Carlsbad Art Farm

Bittersweet. After 15 years and THOUSANDS of students, Carlsbad Art Farm just rang it’s last summer camp bell this morning. While we are retiring our beloved summer camps Art Farm will continue offering classes to adults and older teens, as well as occasional workshops for younger students. To stay posted on upcoming classes and workshops visit our website and join our mailing list at the bottom of the page. Thank you Art Farm families and my absolutely second-to-none staff, my husband, Chase, and daughter, Emerson, for your many years of participation and dedication to making my crazy concept about an outdoor art camp with farm animals in the woods a success beyond my wildest imaginings. Now everybody, go to your studio space and make art everyday. It’s good for you and it’s good for the planet. My love to you all, Perrin

If you have ever reared a chicken, read this!

Wonderful painting at the Tacoma, WA, Art Museum from a photo I took a few months back. Unfortunately I don’t recall the artist’s name but as I recall the painting dates back to the 1950s or earlier,

OK all you highly skilled artists out there, let’s see if your atelier training and years of practice have prepared you to tackle this face! His name is Harry (he’s an alpaca) one of Art Farm’s animal models. And yes, he spits. Visit our website today for information on SoCals top-rated Summer Camp for kids. Art, animals, and all outdoors!

Sweet little intaglio print of a bunny by a young camp student printed on our Conrad Monotype press. Summer Camps now enrolling for 2018. Grades 2-8. Visit our website today for information on SoCals top-rated Summer Camp for kids. Art, animals, and all outdoors!

At Art Farm summer camps we work hard to bring together a staff of talented, committed, kid-friendly instructors to work with students in grades 2-8. Many amazing artists have passed through in the past 15 years. Here's a short video by Tim Davison about his experiences as an instructor at Art Farm in 2015. Tim is co-creator of the exceptional Creative Animal Foundation (www.creativeanimal.org), now touring all 50 states with their mission of advancing education and science through programs dedicated to conservation, environmental sustainability, wildlife preservation, and the protection of our world’s oceans and waterways.

This is so awesome! A parent posted this YouTube video about her daughter's excellent adventures at Carlsbad Art Farm Summer Camp in 2016 and we just now discovered it. Take a virtual tour with Lorelei and discover why parents have voted us "Most Awesome Camp for Kids in Social" for the past 3-years. Learn more! Visit our website today for more info and easy online enrollment.

Great curated list of websites and blogs for painters!

Beautiful paintings, and all the more amazing because this artist works from memory.

A wonderful drypoint, the first in color and the second in black-and-white, by a student in our adult printmaking class. The image was etched on plexiglass, inked, and then run through our Conrad monotype press. Join our mailing list today at Carlsbad Art Farm to stay in the loop about upcoming classes for kids and adults! www.carlsbadartfarm.com

Art Farm isn’t just for kids. Here’s a woodblock print (with the original hand-carved woodblock on the right) by a beginning adult student. #carlsbadartfarm #carlsbadvillage #carlsbadlife #summercamp #sandiegolife #sandiegoevents #sandiegoartist #sandiego #northcountykids #northcountysandiego #northcounty #nochildleftinside #printmaking

Quick charcoal sketch to work out values and masses for an oil painting. Join us for our upcoming Charcoal Drawing for Painters class starting Saturday, April 7. Learner and enroll today on the Carlsbad Art Farm website.

Magic the Donkey poses with one of Art Farm’s awesome assistant art instructors. Don’t miss out! Check out our website today for information on SoCals top-rated Summer Camp for kids. Art, animals, and all outdoors!

Art Farm classes in "Painting from the Masters in Oil" and "Charcoal Drawing for Painters" are now enrolling online. Both classes start Saturday, April 7. These classes are open to adults and older teens and are limited to 10 students. Learn more and enroll online today. Visit our Adult Classes page at https://carlsbadartfarm.com