Have you got a young Artist who loves Art but doesn't know where to start? Who doesn't know what is out there, what Art can be used for?

This is the course for those Artists! It is all about Art exploration and taking everyone on a fun journey each week to tackle new, exciting and relevant projects that have a high success rate of engaging future artists and getting them passionate about Art. 

This art course takes kids through a series of fun different art styles and genres. No class is the same. It is designed to expose kids to the different art mediums out there and how it can be used in the real world, pop culture and as part of our day to day life. 

It includes fun projects that are most popular with kids such as creating comic strips and video game character design. In between, we weave in a more traditional art curriculum that includes spotlighting certain cultural art mediums (for example, Origami in Japan) and introducing important art techniques (for example, learning perspective through creating optical illusions).  And also, bringing Art down to a more personal level, working out what it means for them, how to express emotion and meaning through Art and working on our personal projects that we are most passionate about.

No previous Art experience is required and students can join in at any proficiency level. I will take the kids through the project where beginning to intermediate kids will follow more closely to the examples that I work through in class. More advanced students will be challenged through additional detail. The project is always completed by me in class so everyone has an end to end expectation of what the final product will look like. Many students will enjoy putting finishing touches to their work during the week and bringing it the following week for sharing with the class and feedback.

This is intended to be an interactive class and in building an ongoing class structure like this where I get to know the students, we may deviate from the listed coursework to also incorporate suggestions from the students. I like to keep the Art projects exciting and relevant to students interests - this is the best way to engage them!

CLASS STRUCTURE
Each week, our schedule is broken down as follows:
1. Ice Breaker Warm Up (10 mins)
2. Sharing, Reviewing and Feedback - Last week's project (15 mins)
3. Project Introduction/Background (5 - 10 mins mins)
4. Working on the Project / Open The Classroom to free flow discussion between students (40 mins)
5. Q&A on Project / Troubleshooting Techniques and Specific Questions (10 mins)
6. Review /Setting Homework/Expectations for Next Week (10 mins)


COURSE CURRICULUM
The initial curriculum is as follows:

Class 1 (3/11): Introduction to Who We Are, Family and Personal Coat of Arms
Class 2 (3/18): Telling Stories Through Art, Comic Strip/Graphic Novel designs
Class 3 (3/25): One Point Perspective, Showing Casing our Neighborhood and Where We Live 
Class 4 (4/1): Cultural Spotlight, Origami in Japan
Class 5 (4/8): Human Anatomy, Designing YOU as a Video Game Character
Class 6 (4/15): Drawing Movement, Action Scenes in Pokemon
Class 6 (4/22): Graphic Design (Typography, Layout, Mixed Media Laying), Designing a Logo for Your New Business
Class 7 (4/29): Creating Layers and Textures: Fashion Design
Class 8: (5/6): Cultural Spotlight, Wall Art in Ancient Eqypt
Class 9: (5/13): Shadows and Shading, Black and White Marvel Super Hero Poses
Class 10: (5/20): Warm and Cool Colors, Conveying Emotions
Class 11: (5/27): Imagination Mapping, Drawing My Family as Aliens


**To encourage sign ups early, there is a $5 discount for Early Bird Pricing. Once the class begins the Class will be back at its usual rate.