Kids summer art classes Seattle 2025

🎨 Summer Art with Studio-Kids 2025— Totally Flexible, Totally Fun!

This summer, I’m keeping things easy breezy with a super flexible schedule for July and August! Whether your kiddo wants to dip their toes into a quick art session or dive into a multi-day project with a couple of friends, I’ve got options to fit your summer flow.

☀️ Here’s what I’m offering:

• 1-Hour Tasters – Just enough time to get messy and creative.

• 2-Hour Project-Based Classes – A little more time, a lot more fun!

• Custom Mini Camps – Got a small group (2–4 kids) who want to work on something special over a few days? Let’s make it happen!

All sessions are weekday-only and designed for kids going into 3rd grade or higher. No long-term commitments—just book week by week, based on what works for you.

All classes take place in my backyard painting studio in Ballard—a super inspiring space with big doors that open into a shady, tree-lined yard. It’s the perfect place to create, relax, and let imaginations run wild.

🎯 Want to brainstorm a custom camp for your child and a few friends?
Let’s talk! Ameen  I'm happy to help tailor something just right. 

$60 per hour, per artist. all materials included.

"Fall Art Classes for Kids: Inspiring Young Artists in Ballard"

 Here's a quick peek at what my young artists have been creating this fall! From exploring new techniques to working on personal projects, it's been a joy watching their creativity grow. I offer a limited number of private classes to nurture budding artists in a personalized setting.

Taking inspiration from one of my favorite artists Yayoi Kasama

Using only primary colors this project covers composition, color theory, and painting from a still life.

Bug jars!!!

Block printing is always a favorite!

 If you have a young artist eager to dive deeper into their passion for art, I’d love to chat! I’m located in Ballard and am happy to discuss options for working together. Contact Ameen for more details and availability.

Kids art classes Seattle 2024

 The summer edition of art classes is happening:

Didn't plan ahead? 

Don't want a full camp?  

DO you just want something to fill a couple hours? 

This summer I am keeping the schedule pretty flexible. Scroll down and have a look at the last couple of blog posts for ideas of the projects we can do this summer. I am happy to work with your schedule to make some art this summer. Ameen for more details.

Color theory, composition, placement, proportion...this lesson has it all. Students will only have the 3 primary colors, black and white and will mix everything else!

I do the lessons with the students. In this particular session I chose yellow ochre, red and cobalt blue to demonstrate a how these colors mixed for the rest of the palette.

Setting up for the first round mixing our secondary colors.

The finished painting with tints in the openings of the vases, shades in the bases of the vases and complimentary colors mixed as tints for the background.

For a detailed lesson plan, click here.

Kids Summer Art Classes in Seattle

 This summer I will be offering my summer intensive series once again. Summer intensives are private sessions or small groups of friends (1-4 students). We'll meet twice a week for a 2 hour session over the course of 2 weeks.

Session 1  Monday July 8, Tuesday July 9, Monday 15, Tuesday 16  10-12 or 2-4

Session 2  Wednesday July 10, Thursday July11, Wednesday July17, Thursday July 18  10-12 or 2-4

Who: Ages 9 and up

Cost: $400 all materials included

Email Ameen to register and for more information

This summer I'll have some flexibility. Send me an email and I'l be happy to see how we can schedule some classes to fit your into your summer plans.

Located in Ballard, Studio-kids has been offering kids classes for 14 years! 

 

Email Ameen to register and for more information

Summer art classes for kids, Seattle

Studio-kids has been offering kids classes for 14 years! Located in Ballard, get your art fix in my backyard studio.

This summer I will be offering my summer intensive series once again. Summer intensives are private sessions or small groups of friends (1-4 students). We'll meet twice a week for a 2 hour session over the course of 2 weeks.

Session 1  Monday July 8, Tuesday July 9, Monday 15, Tuesday 16  10-12 or 2-4

Session 2  Wednesday July 10, Thursday July11, Wednesday July17, Thursday July 18  10-12 or 2-4

Who: Ages 9 and up

Cost: $400 all materials included 

Email Ameen to register and for more information

Week 1: All about color, a deep dive into color theory. With a limited palette of primary colors (and white)  students will mix secondary colors and tints  to create a 12x16 acrylic painting on canvas.

Week 2: Students choice! One of the benefits of private and small group sessions is that I can adapt projects to student interest. We get to know each other the first week and during the second week we build on skills based on their areas of interest.

Possible projects include:

-A variety of handmade artist books. Handmade art journal with good quality drawing paper. A mixed media consertina style book, paperbag cover stamped books and quick mini books to gift to friends.  

Large format relief print. Students work through all the planning stages from brain storming subject matter, gathering items in the studio to create a still life, thumbnail sketches, preliminary drawings, finished drawings and carving. Together we discuss the elements of design and how to create a strong composition. 

-Multi colored printed tiles

Students will learn about reduction printing method, radial symmetry and design with this relief printmaking project.

Kids Summer and Fall art classes, Seattle

I'll be offering limited private sessions during the last 2 weeks of August and into September this year.    Email Ameen and lets book some dates. Kids 8 and up, $50 per hour. We'll work on drawing skills, printmaking projects and color theory. 

Relief print coming off the press! We'll work from still life set ups in the studio. We'll start with a few thumb nail sketches to get quick composition ideas and then develop a drawing that will be successful as a carved relief print. 

Working with just yellow, blue , magenta, white and black. This project covers a lot! Compostion, drawing from a still life, setting up a still life, drawing for accuracy and color theory. 12x18 Acrylic on canvas.

Block printing a repeating tile pattern, one of my favorites introductions to block printing.

A few of my sample blocks carved from wee scraps!
 

Block printing with kids

Sharing some pretty pictures about the block printing process.

Currently my private sessions are full. I'll update the classes page as they become available in the fall.

The finished print along side the printing tools and ink slab.

The big reveal!

Positioning the paper carefully.

Ink, Ink, Ink!!!!

Carving the block.