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Our Main Program
Has two paths for artists

Foundational Art
– – – – –
Cartoon ART

Everything You Need To Know About Our Main Schoolyear Art Program Is Below.

Foundational Art

Drawing & Painting

Cartooning Art

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Section One

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Foundational

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❶ Class Description

❷ Art Courses

How it all works

❸ Weekly Schedule

Choose from 32 classes

❹ Art Supplies

The media we use & how to get it

❺ Costs

Tuition, registration, & supplies

❻ Firstlight

  • What students and parents are saying about us.
  • A Note from our founder, Dennas.

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Class Description

Foundational Art

Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced

5 Age Groups

⇒ Ages 6 and 7
⇒ Ages 8 to 10
⇒ Ages 10 to 12
⇒ Ages 13 and Up Teens
⇒ Adults
Students begin with comprehensive courses, so they learn all the basics, not just one isolated aspect of art.

The long term course allows instructors to get to know the students, so we can help guide you towards your personal goals.

Subjects covered Include

Shading
Color
Mixing
Portraits
Landscape
Still Life
Perspective
Drawing
Accuracy
Expression
Composition
Animals

Courses have 70 lessons, with 35 each school-year.

From Mid August to Mid May

Classes meet once per week, for 1 hour and 45 minutes

What a typical class is like, start to finish

  1. Warmup – sketching
  2. Lesson insights & intro to project
  3. Prep materials & workspace
  4. Reference is chosen by each student
  5. Sketching with one-on-one help
  6. How-to – with demonstration
  7. Students work with one-on-one help
  8. Step 2 demonstration
  9. Final work & review of insights
  10. Cleanup

Every Lesson Centers On One Of The

Four Cornerstones Of Art

DRAWING accurately is easier with our 3-step method. We show you different PAINTING techniques in acrylic and watercolor. COLOR theory and pigment mixing is learned with our 10 different color journal lessons. Personal expression and STYLE comes through when you understand the principles of composition.

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Art Courses

How They Work

Two-Year Courses

Many students start at the beginning of a school year, but it doesn’t matter when you begin – each lesson is independent of the others.
⇒ Long-term Training
⇒ 35 Classes per year
⇒ 70 Classes per Course

Make-ups

If you miss a few classes, don’t worry. you can get a make-up token good for a free Saturday Art Buffet session (no more than one each month please). If you miss even more, you can purchase extra Saturday make-up sessions.

Saturday Art Buffet is once a month for ages 6-7, twice a month for adults, and almost every Saturday for ages 8 and up.

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Art Courses

How They Work

Two-Year
Courses

Start any time. It doesn’t matter when you begin because each lesson is independent of the others.
⇒ Long-term Training
⇒ 35 Classes per year
⇒ 70 Classes per Course

Make-ups

If you miss a few classes, don’t worry. you can get a make-up token good for a free Saturday Art Buffet session (no more than one each month please). If you miss even more, you can purchase extra Saturday make-up sessions.

Saturday Art Buffet is once a month for ages 6-7, twice a month for adults, and almost every Saturday for ages 8 and up.

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Weekly Schedule

Over 30 Classes

> Foundational & Cartoon <

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Foundations is designed for intermediate artists as well as beginners

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Art Supplies

The materials we use

Pencil
Charcoal
Ink
Oil Pastel
Modeling Clay
Acrylic
Canvas
Watercolor
Mixed Media
Palette Knives

And More

Our supplies are on sale every day

15% Off

MSRP

We sell all the supplies you need

⇒ Full sets
⇒ With or without case
⇒ individual items too
⇒ Never run out of anything
All returning students are required to begin the year with a full set of supplies. You will be contacted for a consultation to replenish.

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Costs

Tuition

Ages 8 and up, teens & adults

For Foundational & Cartooning

$1,415

Schoolyear Course
Registration Fee: $40

– – – – –

$149 payments

Installment plan
($74 deposit + 9 monthly drafts)
Registration Fee: $40

KidsART Ages 6 and 7

$1,298

Schoolyear Course
Registration Fee: $40

– – – – –

$136 payments

Installment plan
($74 deposit + 9 monthly drafts)
Registration Fee: $40

Supplies

$ 280 Foundations with case
$ 165 CarTOONing with case
$ 8 per month KidsART Box

Supplies will last for one school year. Some things like cases and palette knives will last years.

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Firstlight

What customers say

“After going to Firstlight, when I went off to [art school], I already knew most of what they were teaching for the first couple of years.”

Olivia, is one of our first students, who attended Firstlight for 12 years.

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“Art class is the highlight of his week!”

Parent of 6 year old

“They both said they loved all the activities and couldn’t point out a favorite. We most definitely will take part next summer and can recommend it to others wholeheartedly. Thanks for everything.”

Hannah, Parent

“When I pick her up from class, she asks me if she can have art class every day after school!”

Parent of 12 year old

“I realized not only that she was being taught the same things I learned in art school, but that she was getting it — at only age 9. Your ability to translate it into fun for kids is wonderful.”

Shea, Parent and student

“We feel so blessed to have discovered first light. She enjoys class so much”

Allyson, Parent of 9 year old

A Note from Dennas
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If you’re looking for an art class that sends home a lot of pretty pictures, this isn’t it.

Art teachers often feel the pressure for attractive results, but in truth, learning takes experimentation, and what’s produced at first is mostly practice work.

A common method art teachers use, is having students follow along as they do their own work. However, this doesn’t enable artists or help them express their vision. It’s better to learn core insights that apply to all your work instead of following a series of steps for only one picture – that isn’t even your own. We explain insights and techniques, and we’ll demonstrate often, but we don’t do follow-along lessons.

We tell all of our students that there is no way to make a mistake when making art, because everything you do teaches you something. Your work will be either be a Learner, or a Keeper. Usually there are more Learners in the first few years. Making Learners, or practice work, is what keeps every artist growing, even the most experienced professionals.

Dennas

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Section TWO

Cartooning Art

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Cartooning

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❶ Class Description

Cartoon classes

❷ Art Courses ^ (above)

How it works – Takes you up to the Foundational section. Same information.

❸ Weekly Schedule ^ (above)

Choose from 4 classes
– Takes you up to the Foundational section. Chart shows all classes.

❹ Art Supplies

The cartooning supplies & how to get it

❺ Costs ^ (above)

Tuition, registration, & supplies
– Takes you up to the Foundational section for same information.

❻ Firstlight ^ (above)

  • What students and parents are saying about us.
  • A Note from our founder, Dennas.

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Class Description

Cartoon Art

Beginner & Intermediate:

  • Toons (age 10 – 13)
  • Cartooning (age 13 & up)

Advanced:

  • Advanced (for teens in year 3 – 5)

In Toons & Cartooning, every class begins with a drawing exercise, involving specific directions: a character, an object, an action, and expression, and some dialog.

Classes rotate from specific individual lessons to large projects that take several weeks. Comic books, posters, illustrations, etc.

Cartoon classes – ONE SCHOOL YEAR AT A TIME. Projects change each year.

Cartoon Classes meet once per week, for 1 hour & 30 minutes

3 Age Groups

⇒ Ages 8 to 10
⇒ Ages 10 to 12
⇒ Ages 13 and Up

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Cartoon Supplies

The materials we use

Pencil

Ink liner

markers

Tracing
paper

Modeling
Clay

Art Boards

Mechanicals

Bristol

Mixed
Media

iPad
(advanced)

And More

Our supplies are on sale every day

15% Off

MSRP

We sell all the supplies you need

⇒ Full sets
⇒ With or without case
⇒ individual items too
⇒ Never run out of anything
All returning students are required to begin the year with a full set of supplies. You will be contacted for a consultation to replenish.

Register Now

Tap the button to exit our site and enter the registration portal. NOTE! Temporarily, you must have an account and log in before you’ll be able to view classes.