Fine Art by Kristi Arzola LLC — Attraction in Erie

My school-aged daughter has been a regular student of Kristi Arzola's for nearly three years, in different formats including one-on-one lessons and group lessons, working on guided projects as well as attending open-studio time for assisted independent projects, and learning different techniques in graphite and colored pencil drawing, watercolor painting, and acrylic painting. Our whole family has also attended Kristi's acrylic paint events. Kristi is a talented instructor and lovely human being with whom I whole-heartedly trust to guide my child and her artistic interests. Our home and offices are filled with beautiful and even whimsical art produced by our daughter under Kristi's guidance. Not only does she have fun during her time in Kristi's studio, the projects she completes there reflect clearly improving skill in a variety of techniques, which she then is able to apply in her projects outside of Kristi's studio. We are grateful for Kristi as a local art instructor and enthusiastically recommend her lessons, local art events, and gorgeous...

Kristi is an amazing fine artist, especially with watercolors! She loves what she does and it definitely shows in her work and her love of teaching others.

She has no fear in trying new things and when she does, she not only excels at it, she works very hard to improve even when she doesn't need too. I have seen her push herself to new limits in creativity and her art work never fails to impress me!

I was super excited to get this beautiful water color Sea Turtle in the mail! She even took care with detail in the packaging! I found myself purchasing many more pieces from her because I love all her stuff so much that I can’t settle for just one piece!

Kristi is easy to work with and I would recommend her to anyone looking to buy or commission a...

I enjoyed the class a lot. Best of all I learned how to break down a picture into geometric patterns that allow you to easily fit the drawing into perspective and fit it on your page in a much better. It's much easier to draw to a specific point rather that trying to see the whole picture in your mind and replicate it onto your page. It defiantly slowed down my habit of constantly erasing and redrawing until I got it right. I was also learned shading and the blending of different levels of light and dark and how they are used to give a drawing life by highlighting boundaries with lite-to white against dark background. I highly recommend this class to new drawing students. It will open doors in your mind that you didn't...