Painting Lessons
Painting lessons help students discover their visual voice while developing technique and personal expression, from beginners to advanced artists.
Take lessons with professional artists and experienced teachers offering private lessons across the Greater Los Angeles area, New York, and online—so you can learn wherever works best for you.
Select your Instructor
Liz offers experimental discussion-based art lessons focused on concept development, material exploration and expanding individual creative practices. Her offerings include independent study and studio visit sessions, sculpture and fabrication basics using a wide range of materials and techniques and experimental drawing lessons centered on intuitive mark-making, movement and unconventional processes.
Ari is a painter and educator with a Fine Arts background from SAIC and UCLA. Their lessons emphasize personalized mentorship, helping students explore their unique artistic voices through experimentation, thoughtful critique, and generative questioning.
Ghazal teaches life drawing, painting, experimental drawing, abstract painting and ceramic tile-making, with an emphasis on observation, material exploration and developing an individual artistic voice. Through hands-on demonstrations, discussion and one-on-one guidance, Ghazal creates welcoming and engaging learning environments where students are encouraged to experiment freely, work outside their comfort zones and discover new ways of thinking through art.
Sebastian is a painter and installation artist whose work explores hybridity, identity, and storytelling through ink, color, and Xuan rice paper. Their lessons balance technical skill-building with creative exploration, guiding students to trust their intuition and discover their unique artistic voice.