Michael’s Fine Art Classes

This is a very nice Art Institute. Great place for develop art technique, I had an interview with teacher, he is very nice, and funny guy. I saw how the students during the class, to me they are looked having fun while learning, and I saw the teacher running around trying to assists all the teacher. Also when I visits them, I saw a lot art works and field trips pictures. To me I think it is very fun experience, travel with classmates and doing art together. Good place.

This is the first time I have given a review and for good purpose. I called to see when and if I can attend their classes. The guy that answered was the most rude and unprofessional person that I have talked to. I told him that I live a few neighborhoods away that I can drive there it’s not a problem. However the only response I got was “you live to far, you can’t make it“ and then he hung up. Really?
What kind of professionalism is that? How can he assume that I can’t make it. On top of that he just hung up on me. If I could rate negative stars I would.

This Art Institute of Arcadia is good if you want your child to draw and paint (something they can also do at home). But, if you actually want them to develop technique and understanding of drawing and painting concepts, such as lighting, shading, and the basics, this is not the place to go. If you’re willing to pay around 25% more for art classes, I would suggest trying Mission: Renaissance Fine Art in Arcadia (815 W. Naomi Pl. Ste. M). Based on my interview of the director, they have structure and a lesson plan for their students. They have many locations since they are a franchise.
My daughter has been attending Art Institute for about 2 years now with not much to show for. Michael, the owner, has no organized structure and direction for his students. He just comes up with some project and tells them to start drawing, or painting. Most every student I see there is usually copying a photo or an inanimate object.
When you visit the school, you often see him running around like a crazy person. Since my daughter has been attending, I haven’t seen any piece of artwork I would consider significant. Most of the time I see Michael working on parts of his student’s artwork for them.
Michael does have some assistants working for him and I think they are much better than he is at teaching. But, then again, they are limited by his rules, since it is his school.
Basically, I am keeping my daughter their because Mission: Renaissance is out of my budget. Also, I figure even if she’s not being taught properly, at least she’s still creating something on paper; therefore, maybe she can still learn something by just doing it.

I learned a lot over the past year taking classes from here. My favorite classes are Saturday class from Dylan, and figure drawing class. What i enjoy most about Saturday class is that i get great ideas for my portfolio and develop a more divers way to think about art. In this Saturday class my teacher and classmates helped me realize what i really interest in and which college to apply to. It is important because without knowing your goal, it is impossible to achieve it. I love the figure drawing class because it’s a great class to build figure drawing skills. I definitely recommend students who has ambition to go to Art Institute of Arcadia because they do have the materials for students to improve drawing skill. Although they don’t provide some specific classes that i was looking for, i have developed a pretty strong bases, which i can provide on any type of art form, over the past year. Not only my drawing skills and my creativity had improved, and i highly recommend the Saturday class and figure drawing class with Dylan.