Enriching Art Weekly: Master the Seven Elements of Art

This class is all about the foundational principles and elements that make up visual art. That's right! Just like nature is made up of elements - fire, earth, air, and water - art is built from elements of its own. These allow us to not only create art but also help us understand everything that we see. Are you curious to know what the elements are? Let's look! There are seven main ones - Line, Shape, and Form work together so you can see (and create!) objects. Value, Texture, and Color have their own roles working within objects to give them their finer characteristics. And last, but far from least, we have Space - this is where your objects exist! 

I'm excited to learn more about the elements and put them into practice as we draw, paint, and color! Are you? This ongoing class will allow you to do just that. Each week we will explore a new element and create unique artwork applying the knowledge we gain. We will start class getting to know each other, our supplies, and our element of the week. Once we are all acquainted, we will work together on warm-up exercises to understand our day's element even more. And finally, the best part and the majority of the class will be dedicated to you creating your very own and unique artwork by applying your new knowledge. There will be examples for inspiration and your art guide (that's me!) will be available for any degree of guidance you want.

No experience is needed and each meeting can be a stand-alone class. Be sure to have art supplies ready for these interactive lessons. Throughout every class, your art guide will be on camera and will also be sharing a secondary screen for art demonstration and viewing example artwork. Please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions, comments, concerns, or requests for different meeting times. I'd love to hear from you. If you see a topic listed below that you'd love to do but the week doesn't work for you, I may be able to offer it as a one-time class during a different week.

For each week, we will draw and color a picture as described by the topics listed. Though each artwork will intrinsically use multiple elements of art, we will focus our discussion and learning on the corresponding theme listed.

Wk of Jan 1: Foggy Landscape - Theme: value
Wk of Jan 8: Chameleon on a Colorful Background - Theme: color
Wk of Jan 15: Whimsical House on a Hill - Theme: line
Wk of Jan 22: Shape Robot, Plane, or Train - Theme: shape
Wk of Jan 29: Fairy Garden - Theme: form

Wk of Feb 12: Tri-Ground Landscape  - Theme: space
Wk of Feb 19: Feathery Bird on a Rough Branch – Theme: texture
Wk of Feb 26: Gradient Sky or Water - Theme: value

Wk of Mar 5: Color Wheel Dragon Eye - Theme: color
Wk of Mar 12: Line Patterns in a Flower and/or Butterfly - Theme: line
Wk of Mar 19: Shape Farm Yard with Animals - Theme: shape
Wk of Mar 26: Birthday Party Celebration - Theme: form
 
These classes do not build on each other. The themes (which element we explore) will repeat in future weeks but the specific topic (what artwork we make) for each theme will not repeat.