If you love animals and want to learn how to draw and paint pet portraits, this class can help hone your skills and make art that captures the spirit of your best friend. Treasure your pet forever with a carefully hand-crafted pet portrait painted by you! You will learn how to add highlights, mid-tones, and shadows as well as techniques for different types of fur.

All supplies included. TMA members receive 10% off all registrations.

Summer Camps at TMA are one week, Monday – Friday, all led by local professional artists.

Leah Van Rooy | Art Educator 

Leah Van Rooy graduated from UW Oshkosh with a Bachelors of Science degree. She began photographing close friends as a hobby her sophomore year which has now become her full time profession for the past 10 years! She mainly photographs growing families, engagements, maternity, newborns, senior portraits and weddings. She also commissions various types of art with special emphasis on pet portraits. She enjoys spending her free time using her creative brain doing anything Harry Potter related, whether that be making themed home decor or dressing up as characters and photo editing magical content within! She has been teaching painting classes for the past 6 years and loves sharing techniques on how to blend acrylic paints, hold your brushes, different brush strokes, and more! Creating is good for the soul.