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OC Art Studios

OC Art Studios

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About

Instructor to children, teens, and adults. Former animation artist and current picture book illustrator with experience in Fine Art, Illustration, and Animation. Current adjunct faculty at Laguna College of Art + Design teaching figure drawing classes. Owner of OC Art Studios, offering after-school enrichment programs to over a dozen schools in the Orange County area. website: http://larissamarantz.com

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Current Top Pro
1 employee
16 years in business
Serves Orange , CA
Offers online services

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Sylvia S.

Larissa has been an amazing private instructor for my daughter, helping her prepare a portfolio for admission to OCSA. Her dedication, instruction, as well as her personal concern over my daughters success has been remarkable. She is also an amazing artist and overall an awesome person. My daughter loves working with her and she is very flexible with our schedule and needs.
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May 18, 2018
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Allison L.

Larissa is a very kind and talented teacher, and she works hard to make sure her students understand the concepts she explains.
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April 29, 2018
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Valois S.

Oh man I cant even begin to explain the experience Ive had. After lesson one I had learned so much about how to draw humans properly, and the my skills keep accelerating dramatically each lesson! I even get such helpful feed back that Ive noticed pretty much every aspect of my art has increased in quality and many things are now so much easier for me to do and understand! Im always excited to go into each lesson with new things to show, and I love leaving with something new to work on or something new Ive learned!
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April 28, 2018
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Gwen C.

I would strongly recommend Larissa Marantz as a private art instructor to any student looking to build a portfolio for college. She helped strengthen my daughters abilities as an artist and guided her to create strong pieces for her portfolio. Throughout their time together, Larissa taught my daughter about animation, fine art and illustration which gave her a broad base for applying to art school.
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April 26, 2018
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Amanda M.

Larissa Marantz is an amazing artist and teacher. As the mother of one of her students I highly recommend Larissa. She started private lessons with our son in his 6th grade year. Not not only was she able to successfully mentor our son to gain acceptance to OCSA where he attended for grades 7-12 in the Visual Arts Conservatory but she was also an integral part of him attaining other life and academic goals. One of which was becoming an Eagle Scout and the other was being accepted to an Ivy League school (Dartmouth College). Even though he is majoring in Chemistry he continues to apply the things Larissa taught him about drawing, color, technique, light, space, texture and more to his everyday life. She built a lasting relationship with our family and I know she certainly challenges and inspires all of her students to reach or exceed their goals. She is a magnificent person, teacher and artist. She is talented, committed, fun and her energy and passion for the arts is contagious.
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April 26, 2018
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Andrea K.

Larissa is passionate about teaching and meets the student at their current level. She is positive and motivates my son to experiment with his art.
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April 26, 2018

Frequently asked questions

During our initial consultation, I look over the student's past work and discuss what their interests in learning are so I can cater a specific course of action that will meet their expectations. I frequently work with students to build art portfolios for college or OCSA and usually there is a deadline involved with this. I create a calendar of goals that need to be met in order to create a strong portfolio for acceptance. For students who are looking to improve their skill set in a given medium, or are looking to learn a new type of medium, I help the student create projects of interest to them so that the principles of design can be learned in an engaging way.

I am interested in longterm mentorship of my students.

BFA received from Cal State University, Fullerton

Former Nickelodeon Animation Artist

Children's Book Illustrator for Simon & Schuster, Random House

Paintings exhibited in DC, New York, Los Angeles, Orange County

Hourly lessons are $80 for in-studio

Hourly lessons are $100 for in-home lessons

I first started teaching when my son was five years old and a friend of mine said we should sign our kids up for an art class. I told my husband about it and he suggested that my friend pay me instead and I would teach the kids. I have been teaching art ever since. My son now assists with my art classes in the after-school programs we offer.

A recent event that I am happy about is that my painting was accepted into a juried exhibition at the Chemer's Gallery and won Honorable Mention for Contemporary Art. 

But the thing that will be hard to top is when my painting of Barack Obama was displayed in the offices of the White House during his presidency.

Services offered

Painting
Drawing
Adobe Photoshop