This eight week course will mentor 6th -9th graders in painting and drawing. Get inspired from different artists, find your own voice while developing concrete skills and techniques. This after school art class is for young artists that love drawing, want to connect with other young artists and grow their abilities in 2D art.
Painting
Abstract Painting- Mixed Media Workshop
Join artist Nina Miller in this exciting workshop on exploring Abstract Painting. Learn a brief history of Abstract Expressionism and tap into your own creativity! Experiment while doing quick exercises playing with several materials. Students will walk away with a new excitement for creating and inspiration. This will be a time of play while learning about line, gesture, movement, texture, color, surface, and balance.
In this workshop, you’ll learn methods of creating different surfaces using chalk & oil pastels, graphite, charcoal, paint, ink and unconventional tools. During the 2.5 hours, you’ll have the opportunity to play, experiment, and enjoy the process. No previous artistic experience is necessary!
Material List (if you choose to bring your own supplies):
– small surfaces to work on for exercises- 2 wood or canvas boards– small is best (5″x5″,8″x12″, etc) & mixed media paper
– one larger canvas size 24″ x 30″
– cups for water/ thinner
– paint brushes (small, medium, & large)
– palette paper or palette you like to work on
– oil paints or acrylic paints
– oil pastels
– chalk pastels
– charcoal
– pencils/ graphite sticks
– paper towels/ rags
Find Your Voice Session 3; Portraits- Fall
Join us while we explore painting the human face! In this class we will be learning how to start an underpainting and will be focusing on how to see the face in shapes of light and shadow while learning about color and form.
Find Your Voice Session 2; Exploration- Fall
Exploration
Join us for a session of exploring your artistic voice, in any medium under the guidance of instructor Leona Gamble. This class is the perfect opportunity for new students to test the waters, and returning students to take what you learned in previous Kimball art classes and explore your personal voice and artistic expression! The subject will be open to each student as they get to choose what expression they would like to explore – from realism to impressionism, to abstract, the options are all yours!
Find Your Voice Session 1- Still Life
Join us as we explore the personal symbolism that can be imbued into the time-honored still life! In this class, we will explore perspective, color, and painting skills while creating personal meaning in a still life that is individual to each person.
Drawing Club Session 2-Fall
This eight week course will mentor 5th -9th graders in painting and drawing. Get inspired from different artists, find your own voice while developing concrete skills and techniques. This after school art class is for young artists that love drawing, want to connect with other young artists and grow their abilities in 2D art.
