Ongoing Middle School Art Class

In this ongoing art class is great for middle school artists of all levels, no experience is needed. I teach via "tell, show, do and feedback" which is very similar to the "gradual release" model used in schools. Each month there will be a theme or central focus for the projects that the students create, all tied together using National Standards for Visual Arts. Feedback is crucial to the learners experience both in the receiving of praise and criticism from me and their peers; what they did well and how they can improve. Art will be shown in class by each student via a gallery walk where they can show their art (they may even post to our message board). 

July: perspective lessons 

August: New School year wow!!  Elements and Principles of Art
Week of 8/7: Get to know you cubes ( paper, pencil, eraser, ruler, colored pencil/crayon/markers)
Week of 8/14:  Op Art color wheels (pencil, eraser, ruler, colored pencil/crayon/markers)
Week of 8/21: Keith Haring movement drawings (pencil, eraser, ruler, colored pencil/crayon/markers)
 Week of 8/28:  Value Scale: water drops (pencil, eraser, smudging tool/qtip/tissue)


September: Self Portraits
Week of 9/4: Lichtenstein ( paper, pencil, eraser, ruler, colored pencil/crayon/markers)
Week of 9/11: Grid drawings ( paper, pencil, eraser, ruler, colored pencil/crayon/markers)
Week of 9/18: Selfies ( paper, pencil, eraser, ruler, colored pencil/crayon/markers)
Week of 9/25: Cardboard self portraits ( cardboard pieces. paper, pencil, eraser, ruler, colored pencil/crayon/markers)

October:
10/1: Sewing project (felt, thread, needle, scissors)
10/8: Faux Stained glass (liquid glue, paper, pencil, eraser, water color or acrylic paint)
10/15: Gnomes ( paper, pencil, eraser, ruler, colored pencil/crayon/markers)10/22: Mexican Folk art dolls
10/29: Monster art ( paper, pencil, eraser, ruler, colored pencil/crayon/markers)

November:
Week of 11/5: Birch Trees
Week of 11/12: Illuminated Letters
Week of 11/19: Comic Strips
Week of 11/26: Fall Collage

December:
Week of 12/4: Needle felting ornaments/sculptures (will need a needle felting kit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079BDMYBS/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_CYSWZDK5FT8B3W00NAE9?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1)
Week of 12/11: Polymer clay sculptures ( white works because you can paint it afterwards if you like or a beginner kit like similar  (If this is out of your budget you can use salt dough which I can provide a recipe for). https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0922Y2DCK/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_dl_0HBH6MSE337D2HHVQYJF?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1)
Week of 12/18: Printmaking (Linoleum kit or soap. https://a.co/d/6iC3tgb
Week of 12/26: Penguins

January: Landscapes
1/1: Cubism
1/8: Pointillism
1/15: Acrylic painting
1/22: Watercolor painting
1/29: Oil pastel
 
February: 
2/5: 3 D Cards (variety of colored paper, pencil, fine tip marker/pen, glue, scissors)
2/12: Diorama (shoe box or box of similar size, glue, colored paper, scissors, paints, small objects depending on subject student is inspired by)
2/19: Geometric shapes 
2/26: Chinese Sumi art ( sumi brushes https://a.co/d/cd4u0Ge, watercolors, mixed media paper or watercolor paper)
 
March: 
3/4: Realistic animals (acrylic paints, brushes, paper, pencil/eraser)
3/11: Rainsticks (history, symbolism and create our own)
3/18: Koi Fish watercolors
3/25: Alebrije (history, symbolism and create our own)

April: 

May:


June: Oil pastels
Week 1: Flip flops/beach
Week 2: Father's Day/ Smores
Week 3: Northern lights

July: Perspective Drawing and Surrealism
7/4: 1 point perspective
7/11: 2 point perspective
7/18: 3 point perspective 
7/25: 4 point perspective

Please note:
This is an ONGOING SUBSCRIPTION. Payment is charged each Sunday before class meets. If your child is unable to attend class you can unsubscribe before the weekend so that you are not charged for the upcoming lesson.