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Grades 1 & 2
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27. Bones & Bodies – KidsART B
MAR 23 – 27 • Students will have tons of fun creating a full-body selfie in markers. Then they learn all about the skeleton and body proportions, with an interactive art project using oil pastels, markers, cut paper and interchangeable parts that reveal the bones in the body.
Grades 3 - 5
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27. Colors Under the Knife – Foundations B
MAR 23 – 27 • Continuing with painting, students will learn how to use the palette knife technique before working on a landscape. There are specific colors that must be mixed and used side by side. This helps artists see how expanding your colors to several variations enhances the final painting.
Grades 6 - 12
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27. Colors Under the Knife – Foundations B +
MAR 23 – 27 • Continuing with painting, students will learn how to use the palette knife technique before working on a landscape. There are specific colors that must be mixed and used side by side. This helps artists see how expanding your colors to several variations enhances the final painting.
Grades 1 & 2
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26. Different Drawings – KidsART
MAR 16 – 20 • Students learn about 2 important, yet different types of drawing: expressive work from memory, and more realistic work using observation. The main point is that these are both valid directions to take, but that they don’t tend to mix well in one piece of art. Other work involves layering oil pastels in a contest and then using the technique on an animal drawing they made earlier using observation.
25. Artists’ Choice Day – KidsART B
MAR 2 – 6 • After having total freedom of choice to create a watercolor painting, Students then get to choose even more fun art projects. Stations are set up around the room and young artists have lots of opportunities to create and explore new ideas. There is even a fun and active art game. It’s a very fulfilling day of project fun!
Grades 1 & 2
Grades 3 - 5
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26. Complemented Finish – Foundations B
MAR 16 – 20 • This week everyone will continue on their animal paintings using the complimentary color schemes and mixing opposites for shadow colors. Paintings should be finished this week. There is a fun drawing in the round game for early finishers.
25. Complemented Animals – Foundations B
MAR 2 – 6 • Complementary colors are used for a 2-week project: a colorfully expressive animal painting in acrylics on canvas. Students will choose an animal, draw it, and will then use expressive complimentary colors to paint a bright and unusual work. The colors may be natural compliments, such as a brown (orange) animal and a blue sky, or unnatural compliments, such as a red and green zebra.
Grades 3 - 5
Grades 6 - 12
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26. Complemented Finish – Foundations B +
MAR 16 – 20 • This week everyone will continue on their animal paintings using the complementary color schemes and mixing opposites for shadow colors. Paintings should be finished this week. There is a fun drawing in the round game for early finishers.
25. Complemented Animals – Foundations B +
MAR 2 – 6 • Complementary colors are used for a 2-week project: a colorfully expressive animal painting in acrylics on canvas. Students will choose an animal, draw it, and will then use expressive complimentary colors to paint a bright and unusual work. The colors may be natural compliments, such as a brown (orange) animal and a blue sky, or unnatural compliments, such as a red and green zebra.