Drawing + Painting: 1st-4th grade
*The event has already taken place on this date: Thu, 12/12/2024
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Young artists can explore, discover, and go further with their practice in this choice-based course.
Enroll your child in this 12-session course and dive into the possibilities with drawing and painting. For kids who LOVE making pictures and want to think and work like real artists using their own ideas while being exposed to and practicing new techniques and concepts to try. This class sets a great foundation for making choices as an artist.
Artwork created will not be cookie cutter or almost identical to someone else. Because we focus on the entire artistic process from exploring and planning to refining and reflecting, along with the child as an individual, the quantity of work and what is made will depend on how your child likes to work. Kids that need more time to explore and experiment, may go home with more practice work than someone who is ready to invest a lot of time into making a more finished piece or who works slowly with lots of detail and refinement.
Your child will make work that is exciting and meaningful to them. We teach techniques and concepts, but if your child is not quite ready to implement something, or is not interested, we do not force them to put it into practice. Observation is a great learning tool too, and every artist runs into emotional blocks from time to time.
Once we get to know your child, we meet them at their level and challenge them when they are ready. There is lots of small group and 1:1 instruction during studio times.
*NEW* ALL age groups will end the semester on the last class day with an in-person display to showcase the work done throughout the semester. Families are welcome to come in the studio the last 15 min of the last class day for an Artist's Celebration of all of the displays.
What you'll learn
- Age Appropriate Media Techniques, Processes, and Artistic Concepts
- Stages of the Artistic Process and Studio Habits of Mind
- How to View Other Artists' Work to Get Ideas and Understand Their Process
- Independence with Setting Up a Space, Exploring to Get Ideas and Make a Plan, Refining and Reflecting
- Going Further with a Piece of Work and Practicing Knowing When It's Finished
- Learning to Choose Your Best Work and Get It Ready to Show
- Writing an Artist's Statement for a Finished Piece
- Building Confidence, Getting Over Fears, Taking Risks, Making Mistakes, and Problem Solving
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