Our creative space is an original art studio offering painting and sketching lessons for kids and adults in one inspiring location. The mission of our studio is to provide students with a high quality painting and sketching education. We aim to create expressive artists who can use what they learn in class in other areas of their daily life.
Meet the faculty
María
Founder
Maria is the Creative Founder of LDVinci Art Studio. She is a South American Artist from Colombia. You might be surprised that besides Maria’s Artistic Talent, she is also a graduated lawyer from the “Univesidad Autonoma of Bucaramanga” (www.unab.edu.co) in Colombia – South America, class of 1994. After graduation, Maria worked for the Colombian government at the “Fiscalia General de la Nacion” (www.fiscalia.gov.co) – equivalent to the “Attorney General’s Office” in the USA. Nevertheless, her passion for Art started at a very young age. Maria started to paint since she was three years old. Her parents were very encouraging, and decided to cultivate that aptitude by bringing her to Painting lessons with great local artists. One of her first tutors was a nun named Ma. Graciela from the “Colegio de la Presentación” in Bucaramanga.
Patricia Belloso
sketching teacher
Francia Peña
Administrative
Francia Pena was born and raised in Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico. She attended school and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Physical education in 2002.
Francia came to Arizona in 2005. She loves the outdoors like walks, hiking, and go to the parks with her family and her little dog.
Francia Knows how important it is to develop great relationships. She enjoys working with LDVinci staff, families and students.
She enjoys seeing our wonderful students turn into incredible artists.
María José López González
Administrative
María José was born and raised in Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico. She is currently a senior in high school with many artistic achievements. She has been accepted in prestigious Art Schools and she is going to join Arizona State University(ASU). María José came to Arizona in 2014 and became an student and apprentice of Ms. María Isabel (the founder of LDVinci) from 2014-2019, thus giving birth to her love for painting. At LDVinci she is an administrative assistant and part of the Summer Camps staff. As a former student of LDVinci, María José likes to see students develop a deep love and passion for art. She truly believes that LDVinci is a community of people that share an everlasting connection to art.
Team members
