Kids Love Our Fun & Creative Workshops!

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.

Ghost Monster Clay WorkshopAges 4 - 6

Design and draw your very own ghost monster. Use your drawing to create a 3D sculpture of your ghost monster. All projects reinforce fundamental classical, realistic drawing and painting skills. 

$81 (Includes Materials)

Yorba Linda Studio:
Saturday, October 26
1:00pm - 4:00pm

Laguna Hills Studio:
Sunday, October 13
1:00pm - 4:00pm

Costa Mesa Studio:
Sunday, October 27
1:00pm - 4:00pm

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Halloween Clay WorkshopAges 7 and up

Experience how to bring favorite spooks to life using a step-by-step process! Learn how to sculpt & paint Halloween characters. Create a themed magnet. 

$162 (Includes Materials)

Yorba Linda Studio:
Sundays, October 20 & 27
1:00pm - 4:00pm

Laguna Hills Studio:
Sundays, October 20 & 27
1:00pm - 4:00pm

Costa Mesa Studio:
Saturdays, October 19 & 26
1:00pm - 4:00pm

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Old McDonald WorkshopAges 4 - 6

Sculpt and paint a sheep or pig along with a barn for them to stay in. Students create fun characters while singing songs and having oodles of fun every step of the way!

$81 (Includes Materials)

Yorba Linda Studio:
Saturday, November 16
1:00pm - 4:00pm

Laguna Hills Studio:
Sunday, November 3
1:00pm - 4:00pm

Costa Mesa Studio:
Sunday, November 17
1:00pm - 4:00pm

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Woodland Creatures Clay WorkshopAges 7 and up

Turn your backyard into a magical fairyland! Build a sculpey animal or woodland creature. Make a fairy door sculpture to welcome fairies. Beginning through advanced students are welcome. This educational clay workshop will bring fun, focus and magic into your young artist's weekend!

$162 (Includes Materials)

Yorba Linda Studio:
Sundays, November 10 & 17
1:00pm - 4:00pm

Laguna Hills Studio:
Sundays, November 10 & 17
1:00pm - 4:00pm

Costa Mesa Studio:
Saturdays, November 9 & 16
1:00pm - 4:00pm

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Winter Holiday WorkshopAges 7 and up

Drop the kids off while you shop! Hunt for holiday deals while your young artists create a holiday card, ornament, snow globe and more! 

Coming Soon for December!

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Wizarding World WorkshopAges 7 and up

Embrace your inner witch or wizard and make your world a little more magical (muggles invited along as well)! Use Sculpey, paper, pencils, and colors to create your favorite characters!
  • Send your friend a pop-up owl letter
  • Sculpt your favorite character
  • Draw your house's mascot
  • Learn to draw your favorite character
Coming Soon for January!

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Valentine's Day Clay WorkshopAges 7 and up

Kids create while parents date! Love is in the air at Art Steps! Whether beginning or advanced, students LOVE creating a Valentine's Day themed clay sculpture with a pop-up card background!

Coming Soon for February!

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Heroes and Villains Clay WorkshopAges 7 and up

Embrace your inner hero or villain in this camp! Learn to draw your favorite characters using a variety of techniques and materials. Sculpt your favorite hero or villain.

Coming Soon for March!

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Pirates & Princesses ClayAges 7 and up

Join us for a voyage into the world of pirates & princesses! Students sculpt a pirate, princess or monkey character, and more! It is a journey you will not want to miss.

Coming Soon for April!

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Under the Sea Clay WorkshopAges 7 and up

We are all fascinated by the beach, the sea and ocean creatures. In this workshop, students have a great deal of fun learning to draw, paint, using traditional additive sculpting techniques with clay, and using paper construction to create sea life. Projects include learning to make a clay sculpture sandcastle and fish/shark hat, designing your own sea monster and more. Through moments of quiet focus, students will learn the true joy of artmaking, and have ocean friends to take home.

Coming Soon for May!

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