Current Lessons
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Grades 1 & 2
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7. Jungle Rug – KidsART A
SEPT 28 – OCT 2 • Artists enjoy drawing a still life that features plants, and then using watercolors to paint it. There is some review of shadows and highlights during the artwork time. After a break, the kids cut jungle-like shapes out of colored papers and use them to make a jungle rug collage. There is an extra project to create an oil pastel art of plants from the still life if there is enough time.
Grades 3 - 5
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7. Color Journal Yellows – Foundations A
SEPT 28 – OCT 2 • Students learn how pigments affect each other. There are 4 starting mixes, and they add to each mix 3 more times to make a page with 16 different variations of yellows and oranges. Specific pigments are used from the ART INSTRUCTOR model, which produce colors that artists most often need to know how to mix.
Grades 6 - 12
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7. Color Journal Yellows – Foundations A +
SEPT 28 – OCT 2 • Students learn how pigments affect each other. There are 5 starting mixes, and they add to each mix 4 times to make a page with 25 different variations of yellows and oranges. Specific pigments are used from the ART INSTRUCTOR model, which produce colors that artists most often need to know how to mix.
Grades 1 & 2
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6. Cut Flowers – KidsART
SEPT 21 – 25 • Students use drawing skills to create a jarge vase and flower collage with mixed media: Oil pastels, kraft paper, cutting, and glueing. Composition is worked on as they apply the shapes they’ve drawn and cut.
5. Chicken Day – KidsART A
SEPT 14 – 18 • Students have fun with a playful subject, underscoring the idea that “the joy of an artist will be evident in their finished art”. The concept of Air Shapes is revisited. Students learn to draw on “both sides of the line“, and draw the air inside a vase handle. Oil pastels are used to finish in color, and there is a dance break too!
Grades 1 & 2
Grades 3 - 5
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6. Finish Landscapes – Foundations
SEPT 21 – 25 • Students will finish painting their landscapes with atmospheric perspective (depth) by working their way down the canvas, top to bottom, which is also distant to close.
5. Landscape & Distance – Foundations A
SEPT 14 – 18 • Students will choose from a set of landscape photo references, and paint in acrylics on canvas. They’ll learn to show depth by using atmospheric perspective, working from farthest to closest, and top to bottom. Two color techniques are used: 1) mixing colors from other parts of the painting into each color for harmony, and 2) Color splitting. The lesson takes 2 weeks.
Grades 3 - 5
Grades 6 - 12
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6. Finish Landscapes – Foundations A+
SEPT 21 – 25 • Students will finish painting their landscapes with atmospheric perspective (depth) by working their way down the canvas, top to bottom, which is also distant to close.
5. Landscape & Distance – Foundations A+
SEPT 14 – 18 • Students will choose from a set of landscape photo references, and paint in acrylics on canvas. They’ll learn to show depth by using atmospheric perspective, working from farthest to closest, and top to bottom. Two color techniques are used: 1) mixing colors from other parts of the painting into each color for harmony, and 2) Color splitting. The lesson takes 2 weeks.