Beehive Art Academy

What We Offer

At Beehive Art Academy, children do more than make crafts—they learn to think, create, communicate, and develop real artistic skills. Through hands-on instruction in drawing, painting, watercolor, pastels, clay, sculpture, printmaking, textiles, collage, and mixed media, students explore a wide variety of artistic techniques while strengthening creativity, fine-motor skills, visual-spatial reasoning, attention, planning, problem-solving, language, and self-expression. Classes are organized by developmental and skill level so children can progress from early artistic exploration to more advanced drawing, painting, design, and studio work. With no screens and no cookie-cutter projects, children are encouraged to experiment, make choices, solve creative problems, and develop their own ideas and artistic voice. At Beehive, art is both something children learn and a powerful tool for developing the whole child.

  • Level 1 — Little Artists

    Approximately ages 3–5 | Preschool–Pre-K

    Focus on exploration and foundational skills rather than producing a perfect finished product.

    Children learn colors, shapes, lines, textures, patterns and basic tool use while developing fine-motor control, bilateral coordination, visual attention, creativity and language.

    Media to introduce: crayons, washable markers, tempera paint, watercolor, finger painting, chalk/pastels, play dough and clay, paper collage, stamping, sponges, nature materials, yarn and beginning mixed media.

  • Approximately ages 5–7 | Kindergarten–Grade 1

    Children begin learning specific artistic techniques while still having freedom to create.

    Instruction can include drawing recognizable objects, mixing colors, painting techniques, cutting and assembling, beginning sculpture, printmaking and creating art from observation.

    Media: pencil, colored pencil, oil and chalk pastels, watercolor, tempera/acrylic, clay, collage, papier-mâché, printmaking, textiles/yarn and mixed media.

  • Approximately ages 7–10 | Grades 2–4

    This becomes a true introductory fine-arts program.

    Children learn concepts such as line, shape, form, color, value, texture, space, proportion, perspective and composition.

    Projects become more complex and may take several classes to complete.

    Media: graphite drawing, charcoal, colored pencil, watercolor, acrylic painting, pastels, clay/ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, textiles, weaving, papier-mâché and mixed-media art.