Classes for younger artists focus more on imagination, creativity, and exploring a variety of media. Older beginners, age ten to teens, meet for four hours each week. These students begin each class with direct instruction, usually in drawing. Each day includes fine arts activities as well as crafts. Fine arts are taught during structured lessons and directed projects in the mornings.
Afternoons are devoted to crafts Sues scheduling methods fly in the face of popular opinion.
Homeschooled students are noted for have amazingly long attention spans in their areas of interest. Taking advantage of that ability to focus, Sue offers classes that range from three hours for younger students to five and one half hours for a class of advanced teens. This model has proven resoundingly successful, as evidenced by full classes, a lack of behavior management problems, a high rate of returning students each year. These and other Tuesday Schools generally have the following in common. May arise from the teachers genuine love of and enjoyment of being with youth.