Comics & Cartooning class
Student’s hand drawings from the Drawing Fundamentals class
About the studio
Young Artists' Place is a visual arts studio in South Burnaby. Located at the intersection of Royal Oak and Rumble, the studio offers art classes to kids and teens in Burnaby and the greater Vancouver area.
Here's what you can expect from our programs:
Concrete steps and skills.
For students aged 8 and younger, we usually teach in a step-by-step method, providing structure and encouraging students to develop observation skills and confidence.
For students aged 9 and older, we teach fundamental drawing & painting principles, so that they gain the skills needed to express their own creativity, instead of only being able to copy others’ drawings.
In a typical lesson, students are encouraged to take ownership and make their own creative decisions about subject matter and colour, while at the same time practicing the art techniques we talked about.
An artist's perspective.
Our instructors are all artists who are highly committed to our craft, and we demonstrate and share our own techniques.
Communication & flexibility.
We get to know students as people and as artists, and listen to their needs. If there’s anything specific we can do to create a more safe & positive art-making environment for your child, please let Janice know.
Very small class sizes.
Young Artists’ Place classes have a maximum of 6 students in one class.
About the owner
Janice Liu is the owner at Young Artists' Place. She has been teaching art for children since 2013 and has enjoyed bringing art programs to Burnaby Public Library, Vancouver Public Library, Richmond & North Vancouver district schools, and other community centres all across the Vancouver area. She is a former art instructor at Place des Arts in Coquitlam.
Janice’s graphic novel, Chicken Soup & Goji Berries 中药鸡汤, was a 2020 Excellence in Graphic Literature Award finalist, and a Gene Day Award nominee. She was also one of the artists in Shuster Award-winning Wayward Sisters: An Anthology of Monstrous Women. You can find both these books in Burnaby Public Library’s comics collection!
Instructors
Haley Perry
Haley is an imagination machine who graduated from Emily Carr University of Art and Design with a Bachelor's in Illustration and an Honourable Mention for her grad piece. She has been drawing and painting all her life, constantly chasing the next thing to guide her interest.
Haley takes part in gallery shows, works on private commissions, and takes on editorial illustration work for local magazine publications. With a focus on traditional media, Haley creates work that is surreal, whimsical, and often dark. She spends almost half her time drawing from life or photo references to learn and perfect the rules of drawing realistically, just to bend and break them in order to create works of art that are unique, imaginative, and full of emotion. To take a peek into her world, you can find her portfolio here.
Haley teaches Drawing & Painting, Drawing People, Sketching, and private art lessons.
Divya George
Divya George is an illustrator who has always loved drawing, especially drawing animals. Her illustrations have been featured in a diversity of commercial projects including packaging, posters, wall murals, and children’s apparel. She also illustrates picture books and loves the process of developing appealing characters, visually conveying narratives, and bringing stories to life through art. She has an MA in Illustration and works with both traditional and digital tools. Her work can be seen on her website.
Divya teaches our adult group lessons, Drawing & Painting, Mixed Media, and private art lessons.
Anna Be
Anna is an all-rounded artist who enjoys working with traditional and digital art mediums. Inspired to create artwork from a young age, influenced by animation, video games, and popular culture, Anna has attained a BFA in Visual Art and works in arts-related sectors. She likes to design fantastical characters in her spare time, experiment with new artistic mediums, and work on freelance art projects.
Anna teaches Drawing & Painting, and private art lessons.
Chelsea Bell Eady
Chelsea has been sewing for more than twenty years, and has created custom costumes, bags, structured baby carriers, and sewing patterns. She also enjoys knitting and other fibre arts.
Professionally, Chelsea is the Principal Designer at C.B. Eady Creative Associates. She is a multi-disciplinary design professional who focuses on process-driven design. She works in digital, print, textiles, and analog mediums, and specializes in developing brand stories, print pieces, web designs, and soft product development. She has a Bachelor of Design in Communication Design with a minor in Social Practice + Community Engagement from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, and has also taught the next generation of web developers and designers at BCIT. Her pronouns are she/her.
Chelsea teaches Sewing.