Sherry Huntting graduated form Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Clothing and Textiles. She was a fashion designer in Los Angeles for several years. Moving to Sacramento area with her husband in 1981, Sherry opened a fashion image consulting business and has been a business owner continuously since that time. Sherry’s work as a fashion designer gives her great hands-on knowledge of how fabrics drape on the body, invaluable to figurative drawing and painting. Her work as a makeup artist, has proven its worth as she teaches portraiture. She can easily show a student why and how to get the look they want in a face.


Her instruction is geared to the needs of each student. She has been teaching either fashion or art for over 20 years. Sherry has been drawing or painting most of her life. She took extensive drawing and painting classes in college, then painting instruction from three independent teachers.