In this class students will be learning fun art skills taught to them by a professional street artist and elementary art teacher Mr. Sweeney.
This class will cover multiple elements of art such as line, shape, color, and form, students will learn art history, and color theory, all while creating fun beautiful works of art. We will work on cartooning, figure drawing, PopArt, and how to even write and draw like a graffiti artist.
My class sizes will be small and only go up to 18 students so I will be able to give every student attention and help every student become a great artist. My teaching philosophy is that if my students are having fun and I'm having fun then everyone is going to learn and have a great time! I have been teaching art for 10 years, and when I'm not teaching art I'm traveling the east coast painting murals and having art shows. my goals are to have all my students loving art as much as I do!


Weekly project break down:
(week 1.) : Introductions
"Selfies" students will be drawing a self portrait with them wearing some crazy cool sunglasses.
          > with this project students will need pencils, crayons, markers, scissors, glue, and paper.

(week 2.) Art that POPs
"Pop-Art sweet treats"  This is one of my favorite lessons students will learn about pop art and how the use or color can make a picture look amazing! students will learn how to draw a 3d doughnut.
          > For this lesson students will need Paper, Pencils, crayons/colored pencils, black marker, small plate or bowl.

( week 3.) Designs/lines/creativity
"lines that wiggle"  students will be creating a crazy cool fun abstract art. Students will be learning about the many different types of lines, patterns, and color.
           > For this lesson all students will need is a black marker, crayons, and paper.

(week 4.) Folding surprise art.
"Surprise art" if we have time we will do multiple projects today but our main lesson will be one that is 4th of July themed.  students will make a surprise fold drawing of a firework, that when folded looks like a bottle rocket but when unfolded looks like an explosion..... if we have time we will do one with a big mouthed fish, and talk about other creative ideas for fold up projects.
              > For this lesson all students will need is markers, crayons, paper, and a pencil.

(Week 5.) learning colors, lines, and patterns
"come fly with me" Students will be creating a beautiful pattern filled hot air balloon drawing. We will use things we learned from previous drawings to make this fun colorful project.
             > For this lesson students will need a small plate/bowl to make a circle, they will need pencils, markers, crayons, and paper.