Mia McNary, owner of Masters in Art Studio in Glenview, shows off the Disposable Palette, a piece her students have been adding to for approximately three years. | Tina Harle~for Sun-Times Media

Ellie Eavenson, 11, signs her name to her painting. Mia McNary, the art instructor, puts a tape on the painting so the students learn to sign their name in a straight line.| Tina Harle~for Sun-Times Media

Grace O'Malley, 14, of Glenview, removes some paint from her abstract painting. Her art teacher Mia McNary tells her, "Sometimes mistakes end up being your best friend... Abstracts are hard because its a process, you go back and forth, loving it, hating i

Grace O'Malley, 14, of Glenview, paints an abstract painting in Mia McNary's art class. | Tina Harle~for Sun-Times Media

Libby Kadel, 12, of Glenview paints a picture of a flower in Mia McNary's art class in Glenview. | Tina Harle~for Sun-Times Media

Mia McNary teaches an art class at her Masters in Art Studio in Glenview. | Tina Harle~for Sun-Times Media

Students of Masters in Art Studio in Glenview add to the Disposable Palette, a piece they have been adding to for approximately three years. After they are finished with their color palettes for the day, the smear it onto the canvas. | Tina Harle~for Sun-Times Media

Hannah Keenan, 12, smears her color palette onto the canvas while Mia McNary, the teacher, holds the disposable palette, a piece her students have been working on for years.\ Tina Harle~for Sun-Times Media

From left, Grace O'Malley, 14, Bailey Burke, 12, Maggie Flowers, 13, and Libby Kadel, 12, create art in Mia McNary's art class. | Tina Harle~for Sun-Times Media

Bailey Burke, 12, shows her painting at Masters in Art studio in Glenview. Maggie Flowers, 13, and Grace O'Malley, 14, also create art at the studio owned by Mia McNary.| Tina Harle~for Sun-Times Media

Libby Kadel, 12, Maggie Flowers, 13, Bailey Burke, 12, and Grace O'Malley, 14, create art in Mia McNary's art class in Glenview. | Tina Harle~for Sun-Times Media

Maggie Flowers, 13, draws a piece of art in Mia McNary's art class. | Tina Harle~for Sun-Times Media