Los niños más pequeños pasan el invierno dibujando

This will be a weekly class this winter, for 6 weeks. The class is intended for younger kids, to introduce them to the world of drawing and creativity. I have many prepared projects to work on, and we will work on them together during the class. After starting off with step by step instruction, they will have time to experiment with their own individual creations. We will start with basic skills, line, shading, shape making,scribbling and making funny pictures. We will draw funny faces, funny people and wild and different pictures. Here is the weekly program I have prepared:

Class 1 - An introduction to extra wild scribbling - our goal is to have fun and learn some basic drawing skills. Our tools - pencils, pens, markers and crayons- scribble and lines, shapes and tones, and using a sketch book. Techniques explored are wildly covering a page with lines and shapes, and finding a shape within our scribbles.
Homework - cover a page with scribbles and shapes, the wilder the better..
Class 2- Drawing a Funny Face. We will explore the basic structure of a face, adding features, individualizing and making them completely nuts!. We will draw some familiar funny faces, and make our own funny face.
Homework - draw our own funny face
Class 3- Drawing people - a simple guides to a drawing a 3 dimensional person, not a stick figure. Then we will add details, making them wild and crazy people, running through the woods!
Homework - drawing a funny person
Class 4- After drawing people, now we will turn to creating monsters, dragons, unicorns, aliens, and decorative butterflies. We will also start working on dogs, cats, octopus, elephants and sharks, depending on their individual interest..
Homework - Create your own pet monster.
Class 5- Drawing places. This includes an introduction to drawing the outside world. We will draw a simple street scene and a landscape with a waterfall, river and trees.
Homework - draw a tree with a caterpillar climbing it.
Class 6- Wild color projects, including choosing one or more of a Tropical Island, Sunset, Under the Sea, Dinosaur Battle, Sperm Whale vs. Giant Squid, a waterfall from a mountain, or a jungle with huge insects and ferocious animals. Explore things to do in the future.

I have samples, props, and projects that will challenge them and should result in imaginative and decorative pictures. Classes will all be live, and feature my personally designed projects that they can use as starting points. I will have a new package of projects that I will post up for easy download every week. Having worked with this age group before, I know they appreciate a guided approach but also can be very independent and have their own ideas. This is a side of them I will always encourage.