Courses Overview
Art offers a valuable opportunity to develop observation and focus skills. In this class, students will build foundational drawing and painting techniques through weekly projects and a few larger projects at the end of each semester. Students in this age group will enjoy exploring various engaging themes, including mythology-inspired art, math-based designs, and creating floor plans and product prototypes. They will also be introduced to several master artists. There may be up to one hour of homework for this class per week.
Materials
*Materials may be purchased privately or with educational funds.
- Watercolor set
- Drawing pencils and erasers
- Colored pencils (ideally watercolor pencils)
- Scratch paper and a stylus
- A pad of watercolor paper
- A sketch pad (ideally 11×14, but smaller will work)
- Markers (ideally alcohol markers that blend and have both a fine tip and a larger tip)
- White craft paint (acrylic)
- Construction papers (colors and black)
- Cardboard to construct with (collect this over time)
- A small container to begin collecting junk pieces for junk art (buttons, old pieces of hardware, bottle caps, small random toy pieces)
- Model Magic clay in colors
- A couple of pieces of graph paper
- Two small canvases (8×10)
- Tape
- Scissors