[soogarrush]

ive got no school or anything until january, so i was just wondering if any of you are in the sothern california area and can recommend some great places where i can take some art classes which i can still enroll in. ive never taken any art classes before, exept 1 in high school, so where should i start? i was thinking figure drawing or something, anyways thanks in advance!

heres some of my art, so you can recommend classes for areas that i can improve on.
http://soogarrush.netfirms.com/art/gallery.html

[c]

look at community college classes, they are a great resource.

pasadena city college for example has great art classes

[InitialT]

Are you located in the Orange County area? I'm in the area and know of a few places that have open classes. And there are quite a few community colleges here as well.

[soogarrush]

yeah im looking to a community college but they do not take any more students until the spring semester. where in orange county exactly, OC is big hehe...im more near brea/anaheim. thanks

[InitialT]

I'm over on the border or Fountain Valley and Huntington Beach.

In my area there's Coastline Community College, Orange Coast College, and Goldenwest College for schools.

There's a place up in Santa Ana called Orange County Art Studios, it's an okay school so long as you're already versed in the basics of drawing. They have an uninstructed figure drawing workshop every monday night for a $5 fee. Very useful if you haven't drawn from a live model before. Their website isn't updated too often but here's the link: http://www.orangecountyartstudios.com/

One of those Art Institute trade schools opened up in the area around South Coast Plaza, and I think they have a closer branch up where you are. Their classes don't exactly follow the same schedule as the community college, so you might be able to find a class in there. As a warning, it's expensive.