We believe that art requires a particular set of senses, ones that can be taught and learned.

Let us explain our unique approach to developing young artists:

The 5 Senses of Art:

1.       Sense of space (perspective)

2.       Sense of relation between different sizes (proportions)               

3.       Sense of balance in placement of objects on the art surface (composition)

4.       Sense of tools and means (texture/medium, color, spots, shapes, 3-D values)

5.       Sense of a great adventure (the power of imagination and the joy of creativity)

Put these 5 senses together, and you have a successful artist capable of telling his or her own story on paper in the most impressive and expressive way.

In our classes we aim to help young artists explore all of these techniques and concepts in a variety of projects that challenge and teach, so that under our guidance, everyone has a chance to uncover their artistic senses.

Sunday 2:15 - 3:45

This class is mixed age group, from 8-year-old up to the end of the middle school. The projects include all kind of media and techniques, such as tempera, watercolors, color pencils, charcoal, oil pastel, printmaking, silk painting, mosaic, stained glass imitation, clay, glazing ready-made bisque clay, jewelry, calligraphy. They are changed to be repeated only in a month or so. It is always a clay day once in a month. It is a 5-minute break between 2 hours.

It may be couple of older students in any of this group, who will work on more advanced individual projects for their portfolio. Their topics cover portrait, figure drawing, perspective drawing, architectural drawing, highly detailed landscapes and animal drawing, acrylic and oil painting, veil watercolor painting and life-size clay head. These projects sometimes take more then one day to fulfill.

Private class for 1 to 4 person

The topics and subjects are discussed with students and parents and designed to better reach of the goal provided by them

Our phone 734-288-8058

Rush In Art Academy provides quality academic art training for children aged 6 and older. We offer group and private art classes for kids and teens, as well as private and group classes for adults. We assist with creating art portfolios for college applications. You can celebrate birthdays with us and spend school breaks and summer vacations engaged in our programs.

Rush In Art Academy employs a classical academic approach to teaching drawing, painting, sculpture, composition, calligraphy, stained glass, pottery on the wheel, jewelry making, mosaic, and silk painting.

Our lesson plans include a short story related to the topic, instructions, demonstrations, and a practical stage where students create their own artworks. Step-by-step instruction, an individual approach, teachers’ samples for every subject, and peer examples allow students to succeed at any skill level. If you plan to continue your education, we will start with the basics of realistic study and gradually guide you to a master level. We will teach you or your child to express themselves independently.

We offer ongoing classes with breaks only for major holidays. Classes cover a variety of topics and techniques, which are rotated. Special art technique classes are held during school breaks and summer. We can also arrange these classes at any time for pre-formed groups upon request. The same applies to homeschool groups.

We provide numerous ready-made projects for art educators, complete with detailed instructions, samples, and a list of required materials.

Rush In Art Academy is a home-based studio in Ann Arbor. Teaching occurs in a very informal, friendly environment in small, cozy groups led by a professional artist and teacher with many years of experience, who earned her master’s degree in Fine Art in Russia, the motherland of realistic drawing and painting.

The projects kids produce in class are always original! No coloring books, crafts, or cut-and-paste projects! For younger kids, we use a carrot-and-stick approach: original pre-drawing first, followed by a variety of media, techniques, and materials on top of that pre-drawing. Classes are 1,1.5 or 2 hours long, and to keep young kids focused, we switch their attention to different aspects of multi-step projects a couple of times per class. We keep EVERYBODY happy!