Art by April: Acrylic Painting Club for Tweens and Teens

Join me in this super fun, relaxed on going class for beginners and intermediate painters! This class is for our older age group of learners with minimal to moderate experience using acrylic paints on canvas. Each week, we will complete one full acrylic painting using step by step instruction. Topics covered include basic color mixing, blending, texture, creating contrast, brush selection and techniques, and anything else I see the learners in class need or show interest in. As with most of my classes, I appreciate light conversation between myself and the learners and when appropriate, them with each other. During instructional time, I will require learners to remain quiet or muted so that no steps are missed and more importantly we keep good pace to finish on time. Learners are free to ask questions, have steps repeated, or show their paintings in progress for feedback whenever they need to. This class is “video off friendly” as long as I can video verify learners at the start of each class. 

Class themes are subject to change with advanced notice, requests can be made in classroom or directly to me during class!

PAINTING TOPICS BY WEEK:

FALL 2024
9/8-9/14 Fireflies in a Jar
9/15-9/21 Mount Fuji and Cherry Blossoms
9/22-9/28 Giant Flower
9/29-10/5 Mountain Landscape
10/6-10/12 Starry Pink and Purple Night with Trees
10/13-10/19 Country Road with Clouds
10/20-10/26 Giant Donut
10/26-11/2 Pumpkin on a Hay Bale
11/3-11/9 Owl on a Branch with Big Moon
11/10-11/16 Cartoon Giraffe
11/17-11/23 Multi Season Tree
11/24-11/30 Dreamcatcher
12/1-12/7 Candy Canes
12/8-12/14 Winter Landscape with Fox
12/15-12/21 Snowman Looking up
12/22-12/28 Christmas Break- No classes
12/29-1/4 Puppy in a Gift Box
1/5-1/11 Narwhal 
1/12-1/18 Snowy Street Lamp
1/19-1/25 Snowy Owl
1/26-2/1 Polar Express Train
2/2-2/8 Cartoon Polar Bear 
2/9-2/15 Valentine's Themed Landscape
2/16-2/22 Puffin
2/23-3/1 Giant Wave
3/2-3/8 Mushrooms 🍄 
3/9-3/15  Beach Sunset with Flowers
3/16-3/22 Black Pine Tree Sunset
3/23-3/29 Wolf Howling at Moon
3/30-4/5 Lily Pad Pond with Frog
4/6-4/12 NO CLASS TUES- Ms. April medical procedure/ WED CLASS- Lighthouse
4/13-4/19 Spring Break- No Classes
4/20-4/26 Swan in Pond
4/27-5/3 Spring Landscape
5/4–5/10 Fox closeup
5/11-5/17 White Tiger Eye
5/18-5/24 Elephant
5/25-5/31
6/1-6/7
6/8-6/14
6/15-6/21
6/22-6/28


Requests:
Puppy Chewing shoe
Flamingo Head

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FALL 2022- Spring 2023

Sept 4-10 Mountain Landscape
Sept 11-17 Fall Tree with Blossoms and Spirals
Sept 18-24 Umbrella clad girl in boots
Sept 25-Oct 1 Giant Flower
Oct 2-Oct 8 Owl on branch with Moon
Oct 9-Oct 15 Spider in Web
Oct 16-Oct 22 Giant Leaf
Oct 23-Oct 29 Pumpkin at Night with Leaves
Oct 30-Nov 5 Lake with Dock
Nov 6-Nov 12 Multi Season Tree
Nov 13-Nov 19 Dreamcatcher
*Please note: There is no class Thursday 11/24 during Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov 22 Cartoon Turkey
Nov 27-Dec 3 Sunset with Moon and Grass Silhouette 
Dec 4-Dec 10 NO CLASS- Ms. April's medical procedure
Dec 11-Dec 17 Candy Canes
Dec 18-Dec 24 Realistic Penguin with Bowtie 
*Please note: There is no class Dec 29 for Winter Holidays
Jan 1-Jan 7 Winter Landscape
Jan 8- Jan 14  Snowman Family 
Jan 15-Jan 21 Mermaid Tail
Jan22-Jan 28 Baby Hippo
Jan 29-Feb 4 Mount Fuji and Cherry Blossoms
Feb 5-Feb 11 Eiffel Tower
Feb 12-Feb 18 Giant Heart
Feb 19-Feb 25 Closeup flower
Feb 26-Mar 4 Sunset Sailboat
Mar 5-Mar 11 Seascape with Pier
Mar 12-Mar 18 Barn Scene
Mar 19-Mar 25 Front of Bicycle with Basket of Daisies
Mar 26- Apr 1 Misty Pine Trees on a Lake
Apr 2-Apr 8 Dandelions
Apr 9-Apr 15 Abstract Leaf Design
Apr 16-Apr 22 Cute Sea Otter
Apr 23-Apr 29 Beach Scene with Palms
Apr 30-May 6 Watermelon Slices
May 7-May 13 Sunflowers
May 14- May 20 Rocky Mountain Landscape
May 21-May 27 Swan in Lake
May 28-June 3 Bird on a Branch Silhouette 
June 4-June 10 Bowl of Fruit Still Life
June 11-June 17 Giant Donut with Sprinkles 

SUMMER 2023
June 18-June 24 Campfire at Night
June 25-July 1 Cat on Window Sill
July 2-July 8 Ocean with Palm Tree
July 9-July 15 Colorful Melting Popsicles! 
July 16-July 22 NO CLASS!!!
July 23- July 29 Starry pink and purple sky with trees
July 30-August 5 Tiger Eye
August 6-August 12 Fireflies Coming out of a Jar 
August 13-August 19 Tree Swing
August 20- August 26 Orange Sunset on the Lake
August 27- September 2 Whale Tail in the Ocean


2023-2024

9/3-9/9 Tulip Garden
9/10-9/16 Mountain Landscape
9/17-9/23 Country Road Cloudy Skies
9/24-9/30 Seascape with Lighthouse
10/1-10/7 Flamingo at the Beach 
10/8-10/14 Realistic Apples
10/15-10/21 Lightning Storm
10/22-10/28 Pumpkin in the Grass
10/29-11/4 NEW! Cat atop a Pumpkin (Orange With Silhouette)
11/5-11/11 Swirling Leaves in the Wind
11/12-11/18 Lilacs in a Vase
11/19-11/25 Looking Up at Sky Through Trees
11/26-12/2 Winter Landscape
12/3-12/9 Gingerbread House
12/10-12/16 Snowman 
12/17-12/23 TUESDAY-Red Truck with trees, THURSDAY- Holiday Gnome
12/24-12/30 NO CLASS
12/31/23-1/6/24 TUESDAY-Gnome (non holiday related), THURSDAY-Cardinal on a Birch Tree
1/7-1/13 TUESDAY-Cardinal on a Birch Tree, THURSDAY- Waterfall
1/14-1/20 Night Sky with Fluffy Clouds
1/21-1/27 Sunset on the Beach
1/28-2/3 Weeping Willow Tree
2/4-2/10 Heart Shaped Intertwining Trees
2/11-2/17 Valentines Candies/Chocolates
2/18-2/24 TUESDAY Fuzzy Bee THURSDAY NO CLASS
2/25-3/2 Chameleon
3/3-3/9 CLASSES CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS
3/10-3/16 Sunset with a Sailboat
3/17-3/23 Giant Cherries
3/24-3/30 Turtles Under the Sea
3/31-4/6 Cupcake
4/7-4/13 Sunset with Desert Cacti
4/14-4/20 Cut Avocado with Pit
4/21-4/27 Purple Lake
4/28-5/4 Axolotl 
5/5-5/11 Banana Split Sundae
5/12-5/18 Boots Splashing in Puddle 
5/19-5/25 Sloth on a Branch
5/26-6/1 Campfire
6/2-6/8 Misty mountains and trees
6/9-6/15 Abstract Seascape 
6/16-6/22 Eye 
6/23-6/29 Octopus

Summer 2024
6/30-7/6 Fried Eggs on a Plate
7/7-7/13 Art supply still life
7/14-7/20 NO CLASSES- Ms. April's vacation
7/21-7/27 Watermelon Slices
7/28-8/3 Pink Roses
8/4-8/10 Beach Scene
8/11-8/17 Tornado
8/18-8/24 Fruit Bowl
8/25-8/31 Sunflowers