Scottsdale Artists’ School offers weekly classes and workshops for everyone from the absolute beginner to the professional artist. The School’s programs are taught by working, professional artists who are also experienced instructors.
We are constantly working to update our programs daily. We invite you to check back frequently so that you don’t miss out on any of our exciting new workshops and classes.
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Portrait Open Studios
May 3 - Jul 1, 2025 Students have the opportunity to work on their own with a model in Open Studio sessions which are offered several times a week. May 3 | Register May 10 |... Read more -
Costume Open Studios
May 9 - Jul 1, 2025 Students have the opportunity to work on their own with a model in Open Studio sessions which are offered several times a week. Costume Open Studio consists of a model... Read more
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Nude Long Pose Open Studios
May 10 - Jul 1, 2025 Students have the opportunity to work on their own with a model in Open Studio sessions which are offered several times a week. May 10 | Register May 17 |... Read more -
The Business of Art
Andrew Denman I Workshop I Art Business May 12 - 14, 2025 This three-day workshop is designed to introduce you to what it takes to make a living from your art. Because of the nature of the material, this class will operate... Read more -
Painting the Figure from Photographs
Ted Nuttall | Workshop | Watercolor May 12 - 16, 2025 Although painting a person in watercolor may seem daunting, it is every bit as approachable as creating a still life or landscape. Ted Nuttall will demonstrate the techniques and instill... Read more -
Design: Field to Studio
David Dibble | Workshop | Oil May 15 - 17, 2025 Participants in this dynamic workshop will have the opportunity of working with and learning from celebrated landscape painter and teacher David Dibble. Through studies and visual exercises artists will get... Read more
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In-Between Realism and Abstraction in the Landscape
Chris Groves I Workshop I Oil May 19 - 23, 2025 This class will merge the knowledge of the fundamentals of classical landscape painting as a foundation, combined with the understanding of the basic principles and elements of abstraction in order... Read more -
Exploring Metals, Glass and Pattern in Painting
Nancy Chaboun I Workshop I Oil May 19 - 21, 2025 Discover ways to understand how to capture the reflective qualities of metal the translucency of glass and using pattern effectively in your painting. Perfect for all skill levels, this class... Read more -
Watercolor Portraits from Life
Annette Smith I Local I Watercolor May 21 - 23, 2025 In this three-day class Annette will share with students her method of painting expressive watercolor portraits from a live model. Each morning will begin with a demo starting with the... Read more -
Summer Art Camp
Youth I Ages 6-8 May 27 - 30, 2025 Program Description Kick off the summer with a splash in this rollicking, roving, artistic adventure! Each session incorporates 2D Art mediums such as drawing, painting, watercolor, mixed media, as well... Read more
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Summer Wild Camp
Youth I Ages 9-14 May 27 - 30, 2025 Program Description Kick off the summer exploring the wild! Imagine trips, travels, adventures, and possibilities for filling up summertime days of leisure. Each session incorporates 2D Art mediums such as... Read more -
Contemporary Landscape
Anton Nowels | Local | Oil May 27 - 30, 2025 Move between representation and abstraction with award-winning artist Anton Nowels. Artists will discover that using memory in the painting process allows for more inventive painting. The workshop will include discussions... Read more -
Painting Flowers with Confidence
Matt Ryder I Online I Oil May 28 - 30, 2025 Online on Zoom | 9am - 12noon Arizona Time (Mountain Standard Time) | 3 Days Flower painting has always been one of the most widely loved and practiced art forms,... Read more -
Village Festival
Youth I Ages 6-8 Jun 2 - 6, 2025 Program Description Come to the Village of art and adventure filled with themes of people, places, and favorite things. Each session incorporates 2D Art mediums such as drawing, painting, watercolor,... Read more
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Art of Anime & Manga
Youth Camp I Ages 9-14 Jun 2 - 6, 2025 Program Description Practice the elements of visual art using the contemporary theme of Anime & Manga. Discover design, proportion, composition, color theory to improve technical art making skills. Each session... Read more -
Art Deco
High School Workshop Jun 2 - 6, 2025 Program Description Explore this modernistic style that celebrates design, repetition and symmetry in art, architecture and fashion. Each session incorporates 2D Art mediums such as drawing, painting, watercolor, mixed media,... Read more -
Gesture Open Studios
Jun 4 - 8, 2025 Students have the opportunity to work on their own with a model in Open Studio sessions which are offered several times a week. Gesture Open Studio consists of a nude... Read more -
Aiming for Poetry in the Digital Photography
Joseph Podlesnik| Online | Photography Jun 4 - 25, 2025 Online on Zoom | June 4, 11, 18, 25 2025 - 4 Wednesdays | 5pm - 7pm Arizona Time (*always on MST) Joseph Podlesnik is trained in drawing and painting... Read more
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Luminous Portraits: Impastos and Glazes
Gustavo Ramos | Online | Oil Jun 5 - 19, 2025 Online on Zoom and Padlet | June 5,12,19 2025 | 3 Thursdays | 10am-1pm Arizona Time (*always on MST!) What is it that gives a masterful oil painting its jewel-like... Read more -
Realistic Color
Youth Camp I Ages 9-14 Jun 9 - 13, 2025 Program Description Enhance your studio practices such as proportion, technique, and color theory in this skill-building class. Instructor will guide students through the stages of creating realistic art: concept sketching,... Read more -
Realism
High School Workshop Jun 9 - 13, 2025 Program Description Enhance your studio practices such as proportion, technique, and color theory in this skill-building class. Themes explore landscapes, seascapes and all these ecompass. This class will include demos,... Read more -
Color My World
Youth Camp I Ages 6-8 Jun 9 - 13, 2025 Use your wildest imaginations while creating colorful works of wonder! Explore faraway lands, animals, forests, and foods from colorful spots of this world! Each session incorporates 2D Art mediums such... Read more
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Big, Little, Medium
Youth Camp I Ages 6-8 Jun 16 - 20, 2025 Program Description Imagine an adventure of super proportions ...super-small, super-duper, and just plain medium! Each session incorporates 2D Art mediums such as drawing, painting, watercolor, mixed media, as well as... Read more -
Big Sky
Youth Camp I Ages 9-14 Jun 16 - 20, 2025 Program Description The great big blue has always inspired mystery and wonder among earthly beings. Embark on a voyage of time and space, travel and wonder. Each session incorporates 2D... Read more -
Anatomy for Figurative Artists - View Only I Part I: Skeletal Landmarks
Alicia Ponzio I Online I Clay Jun 16 - Aug 4, 2025 Online on Zoom | 8 Mondays: Jun 16,23,30, Jul 7, 14,21,28, Aug 4 2025 | 10AM-1PM Arizona Time (*always on Mountain Standard Time!) | recording available for 2 months Anatomy... Read more -
Land and Sea
High School Workshop Jun 16 - 20, 2025 Enhance your studio practices such as proportion, technique, and color theory in this skill-building class. Themes explore landscapes, seascapes and all these ecompass. This class will include demos, individual attention... Read more
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Earth, Air, Fire and Watercolor!
Mike Kowalski | Online | Watercolor Jun 16 - 30, 2025 Online on Zoom | 3 Mondays - Jun 16, 23, 30 | 3pm-6pm Arizona Time (*always on Mountain Standard) | recording available for 2 months This dynamic and stimulating three-session... Read more -
Anatomy for Figurative Artists - w/CRITIQUES I Part I: Skeletal Landmarks
Alicia Ponzio I Online I Clay Jun 16 - Aug 4, 2025 Online on Zoom | 8 Mondays: Jun 16,23,30, Jul 7, 14,21,28, Aug 4 2025 | 10AM-1PM Arizona Time (*always on Mountain Standard Time!) | recording available for 2 months Anatomy... Read more -
Character & Cosplay
High School Workshop Jun 23 - 27, 2025 Program Description This class will explore design, creativity, and character development with a variety of art mediums. Students will learn how to impact their art with personal style and a... Read more -
Game & Character Design
Youth Camp | Ages 9-14 Jun 23 - 27, 2025 Welcome to the adventure zone of making art! Join in as we observe the wonders of spring ...people, animals, places, and things! We will work with a variety of mediums... Read more
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Fun & Games
Youth Camp I Ages 6-8 Jun 23 - 27, 2025 Program Description Experiment with a variety of artistic mediums while we learn about playfulness and games around the world. Each session incorporates 2D Art mediums such as drawing, painting, watercolor,... Read more -
Plein Air Painting in Boulder, Colorado
Mark Boedges I Off-Site I Workshop I Oil Jun 23 - 27, 2025 Join Mark for a five-day intensive plein air workshop in the beautiful Rocky Mountains outside of Boulder, Colorado. Mark will take his students high into the mountains, just west of... Read more -
Still Life with Clinton Hobart
Clinton Hobart | Online | Oil Jun 26 - 28, 2025 ONLINE on Zoom | 10AM-1PM Mountain Standard (Arizona) Time | 3 days | June 26-28 | Thu - Sat This class will focus on small still-life paintings of only a... Read more -
Celebrate
Youth Camp I Ages 9 -14 Jun 30 - Jul 2, 2025 Program Description Celebrate the summer with a parade of color! Each session incorporates 2D Art mediums such as drawing, painting, watercolor, mixed media, as well as 3D Art mediums such... Read more
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Parade of Color
Youth Camp I Ages 6-8 Jun 30 - Jul 2, 2025 Program Description Celebrate the summer with a parade of color! Each session incorporates 2D Art mediums such as drawing, painting, watercolor, mixed media, as well as 3D Art mediums such... Read more -
Mastering the Portrait in Oil
Adrian Gottlieb I Online I Oil Jul 1 - 15, 2025 Online on Zoom and Padlet | July 1, 8, 15 2025 | 3 Tuesdays | 10am-1pm Arizona Time (*always on MST) | recording of the class will be available for... Read more -
Oceanaria
Youth Camp I Ages 6-8 Jul 9 - 11, 2025 Program Description The deep blue sea is filled with wonder and adventure in a boat, on a float, from the sky and in the deep. Each session incorporates 2D Art... Read more -
Marine Life
Youth Camp | Ages 9-14 Jul 9 - 11, 2025 Program Description Explore the folklore, wildlife, pastimes and people as we create art about marine life and wildlife. Each session incorporates 2D Art mediums such as drawing, painting, watercolor, mixed... Read more
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Realistic Art
Youth Camp I Ages 9-14 Jul 14 - 18, 2025 Program Description Enhance your studio practices such as proportion, technique, and color theory in this skill-building class. Instructor will guide students through the stages of creating realistic art: concept sketching,... Read more -
Realistic Style
High School Workshop I Ages 14-18 Jul 14 - 18, 2025 Programm Description Enhance your studio practices such as proportion, technique, and color theory in this skill-building class. Instructor will guide students through the stages of creating realistic art: concept sketching,... Read more -
Mystery Garden
Youth Camp I Ages 6-8 Jul 14 - 18, 2025 Program Description Myth, mystery, and tall tales fill the garden with imagination. Each session incorporates 2D Art mediums such as drawing, painting, watercolor, mixed media, as well as 3D Art... Read more -
Plein Air Painting in Beartooth Pass, Montana
Mitch Baird | Off-Site I Workshop | Oil Jul 21 - 25, 2025 Beartooth Pass is known as the Alps of Montana because of its luscious flowering meadows, rugged rock, weathered pine and 950+ alpine lakes!! The high alpine views make for great... Read more
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Anime & Manga Style
Youth Camp I Ages 9-14 Jul 21 - 25, 2025 Program Description Practice the elements of visual art using the contemporary theme of Anime & Manga. Discover design, proportion, composition, color theory to improve technical art making skills. Each session... Read more -
Giddy-Up Kids
Youth Camp I Ages 6-8 Jul 21 - 25, 2025 Program Description Time travelers board the stagecoach to fun as we giddyup to the world of the ranch. Ponies, pies, riding, roping, growing crops and caring for animals will star... Read more -
Manga & Cosplay Art
High School Workshop Jul 21 - 25, 2025 Program Description This class will explore design, creativity, and character development with a variety of art mediums. Students will learn how to impact their art with personal style and a... Read more -
Loosen Up: Seeing, Simplifying and Expression
Derek Penix I Workshop I Acrylic or Oil Jul 21 - 23, 2025 Students will use oil or acrylic paint to paint from photos. They will have a choice of dozens of photographs consisting of trees, boats, cityscapes, figures, koi and hanging fruit.... Read more
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Friends
Youth Camp I Ages 9-14 Jul 28 - Aug 1, 2025 Program Description Find fun and creativity as we explore how friendships inspire art that transcends barriers. Each session incorporates 2D Art mediums such as drawing, painting, watercolor, mixed media, as... Read more -
Besties
Youth Camp | Ages 6-8 Jul 28 - Aug 1, 2025 Program Description Cool and breezy, summers are easy! Find fun and playful art as we explore favorites of friends, animals, hobbies, foodies and more! Each session incorporates 2D Art mediums... Read more -
Painting Flowers Alla Prima
Ashwini Bharathula I Online I Oil Aug 7 - 21, 2025 Online on Zoom | 3 Thursdays - Aug 7,14,21 2025 |1pm-4pm Arizona Time (always on Mountain Standard Time) | recording available for 2 months In this online workshop, Ashwini will... Read more -
Dramatic Light in Pastel
Corey Pitkin I Online I Pastel Aug 9 - 23, 2025 Online on Zoom | 3 Saturdays Aug 9,16 and 23 2025 | 10am-1pm Arizona Time (*always on Mountain Standard Time) | recording will be available for 2 months Artists have... Read more
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Plein Air Painting at the Grand Canyon
Mitch Baird I Off-Site I Workshop I Oil Aug 25 - 29, 2025 Is there any better place to paint plein air than the Grand Canyon? During the workshop, students will be painting from the spectacular South Rim for five days with special... Read more -
WATERCOLOR UNLEASHED! Paint a Waterfall with Wildflowers
Julie Gilbert Pollard | Online | Watercolor Sep 2 - 30, 2025 Online on Zoom | 5 Tuesdays | 1pm-4pm Arizona Time (always on Mountain Standard Time) | recording available for 2 months September 2, 9, 16, 23,30, 2025 Learn to paint... Read more -
Fall in the Foothills: Plein Air in Golden, Colorado
Judd Mercer | Off-site Workshop | All Mediums Sep 22 - 26, 2025 Kick off autumn in beautiful Colorado for a week of plein air across the Rocky Mountain foothills! From our starting location in charming Golden, CO, we’ll explore a different location... Read more -
Oil Portraits with Gold Leaf
Nicole Troup | Online | Oil Oct 4 - 18, 2025 Online on Zoom | October 4th, 11th and 18th 2025 from 10am-1pm Arizona Time (*always on MST) | recording will be available for 2 months During the workshop students will... Read more
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Autumn Workshop in the Grand Tetons
John Hughes I Off-Site I Workshop I Oil Oct 6 - 10, 2025 THIS IS A DESTINATION WORKSHOP: Come and experience the Grand Tetons in full fall color with like-minded artists! This workshop is sure to be one of a kind with lots... Read more -
The Beauty of the Skyscape
Linda Glover Gooch | Workshop | Oil Oct 13 - 16, 2025 Billowing clouds come in countless shapes, sizes, and colors. Participants in this workshop will work from photographs with low horizons giving a focus on how to handle different skies, including... Read more -
Making the Leap: The Fine Art of the Art Business!
Vanessa Rothe I Workshop I Art Marketing Oct 20 - 24, 2025 Do you want to 'MAKE THE LEAP' towards becoming a professional artist and to start selling your work? Are you already a professional artist who simply needs to improve your... Read more -
Expressive Portrait Drawing
Oliver Sin | Workshop | Charcoal and Pastel Pencil Nov 10 - 14, 2025 This workshop will help students to make competent portrait drawings. Step-by- step demonstrations will help students to understand the structure of the face in terms of shapes, plane changes, and... Read more
