 (5 days)

K-8

1 pm – 3:30 pm

Fee: $249

Cartooning and drawing for kids

Cartooning, drawing, for kids! Drawing and cartooning skills unleash a child's creativity as they create zany characters to drop into a story or make a statement. Fledgling cartoonists will learn the basics of expression drawing, line quality, constructing from the imagination, and exaggerating from life while exploring moods and animating actions. Media includes pencil, markers, charcoal, ink, and watercolor, among others.

Dates: July 7-21 (5 days)

1 pm – 3:30 pm

Dates: July 31-August 4 (5 days)

9:30 am-12 pm

Modern Acrylic painting

In this fun class, kids will practice a different style, surface, and techniques. They will use brushes, briers, mark-making, monoprints, and acrylics on canvas. Explore modern and traditional approaches in the context of a variety of subjects. Children will receive personalized instruction and encouraging support.

Dates: July 10-14 (5 days) / August 7-11 (5 days)

9:30 am – 12:00 pm

Dates: August 28-Sep 1 (5 days)

1 pm – 3:30 pm

K-8

Fee: $249 (5 days)

Basic skills started with drawing

What will your kids discover when they explore drawing? With this class, your kiddos can take their curiosity and creativity even further, exploring how to draw with step-by-step drawing for kids and sketching tutorials. Whether you’re looking for easy drawing ideas for kids, or you want to help your little ones learn to draw their favorite animals and characters, we will help them reach their goals.   As your youngsters learn to draw, they’ll find opportunities to stretch their creativity with various tools like pencils, chalks, and ink.

Dates: July 10-14 (5 days)/ Dates: August 14-18 (5 days)

1 pm – 3:30 pm

K-8

Fee: $249

Illustration stories design

Most children like stories. Let us guide children through stories, exercise abstract thinking, expand your imagination, and create their own picture book stories.

Dates: July 5-7 (3 days)

1 pm – 3:30 pm

K-8

Fee: $149 (3 days)

Tuition and promotions

5 Half-day camp: $249 per week

3 (7/5-7/7) Half-day camp:$149 per week

5 Full-day camp: $420 per week (bring your own lunch and water, microwave provided)

3 (7/5-7/7)Full-day camp: $298 per week (bring your own lunch and water, microwave provided)

 

Early care starts from 9 am till 9:30 am and charge $10.  The aftercare starts at 3:30 pm till 5:30 pm and charges $20/hour. The extra care needed should inform us in advance and the fees will be collected on the morning of the day.

Materials are included.

If you have more questions, please reach us at yanz@aafa.info.