“Drawing is a natural ability that we all have, and it’s a skill that can be developed with the right approach.”
ARTvark Studios has incorporated a unique approach to teaching realistic drawing based on the Monart method designed by Mona Brookes of California. This method focuses on helping students
recognize and isolate the five basic elements of shape that make up everything we want to draw! https://www.monartdrawing.com/about
According to Mona Brookes, “simple shapes like circles, triangles, and squares are insufficient for capturing the complexity of the material world, making it difficult to draw successfully without proper guidance.”
“Just as learning musical notes is fundamental to playing an instrument, just as every dance has its basic movements or steps – the alphabet of shape is fundamental to drawing.”
Mona Brookes
At ARTvark Studios we offer age-appropriate projects for children as young as five, teens, and beginner adults.
Two main principles that make this method so successful:
- – A non-competitive, non-judgmental, supportive environment.
- – Every project is structured to ensure success and enough
freedom for individual creativity.
Drawing, like speaking, is a natural way to communicate our many emotions, which dates back from primitive cave paintings to ancient Egyptian tombs.
We’ve always learned by copying and modeling. Even our great Masters have begun their artistic adventure by copying other Masters.
ARTvark Studios embraces this idea by allowing both children and adults to learn through step-by-step instructions, building skills from the basics and eventually using that knowledge to create something new and original.
ARTvark Studios – where the soul meets imagination!
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