Art Classes

AGES:

Elementary Schoolers 7-11 years
Teens 12 - 18 years
Adults

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Drawing Foundations- Learn the basics of "how to draw what you see" in pencil using traditional methods of recognizing basic shapes, proportion, shadows and shading, etc.

Ages 7-11 and teen classes will include some of the following subjects throughout the school year:

Drawing- Perspective & Composition- Students who have taken the Drawing Foundations class will benefit from an understanding of one & two-point perspective as well as knowing how to compose a pleasing arrangement in their artwork.

Advanced Drawing- Designed for intermediate to advanced students, classes will focus on tonal studies, basic figure drawing, recognizing negative space, perspective, and showing texture using pencil and charcoal.

Drawing Animals- Basic sketching showing proportion and animal characteristics will be rendered using several different mediums, such as pencil, charcoal, colored pencil, and oil pastels.

Cartoons- Learn how to animate simple objects, animals, and people into cartoons.

Drawing Class

Caricatures- Learn to exaggerate the elements of a face while capturing a likeness quickly. Students will work directly on paper with a black permanent marker.

Acrylic Painting- Still Life- Paint a still life using acrylic paints. Instruction will cover composition, color mixing, and use of highlight and shadow to create form.

Oil Painting- Landscapes- No previous painting experience necessary. Students will work from a photo, with instruction on sketching, color mixing, simple perspective, and painting techniques.

Watercolor Foundations- Learn the basics of painting with watercolor from the use of materials and professional techniques, to completing a simple painting each week.

Watercolor Painting- Students will paint a still life with focus on form, a landscape with focus on perspective, a seascape with focus on texture, and a subject of their choice.

Calligraphy- Learn the "art of beautiful writing" in the Chancery Cursive style using a calligraphy pen with a cartridge. Basic upper & lower case alphabet, word formation, spacing, etc. covered. Students will complete a simple saying by the final class.