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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I have only cone here to commiserate as we have found the same problem. My daughter lives art - drawing on paper or digital art. She is currently 11 and we have never found a studio or teacher that actually TEACHES drawing techniques, shading, lighting, etc.

I'm not an artist myself but she has asked so many times for this - since she was in 3rd grade actually.

I have never found, so what I have been doing is getting her good material (sketchbooks, different pencils, charcoal, highlighters, etc). Also books about drawing, like his to draw manga, anatomy book for artists, etc.

All she has learned was self-taught by watching YouTube videos. I remember she spending an ungodly amount of time in 3rd grade watching YouTube about how to draw hands for example.

She asks me to take pictures of her in different poses or take pictures of her sister in various poses to study how turning this way or that affects the position of the arms, legs, hands, etc. In the past 18m or so she has really gotten into digital drawing - initially, she used an apple pencil, but this past birthday I got her the best digital drawing pad for hobbyists and she uses Adobe and some other digital programs. She is very much into this.

I only hope she keeps this as a hobby because most artists don't seem to have it easy or be comfortable financially. What I have told her is that I will support her in whatever she chooses to do with her life, but I want her to go in with open eyes as we are not rich and she won't have a big inheritance or trust fund to fall back on. Sometimes we need to be pragmatic and keep our passions as a hobby.

She has start taking commissions from friends (she charges very cheap) and a good thing that came out of this is that often she “complains” to me that she no longer can work on whatever her mood strikes/she wants because she has to finish this or that “job.”

I have told her that she is too young and doesn't need to work, so she should just enjoy her art. She wants to keep the small commission though, and it has been A GREAT LESSON on why, sometimes, our passion should be kept as hobby. Doing something strictly for pleasure/fun is a completely different animal of doing it as a job. Job has deadlines, schedules, expectations etc. And you have to do it even when you don't feel like it.

Anyway, I still would like to find her a face-to-face class that teaches those techniques and provides feedback and critique. [/quote]

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