Give your child the ongoing support they need to grow as a confident artist

Our proven system helps creative children build skills, consistency, and confidence they'll carry for the long haul

Give your child the ongoing support they need to grow as a confident artist

Our proven system helps creative children build skills, consistency, and confidence they'll carry for the long haul

✏️ Do you want to support your child's drawing passion?

🚀 Want them to learn real art skills that boost their creativity and confidence?

🌱 Want to give them a place to create, grow, and belong?

Then discover the program trusted by thousands of families to turn their children's screentime into skill time.

With weekly Zoom classes, flexible on-demand learning, and a kid-friendly community hub, you're providing more than just another random art class for your child—You're providing a proven path to creative confidence that lasts. 

 

✏️ Do you want to support your child's drawing passion?

🚀 Want them to learn real art skills that boost their creativity and confidence?

🌱 Want to give them a place to create, grow, and belong?

Then discover the program trusted by thousands of families to turn their children's screentime into skill time.

With weekly Zoom classes, flexible on-demand learning, and a kid-friendly community hub, you're providing more than just another random art class for your child—You're providing a proven path to creative confidence that lasts. 

 
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Not sure what to do with your child's creative potential?

Want to make sure their talent isn't squandered?

Want to make sure that they are learning real skills in art, design, and creative thinking?

Sadly, most kids lose their love of learning and creating as they age.

With academic and extracurricular demands, busy schedules, and their harsh inner critic, you wonder if that could happen to your child.

Want to make sure it doesn't?

What if I told you there was a way for your child to GROW in their curiosity, creativity, and confidence--not lose it? 

All while drawing the things they love and developing their art skills?

Good news...there is. 😁

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More skills lead to more confidence. More confidence leads to more smiles.

THAT'S HOW OUR STUDENTS LEVEL UP!

More skills lead to more confidence.
More confidence leads to more smiles.

THAT'S HOW OUR STUDENTS LEVEL UP!

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Your child deserves the nurturing support of an entire community and teachers who care.

Your child deserves the nurturing support of an entire community and teachers who care.

I'm Daniel Grissom, and I've taught in schools around the world for over 15 years, studying and honing the evidence-backed methods that engage kids in deep learning.

And in every school, it was the same story--I saw children losing their creative and curious spirit way too early.
I knew I had to do something.

After I rediscovered my own love of drawing--after not making art for 20 years--I left the traditional school system and got to work.

I created Kids Cartoon Academy to ensure that other children don't abandon their inner, creative child as they grow up, like I once did.

Since it started three years ago, Kids Cartoon Academy has nurtured the creative spirits and skills of over 30,000 students.
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Here’s what you get with a Kids Cartoon Academy membership:

💥 THE DRAW NOW LIBRARY

It's like the Netflix of drawing lessons! Unlock access to over 300 hours of self-paced, on-demand lessons and replays of live classes to watch at your convenience. Every lesson teaches students the skills and techniques they need to grow while drawing the characters they love and creating their own!

Easy step-by-step instructions in a variety of art styles. New Lessons added every month. 

💻 LIVE WEEKLY ZOOM CLASSES + REPLAYS

INTERACTIVE ZOOM CLASSES every week to develop your child's skills. 

Choose from any of the following time slots. They're the same lesson, adjusted for pacing/complexity:

Saturday (Foundations) 
8 am PT // 11 am ET // 4 pm UK

Saturday (Advanced)
9 am PT // 12 pm ET // 5 pm UK 

Tuesday (All Levels) 
4 pm PT // 7 pm ET // too late UK

Thursday (All Levels)
11 am PT // 2 pm ET // 7 pm UK

REPLAYS OF EVERY CLASS are included in case you can't attend live

😎 COMMUNITY FOR ARTISTS

The online hub (and app) just for our members! This community supports our students every step of the way and gives them a place to belong. Students can share their work, get personalized feedback, develop their skills in fun Art Challenges, win awards and badges, and get the ongoing support they need to grow as artists! All in a private, safe, and moderated forum. 

🎨 MONTHLY WORKSHOPS WITH THE PROS

Monthly LIVE Workshops and Q&As with professional artists and industry insiders! Learn new art styles and new art media, from comics to painting and more. Replays included.

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Become a Member of Kids Cartoon Academy: 

Monthly Plan $42/month

Here's what you get:

  • Weekly Zoom Classes + Replays
  • The Draw Now Library (300+ On-Demand Lessons) 
  • Members-only Community (on a kid-friendly platform)
  • Monthly Workshops with Special Guests

Just $42/month. Billed automatically each month. Cancel anytime.

🔥 Best Deal 🔥

Annual Plan $420/year

TWO MONTHS FREE!

You get everything in the Monthly Plan, PLUS these Exclusive Annual Plan Bonuses:

  • Two Months Free: Save $84 over 12 months versus the Monthly Plan, the equivalent of two months free. Save 17% with this plan.
  • Brand New Seasonal Course Collections: New holiday and season-themed tutorials every quarter. Perfect for timely motivation or fun framable art for gifts. $399  FREE
  • Color Like a Pro: Master the secrets to vibrant, 3D coloring with alcohol markers in this exclusive, step-by-step mini-course! Pro techniques taught in kid-friendly methods. $30 FREE
  • Monster Art Collection: Scary good skills! Learn to draw popular monsters from the classics like Alien Xenomorph to contemporaries like Five Nights at Freddy's or the Demogorgon, while leveling up in more advanced skills. $177  FREE 

 Just $504 $420 for the entire year. Billed once annually.

 

Seats Limited

VIP Annual Plan $870/year

Includes Weekly Small Group Classes!

You get everything in the Annual Plan, PLUS these Exclusive VIP Annual Plan Bonuses:

  • Weekly Small Group Classes every week (10 students max). Click here for times.
  • Personalized Feedback and more interaction in every single class with a smaller class size
  • Exclusive Quarterly Zooms: Typically these Quarterly Zooms are reserved only for the Gold Club Members--families who have been with us for at least a year. This is your fast track pass to join us for these exclusive live classes.

$870 for the entire year. Billed once annually.

You will see growth in your child's skills or I'll be glad to give you a full refund. This offer is backed by my Happiness Guarantee. Within the first 30 days, if you're not happy with your purchase for whatever reason, just send me an email and I'll refund your money. I can only make this kind of guarantee because I know this program works and have seen it get remarkable results for thousands of kids.

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See one family describe their experience in our live classes: 

❤️ "Cartoon Club" is our weekly interactive Zoom class, offered on Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday. It's just one of many perks of the Kids Cartoon Academy Membership.

😁 Three kids, lots of smiles, and just one monthly payment.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 One membership is good for the whole family!

 

Look at how our students grow!

Look how our students grow

“ONE OF THE BEST INVESTMENTS I’VE EVER MADE”

Look at how our students grow!

Look how our students grow

“ONE OF THE BEST INVESTMENTS I’VE EVER MADE”

Our proven methods have helped thousands of young artists find success. Here's how:

We use research-backed  methods honed by years of personal experience in classrooms. Students not only gain art skills from light and shadow to perspective and storytelling, but also a growth mindset and creative problem solving. We primarily focus on three learning principles: Engagement, Targeted Skill Instruction, and Belonging.

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Just sit back and watch their creative confidence soar.

My students have had their work appear in the paper, published books, art shops, galleries, and more!

Just sit back and watch their creativity soar.

Our students have had their work appear in the paper, published books, art shops, galleries, and more!

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DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.
Hear it from my families.

Hundreds of students are using our Draw Now Library of over 300 on-demand recorded lessons and replays to level up their art skills

Watch how my student Jasmine follows a tutorial from basic shapes to final coloring and shading to make amazing art

 

Watch how my students use the Draw Now Library of over 300 hours on-demand lessons to level up their art skills

My student Jasmine shows how she follows a tutorial from basic shapes to inking, coloring, and light and shadow. Frame it! 🤗✨🖼️

 

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