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Grades 1 & 2
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21. Rainbow Flowers – KidsART B
FEB 2 – 6 • Students learn how the concept of harmony applies to visual art just like music. A flower is drawn from reference and painted as a spectrum in watercolor for color-wheel flowers. The arrangement of the colors is used to show harmony, along with some games of harmony color designs.
Grades 3 - 5
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21. Opposites Color Journal – Foundations B
FEB 2 – 6 • Students learn how to mix darker and muted shades with every tube-color on their palette. Using opposites, or complimentary colors on our printed work-page, they’ll use small amounts of colors in combinations that produce the most vibrant and realistic shadow colors and neutrals.
Grades 6 - 12
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21. Opposites Color Journal – Foundations B+
FEB 2 – 6 • Students learn how to mix darker and muted shades with every tube-color on their palette. Using opposites, or complimentary colors on our printed work-page, they’ll use small amounts of colors in combinations that produce the most vibrant and realistic shadow colors and neutrals.
Grades 1 & 2
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20. Balance – KidsART B
JAN 26 – 30 • Balance in real life is understandable, but what about visual balance? Students learn that people like to see things that look balanced so they don’t feel like they might fall over if they were real. Several exercises, a slideshow, and projects help with understanding and practice using balance in artwork.
19. Bird Day – KidsART B
JAN 19 – 23 • Using some simple big shapes and line, artists will draw and paint a bird. There is a background done with streaked colors and then the bird is drawn, glued to the background, and painted to match. During part of the lesson, we discuss and learn about different viewpoints, showing a bird’s eye viewpoint, of course!
Grades 1 & 2
Grades 3 - 5
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20. Ketchup Day – Foundations B
JAN 26 – 30 • There are many projects that have been in the works. Students will tackle each one until several are finished. If no projects are left, then it is time for self-expression with artists’ choice.
19. Wild & Crazy! – Foundations B
JAN 19 – 23 • Students will learn how to push their ideas and think creatively. Several exercises are used to understand how to get outside the normal boundaries and use their imaginations along with their pencils. After idea thumbnails and sketches, an acrylic painting is begun.
Grades 3 - 5
Grades 6 - 12
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20. Ketchup Day – Foundations B +
JAN 26 – 30 • There are many projects that have been in the works. Students will tackle each one until several are finished. If no projects are left, then it is time for self-expression with artists’ choice.
19. Wild & Crazy! – Foundations B +
JAN 19 – 23 • Students will learn how to push their ideas and think creatively. Several exercises are used to understand how to get outside the normal boundaries and use their imaginations along with their pencils. After idea thumbnails and sketches, an acrylic painting is begun.