Paint & Sip: The Solar System!

Students will use acrylic paints to paint an accurate(ish) representation of the Milky Way!

Jennifer Thomas

240 total reviews for this teacher

3 reviews for this class

Completed by 6 learners

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120 minutes

per class

Meets once

9-14

year olds

4-12

learners per class

per learner

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Meets once at a scheduled time

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Description

Class Experience

Don't you just love the solar system?!  Before we paint, we will have a quick review of each planets and share out any fun facts we know about The Milky Way.  Then, it will be time to get to work!  Students will learn how to work with acrylic paint to create a beautiful representation of our solar system.  (The planets will not be to scale....because that would be IMPOSSIBLE!)  Instead, we will make them look pretty and in order of their orbit as best as we can!  If students want to, we can...

I am a certified elementary teacher and visual arts teacher.  I also used to run my own art studio!

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  2 files available upon enrollmentcanvas 9x12 or bigger, canvas paper, or heavy mixed media paper
required acrylic paints: black, white, red, yellow, green, blue, turquoise, brown
optional acrylic paints: orange, grey, tan, mustard yellow
large flat brush
medium round brush
small detail brush
container of water
paper towels
paper plate (or two)
hair dryer or fan
*protect your work space
*protect your clothing
*printed or attachments visible for reference

2 hours per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.

Younger student may need assistance with using acrylic paint.

Teacher

Jennifer Thomas

🇺🇸

Lives in the United States

Certified K-12 Visual Arts Teacher!

240 total reviews

147 completed classes

About Me

Jennifer has two decades of experience being an elementary and middle school teacher, especially to students with English as a second language. Always excelling in art throughout her life, she secretly had an “itch” to be like her childhood art...