Prima Materia Institute

learned alot- good instruction

What an absolute pleasure, I am so thankful to have been a part of Miss Nikushas class! I learned so much from her humble teaching and I hope to continue to journey with Prima soon. :) much love and respect Prima Staff and Students have a good day!

I attended the Intro to Drawing and Painting sessions on May 1st.  Nikusha was an amazing instructor who gave so much encouragement, direction and information.  It was thoroughly enjoyable. It made me think there may be an artisitc ability within me - one  who struggles with drawing a stickman. Thank you.

The 1 hour Drawing class was great.  Fast paced.  I am rather slow but it felt good to
cover so much.  I love the teacher and her energy.  I plan to take the 12 week course.

This class was awesome, I had so much fun. This was the first time really sitting down and trying to paint and I Loved it. I want to learn more now.  I has pushed me to want to learn more about it and really get to know this medium. Thank you Ola for a get class

The instruction was very valuable!  I am a porcelain artist,  but eager to learn as much as I can.and shading is vital in any painting.  We moved a little quickly, and so much was covered.  I feel I can retain it all.

Thoroughly enjoyed this drawing class. I learned so much in an hour. The teacher was awesome. I will be signing up for the full drawing class. Totally recommend! Thank you PrimaMateria.

I could not draw before I spent a few hours with Olya for the introduction to drawing. It turns out I was just never taught some basic skills on how to see and to replicate what you are seeing. Then I took Nikusha's 12 week drawing course. In three months people think I've been drawing forever. They say, "I can't draw like you can." Before I could only draw "stick people." They are the real deal. They teach from classical principles, the foundations so you can expand wherever you want to go. They are genuine and give you important feedback to improve how you see and how to apply it. I can't wait to do more and have found my first passion.

Olya was my first art teacher and I’d follow her anywhere. NIkusha is following in her footsteps and I’m following her as well. I can go on and on but the only way to find out is to try it out. Ask for a class as a gift if it’s your birthday or Christmas...Just do it

I just took the beginner drawing class/workshop at the Materia Prima Institute here in San Diego and the class was outstanding, it was fun and easy to understand from the material covered within a three hour schedule: Shading techniques, understanding some principles of composing, expressing 3D objects all in a very accelerated method of teaching. It was not only easy to understand but to create refined/finished drawings. This is from someone that thought I could not even draw a lemon  which by the way was our first assignment. The instructor, not only taught us drawing techniques but also how to create negative and positive shape techniques. Using the right brain format without the judge and self-critic. I walked out from the class last night understanding that I could actually draw, many different perspectives from even a lemon, that’s right a lemon.

Thank you Master Nickusha. You presented the class with wisdom and great enthusiasm...