In addition to constant autodidactic study, Arden has formally studied around the world from:
- ZhangWen Xin of Beijing, China
- Bye Bitney of Montana
- Idaho Impressionist Ovnes Berberian
- Portrait painters Cedric and Joanette Egeli of Cape Cod
- Carolyn Anderson of Wyoming
- Peggy Root of Tennessee
- And for decades with Barry Thomas in Arkansas.
