about the instructor



Patty Zevallos has been producing creative work professionally for 33 years. She does illustration, design, writing, and video production for clients from large government contractors to family-owned businesses. During the last ten years she has concentrated on the fine arts. While painting, drawing, and making candles, she has created lively, original designs and tested a range of techniques and materials. She paints on canvas, paper, wood, ceramic, glass, cotton, and silk, and has carefully studied the materials and paints involved. Patty teaches classes in illustration and design to children and adults, from beginning to advanced students.

She also utilizes her training and experience in directing video when teaching drama classes to children. While studying for a degree in the field, she learned how to cast and direct actors and how to create a professional production. Patty has written, directed, and produced a weekly television show, radio programs, many commercials, training videos, and promotional videos for professional actors.

Clients for Patty's creative work have included ad agencies, technical firms, television productions, newspapers, magazines, web sites, large organizations (Freddie Mac, Northrop Grumman, Science Applications International Corp.), and government agencies (Environmental Protection Agency, General Services Administration, U.S. Aid for International Development, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of State, Department of Justice, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, Department of the Army, and Department of Agriculture.)

For more information on her background, see her online resume / portfolio at www.pbzproductions.com/resume/.