Welcome to Vanessa Montenegro

Welcome to Vanessa Montenegro

Thank you for visiting vanessamontenegro.com. Where art meets passion! This website is the site of visual artist Vanessa Montenegro and on it you will find her work, her classes, her art comission work and more.

Live Online Art Classes at Vanessa’s Art Studio.

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Vanessa’s Latest Artwork

This is Vanessa Montenegro latest artwork. Includes photography, drawings and sketches.


Art Classes at Vanessa’s Art Studio

Vanessa’s Art Studio is a place where you can learn art and nourish your creativity. Since classes are small (no more than 7 students per class), students get personal attention and they get to know one another too. Vanessa Montenegro, who is a professional artist, teaches the classes. Her assistants go through intense training to provide high quality art standards, and help teaching, too. The studio is not only a place to study art but also a place to make new friends and share your creativity with others. Plus Vanessa is constantly training herself in the latest art techniques and art trends so that she can share her knowledge with her students.

I teach students of all ages (kids and adults) no matter what level of experience or ability to draw and paint and reach their artistic goals. I teach students realistic drawing and painting. The classes are varied to include teaching still-life, the figure, landscape, portraiture, cartooning, animation, clay sculpture and more. All classes are designed around the student interests. Students learn at their own pace.

Learn to:

  • draw with pencil
  • draw with charcoal
  • draw with pastels
  • draw with pen and ink
  • paint with acrylics
  • paint with oils
  • learn drawing basics
  • learn painting basics
  • manga and illustration basics
  • draw cartoons, wild life, the figure, landscape and more

What makes Vanessa’s Art Studio different?

Vanessa’s Art Studio is a place where you can learn art and nourish your creativity. Since classes are small (no more than 7 students per class), students get personal attention and they get to know one another too. Vanessa Montenegro, who is a professional artist, teaches the classes. Her assistants go through intense training to provide high quality art standards, and help teaching, too. The studio is not only a place to study art but also a place to make new friends and share your creativity with others. Plus Vanessa is constantly training herself in the latest art techniques and art trends so that she can share her knowledge with her students.

Group and Private art classes available. You select the day and time that best works for you. I teach you art!

I also offer private art classes in Spanish so you can practice your Spanish and create art at the same time. Tambien ofresco classes de arte privadas en español.

I offer afterschool art classes as well as Saturday classes.

Location Westchase Area

All art lessons take place at Vanessa’s Art Studio in Citrus Park / Westchase, Tampa FL.


Kids and Teen Group Art Classes

Afterschool Art Classes for kids and teens:

Art Class: Drawing, Sketching and Painting: Kids and Teens Learn to draw lines, shapes, light/shadows, perspective, black and white, and color. Learn to draw with pencil, charcoal, pastels, and prismacolors. Drawing, Illustration, Cartooning, Fashion Design, and more. Mondays from 5:00 pm to 6:15 pm. (ages 7 and up). See student artwork!

Art Class: Drawing, Sketching and Painting: Kids and Teens Kids will learn to draw lines, shapes, light/shadows, perspective, black and white, and color. Learn to draw with pencil, charcoal, pastels, and prismacolors. Drawing, Illustration, Cartooning, Fashion Design, and more. Wednesdays from 5:00 pm to 6:15 pm. (7 and up). See student artwork!

Art Class: Drawing, Sketching and Painting: Kids and Teens Learn to draw lines, shapes, light/shadows, perspective, black and white, and color. Learn to draw with pencil, charcoal, pastels, and prismacolors. Drawing, Illustration, Cartooning, Fashion Design, and more. – Fridays from 4:40 pm to 6:00 pm. See student artwork!

Weekend Art Classes for kids and teens:

Manga, Illustration, Drawing and Painting for Teens Class: Manga Illustration, Drawing and Painting class will teach conventional realistic-drawing techniques. Develop skills that translate to any kind of realistic drawing: light and shadow, line and tone, perspective and foreshortening, hands, faces, and body action, yet they can learn while drawing the content they want. Students focus on what they want to draw and improve their skills while learning about different artists and art genres. Saturdays from 11:00 to 12:20 pm. (age 12 and up) (In Person: Maximum eight students/ Online: Maximum 4 students) See student artwork!!!

Illustration, Drawing, and Painting for Kids & Teens: Learn to draw lines, shapes, light/shadows, perspective, black and white, and color. Learn all about drawing illustrations and color. Prismacolors pencils, ink, watercolor, and markers. Learn to draw lines, shapes, light/shadows, perspective, black and white, and color. Students focus on what they want to draw and improve their skills while learning about different artists and art genres.Saturdays from 1:00 to 2:30 pm. (age seven and up) (In Person: Maximum eight students/ Online: Maximum 4 students). See student artwork!

Saturday Afternoon Art Class For Kids (Step by Step Class): Drawing, Painting, Illustration, and more. Saturdays from 2:45 to 4:00 pm. (Ages 7 and up) (In Person Maximum 8 students / Online: Maximum 4 students). See student artwork!

Homeschooling students and after-school programs are welcome to join the classes.


Adult Group Art Classes

Drawing and Painting Art Class: Learn drawing and painting. Learn drawing lines, shapes, light/shadows, perspective, and more. Learn to draw with pencil, charcoal, pastels, prismacolors. Learn to paint in different mediums and styles as the masters did, and in the process, find out your style. You will learn different painting techniques while creating your artwork. Create your art portfolio.
-Mondays from 12:30pm to 2:15pm(In Person: Maximum 7 students/ Online: Maximum 4 students) See student artwork!!!

Drawing and Painting Art Class: Learn drawing and painting. Learn drawing lines, shapes, light/shadows, perspective, and more. Learn to draw with pencil, charcoal, pastels, prismacolors. Learn to paint in different mediums and styles as the masters did, and in the process, find out your style. You will learn different painting techniques while creating your artwork. Create your art portfolio.
-Wednesdays from 10:30am to 12:15pm(In Person: Maximum 7 students/ Online: Maximum 4 students) See student artwork!!!

Drawing and Painting Art Class: Learn drawing and painting. Learn drawing lines, shapes, light/shadows, perspective, and more. Learn to draw with pencil, charcoal, pastels, prismacolors. Learn to paint in different mediums and styles as the masters did, and in the process, find out your style. You will learn different painting techniques while creating your artwork. Create your art portfolio.
-Wednesdays from 12:30 pm to 2:15 pm.(In Person: Maximum seven students/ Online: 3 students). See student artwork!!!

Drawing and Painting Art Class: Learn drawing and painting. Learn drawing lines, shapes, light/shadows, perspective, and more. Learn to draw with pencil, charcoal, pastels, prismacolors. Learn to paint in different mediums and styles as the masters did, and in the process, find out your style. You will learn different painting techniques while creating your artwork. Create your art portfolio.
-Wednesdays from 6:20 pm to 8:00 pm.(In Person: Maximum 7 students/ Online: Maximum 5 students). See student artwork!!!

Weekend Adult Art Classes:

Saturday Drawing and Painting Art Class: Can not come to art class during the week? No problem. Now, you can join our painting and drawing class on Saturdays. All levels are accepted. Beginners, intermediate and advanced. We will work with acrylics, pastels, ink, pencils, and other materials. We will draw nature, animals, portraits, abstracts, and things! Enjoy a morning of being creative and finding the artist within you.
– Saturdays from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. (Adults and high schoolers are welcome)

Sundays Pastel Drawing Step By Step Online Only: Learn pastel drawing techniques and tips. Pastels are a great colorful medium. You can create energetic, fast drawings or detailed drawings. We explore this in the Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday classes. You can See student artwork!!! Fridays 2:30:00pm pm to 4:00 pm. (Online: Maximum 8 students).

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Art Coaching

Would you like to become an artist and don’t know where to start? Do you want to take your artwork to the next level? Would you like to know how to write an art statement, improve your portfolio or just create more art or come up with more art ideas? Create a plan that will help you achieve you artistic goals? Private art sessions available. Take your art to the next level!!!

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Drawing Art Lesson: Pencil Portraits

Online Classes

Live group and private art online classes

In-Person Classes

In-person classes at our studio in Tampa