Art N' You

Many students want to improve their art skills, I look at past sketchbooks, paintings and drawings so I can better understand what they have learned.  I ask them what do they desire in improving and help them achieve those goals by doing a specialized art program around what subject or medium they desire to improve in.  Some students are brand new and need foundational skills, which I teach along with how to use their art tools more affectively.  I bring visual aids so that students work from a subject of their chosing.  I ask students to practice outside of class time if they desire to see improvement.

I have been teaching art for 15 years in public, private, and home school settings.  I have a BA degree in Architecture with an art history emphasis that I recieved at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. In my senior year of college I studied abroad in Florence, Italy. I still continue to take yearly art workshops to improve my art skills and to learn new techniques.  And I still enjoy traveling to various countries to expereince a variety of art and culture this beautiful world has to offer.

I charge $40 an hour at my home/ studio.  I also travel to other people's homes or schools.  My rate increases to $50 /hr depending on the distance and how many students.  At a school I charge $60/ hr.  I am willing to work with PTA groups and organizations if they need to contract longer contracts with their students.

I began teaching when my children were young.  I first was part of a home-school group.  Later as my children transitioned to a private school in Sierra Madre, I was hired at their school to teach art.  Later, we moved to Camarillo and I began working at another private school.  In 2004 I opened my business called Art N' You and have taught at almost every school in Camarillo as well as most of the elementary schools in Ventura.  I now have branched out to teach seniors in senior homes as well as adults using Art Therapy tools I learned through a program called " Art As A Healing Tool" in Santa Monica, CA.