2009-2010 Schedule at a Glance

UPCOMING:
FINE ART SPRING BREAK
March 8-12, 2010• Ages 8-14 • 9 AM - 3 PM • $265

In this Spring “art break”, students will produce artwork with acrylics, watercolor, pastels, pen and ink, watercolor pencil, clay sculpture and charcoal. Mixing colors, learning perspective and basic drawing lessons are also included in this course. Attendees become acquainted with works of various masters and learn terminology pertaining to art forms, techniques and styles. Daily projects incorporate a variety of skills and techniques, with an emphasis on each child creatively expressing his or her unique ideas. The last day, we will host an “Art Show” at 2:30 Friday afternoon, for students to show their artwork to family and friends.


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Imagine the wonderful possibilities of creating unique drawings and sketching beautiful landscapes, or capturing funny sights and precious moments. You will learn basic drawing techniques including contour, gesture and shading. Enjoy developing new creative skills and using them to journal your family vacations.

Paint a landscape in acrylics or watercolor a favorite sport and capture the action. Discover your best side through a self-portrait. Paint your favorite pet and create colorful still lifes. You'll experience confidence and pride after these artistic accomplishments.

Capture a creature in your imagination and transform it into a magnificent clay sculpture! You'll learn hand building, sculpting, glazing techniques and how to cover an object in ceramic tiles for an interesting 3-D effect. You'll never look at anyone's face the same way again, because you'll learn to sculpt the human head. Learn basic anatomy and clay sculpting techniques. Or is pottery more interesting for you? Then you can choose to make a functional piece.

Develop a sense of design, color and creativity through projects, collage, print making and the use of different sculpture and mixed media.