Art School of SF Bay Camps and Classes

Art School of SF Bay Camps and Classes offers drawing, painting, design, sculpture, watercolor, digital art, animation, and portfolio prep for teens. Students work on sketching, shading, perspective, anatomy of humans and animals, gesture drawing, still life, cityscapes, textured landscapes, portraits, figure drawing, book illustration, and realistic drawing and painting of objects and people using pencil, charcoal, oil, acrylics, watercolor, soft pastels, and oil pastels. The program also includes manga and anime-style drawing, character design for movies and video games, digital drawing and painting in Photoshop or Procreate, color theory, classical oil portrait painting, drawing the human body from a live model, a classical atelier program, landscape painting, and options for a custom painting party.

• Ages: 4–18 years old
• Schedule: Spring and summer art camps in 2026, plus a Winter–Spring 2026 semester from January 5, 2026 through May 31, 2026, with no classes May 23–25; half-day camps run 9:00am–12:00pm or 12:30–3:30pm for 4 or 5 days, and full-day camps run 9:00am–3:30pm
• Price: Half day 9:00am–12:00pm or 12:30–3:30pm is $325; full day 9:00am–3:30pm is $600; All About Drawing half-day 5 days is $325 and 4 days is $260, and full day is $600 or $480

Camps and classes are led by professional artists, with small groups in a supportive studio environment. The teacher-student ratio is 6 to 1 in camps for 6–10 year olds and 7 to 1 in camps for 10–18 year olds. Programs are described as being for kids and teens who want to build real artistic skills while enjoying a fun and creative environment, with curriculum complexity adjusted for different skill levels. Teen classes are project based, with individual plans created by the teacher for each student, and adults receive detailed lectures for every topic that might last up to 45 minutes. The school does not recommend adults take classes with children and does not provide such mixed-age classes, does not offer extended care before or after camps, and offers no refunds for new purchases but provides full credit or transfer for cancellations made up to 24 hours before the start. Art School of SF Bay states that its mission is to teach art fundamentals in a modern way and to provide comprehensive, well-rounded, high-quality art learning, and notes that its website design is by Art School of SF Bay graduate Iris Chang.

Last updated March 28, 2026.