Offerings for younger artists

A variety of fun themes featuring animals available

We have pre-recorded art lessons and live art lessons available. With pre-recorded lessons, if you miss a lesson, you do not miss the class.

What You’ll Learn and GAIN:

– We will learn how to draw animals and the science of their habitats.
– Access to four prerecorded lessons.
– Focuses of the lessons will be:

Artsy Animals in the Ocean

Artsy Animals in the Jungle

Artsy Animals at the River and in the Mountains

and

Artsy Animals in the Garden and Around the House visit the Art Museum

Cost is $50 per student for four live lessons. Family discounts are available.

email visualmanna@gmail.com or vm.scheduleart@gmail.com to register

Sharon Jeffus
Owner and Educator

Sharon Jeffus has a B.S.S.E. in Art Education from John Brown University and continued on in her studies to be certified to teach English from the University of Arkansas. She studied painting at Metropolitan in Denver and sculpting at Southern Illinois University.She has written over twenty books and has the internationally known company Visual Manna. Sharon wrote her first book in 1992 and developed the Visual Manna teaching method where art is integrated with art appreciation, techniques, vocabulary and core subjects. She has also written an Indian Arts and Crafts program that was rated outstanding by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sharon taught in the public schools in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. She then left the public school system to write books, travel and homeschool her two children. Sharon also taught Intensive English as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Missouri-Rolla and has given presentations on teaching art to college classes including Azusa Pacific University and Columbia College and the Audubon Society. She has three AP courses that have been approved to teach. Art internships are also available. Sharon developed and presented workshops in coordination with Wonders of Wildlife Museum and Bass Pro on art and science. Her books are available in ebook form and at Rainbow Resources that has free videos of her lessons. Visual Manna Academy is offering a comprehensive art program for high school students and students graduating who want a strong foundation in art and also written communication.