All summer long and for special school-year weeks, we enrich our world-class classical drawing
and painting curriculum with engaging lessons in clay and paper sculpture, art history, figure drawing,
portraiture, cartooning, and much more! Whether it's your first time at Art Steps or you're already
stepping toward mastery, there's always something new to learn!
Choose the Summer Workshops tab or the School Year Workshops tab below for details and registration information:
Calling all artists, ages 4-18! Balance the school year with engaging creativity! Kids use a variety of media to sharpen
classical skills through whimsical projects. Fun meets focus with single-day and multi-day workshops for every budding young artist.
Students hone drawing, painting, and sculpting skills, and hand-craft keepsakes, holiday gifts, and other seasonal treasures. As fall
days get shorter, a variety of workshops keep the light of inspiration glowing.
Register online, or call our
central office:
(714) 524-2248
NOTE: To collapse/expand individual workshop descriptions, please click on any workshop title.
Hello Friends Clay WorkshopAges 7 and up
Create the CUTEST of all timeless characters (while secretly strengthening observational drawing, painting, and sculpting skills!). Construct and hand paint a sculpture, make a drawing into a cutout friend, and wear your art when you sculpt your choice of a lapel pin or barrette for your hair!
Say "Hello!" to positivity, focus, and FUN in the new year with this joyful tribute to all things charming and sweet.
Yorba Linda Studio ($114 Includes Materials)
Saturday, March 21
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Laguna Hills Studio ($166 Includes Materials)
Saturday & Sunday, March 28 - 29
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Costa Mesa Studio ($166 Includes Materials)
Monday & Tuesday, March 30 & 31 or April 6 & 7
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Wizarding World WorkshopAges 7 and up
Make it a magical spring break! Sculpt one of your favorite characters, design your own fantastic beast, and represent your wizarding house through drawing!
$166 (Includes Materials)
Costa Mesa Studio
Wednesday & Thursday, April 1 & 2
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Catch ‘Em All Palette of Art WorkshopAges 7 and up
Catch all the fun while learning to draw, paint, and use traditional additive sculpting techniques with clay. Sculpt a Pokémon character, draw your favorite Pokémon, and make a pokeball for your character to live in.
Costa Mesa Studio ($88 Includes Materials)
Friday, April 3
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Laguna Hills Studio ($249 Includes Materials)
Monday - Wednesday, April 6 - 8
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Yorba Linda Studio ($249 Includes Materials)
Monday - Wednesday, April 6 - 8
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Awaken the Force Clay WorkshopAges 7 and up
May the force be with you during this heroic workshop. Students will learn 3-D art skills while they build and draw their favorite friends from a galaxy far, far away…
$249 (Includes Materials)
Costa Mesa Studio
Wednesday - Friday, April 8 - 10
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Spring Break Advanced Figure Drawing WorkshopAges 11+ *
Join us for a three-day Spring Break Advanced Figure Drawing Workshop for Realism students. This intensive workshop combines a strong foundation in anatomy and proportion with repeated gesture drawing and sustained figure studies from a live model. Working in graphite and charcoal, students will sharpen figure construction, observation, and confident mark-making while building toward a more sophisticated finished drawing in a focused, college-level studio setting.
*Prerequisite: Certificate in Realism Drawing Book 1 or higher in Art Steps weekly classes.
Advanced Workshops are next-level camps designed by our Advanced Studies program for Art Steps realism students to begin thinking creatively. Call 714-524-2248 or email yl@artstepsclasses.com to request enrollment.
$249 (Includes Materials)
Yorba Linda Studio
Wednesday - Friday, April 8 - 10
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Woodland Creatures Clay WorkshopAges 7 and up
Bring fun, focus and magic into your young artist's spring break! Build a sculpey animal, a woodland or magical creature mask and more! Artists draw, sculpt, and hand-paint all projects. Beginning through advanced students are welcome.
$166 (Includes Materials)
Yorba Linda Studio
Thursday & Friday, April 9 & 10
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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