Young teen art camps—for drawing only/mostly

[Anonymous]

Any tips on camps or classes for young teen interested specifically in drawing? DC can draw realistic drawings with shading, different art pencils, etc., mostly black-and-white. Can focus for hours drawing but gets bored easily with other art forms. Mainly self-taught so could use some instruction.

Looking either for day camps (ideally MoCo/DC, but could also do NoVa or Baltimore) or sleepaway camps. June/July. TIA!

[Anonymous]

The Arlington Center for the Arts has classes and camps for teens. The summer schedule shows a week focused on drawing
https://www.acarts.org/summer-arts-camps

My DD has taken classes there before and enjoyed them.

[Anonymous]

Glen echo park

[Anonymous]

Another option is Artworks in Bethesda.

[Anonymous]

Interlochen

[Anonymous]

I would agree with Interlochen. If your daughter is serious about getting better, Interlochen will help her grow more than any other place I know. It may be too late to get a spot this year, but it would be worth checking.

For what it is worth, I found classes at both ArtWorks and Glen Echo to be formulaic and not worth much.

[Anonymous]

https://katiedellkaufman.com/makeshift-studios-2013-summer-camps/

My kiddo who is now at the Einstein VAC took some of Katie’s classes and learned a lot.