Overview
Learn new sills through our introductory class by using a variety of steps, techniques, and chance to expand new ideas by using different mediums. Materials are provided. Projects can be taken home.
Sign up for one class or for all!
(You will choose your class dates during the registration process)
Instructions:
- Registration for February and March classes begin Jan. 1.
- Registration deadline is the Friday prior to class.
ART-TASTIC - AGE 6-8
- January 5: Watercolor Polar Bears - We'll make a simple close-up of the face in a cartoon style with a colorful background
- January 12: Snow Bunnies- We’ll make a close-up of a white rabbit with a blue background. This week, we’ll practice creating value with the rabbit’s fur mixing paints.
- January 26: Watercolor Resist Jellyfish – Reveal the colors of your undersea creations using crayons and watercolor paints.
- February 2: Clay Spiral Turtles – Create a cute turtle friend from air dry clay using toothpicks, pencils and other tools to decorate.
- February 9: Valentine’s Day Theme: Creating animals using a variety of heart shapes.
- February 23: Tin Foil Watercolor Creations – We will create fun artwork experimenting with crayons and marker on tinfoil to transfer onto paper. No project looks the same after!
- March 2: Silly Foxes- Though the use of balloons, we’ll mix the paint to make a fun texture by dipping them onto our paper. Once dry, we will trace out the pieces to make our fox.
- March 9: Drawing Symmetrical Dogs with Oil Pastels – On a folded paper we will draw half of a dog and outline with oil pastel. When we fold the paper with the oil pastel on the inside and press down a feint outline of the dog appears on the other side creatine a symmetrical forward-facing dog to color.
ART-MAZING - AGE 9-12
- January 5: Watercolor Polar Bears - We'll do a more realistic-looking polar bear with northern lights.
- January 12: Snow Bunnies- Through the use of Q-tips and brushes, we’ll work on creating realistic fur textures on the rabbits and create a background of your choice.
- January 26: Jen Aranyi Inspired Landscapes – Be inspired by the watercolor landscapes of Jen Aranyi and create your own masterpiece with watercolor and sharpies.
- February 2: Air Dry Clay Creations – Learn some new techniques that can be applied to air dry or oven baked clay to improve your 3-D sculpting and building techniques. Students apply these skills to a project creation of their choice.
- February 9: Red Pandas with Hearts – Celebrate Valentine’s Day by drawing and coloring a festive Red Panda and creating values and shades with coloring tools.
- February 23: Tin Foil Watercolors- We’ll test how other drawing materials work such as oil pastels, marker, crayon, etc. when creating backgrounds with tin foil and markers.
- March 2: Abstract Art Balloon Paintings – Use balloons to mix and create colorful backgrounds that you can paint directly on after drying or create fun mixed media pieces by drawing and gluing separate art pieces onto of your new backgrounds.
- March 9: Symmetrical Animals or Car Drawings with Oil Pastels – Having trouble drawing an animal, person or object from the front? Practice symmetrical faces by drawing half with oil pastel and then transferring an exact copy to the other side of your paper to finish the front facing view of your subject.
