Welcome to The Complete Art Course!
This course contains modules which will provide your child with the art skills they need for a month, semester or year! 
In each module a new art media is introduced, but every lesson is stand alone so can be accessed as a one-off class. Each module will include the study of an artist who uses that media. We will use techniques we study in famous artists to produce our own art work.
Each lesson strikes the fine balance between being a friendly relaxed place to be, and being educational- a place where children will learn about artists, art theory and learn new skills. I strive hard to make each child valued, "at home" and challenged throughout each class.
A list of resources will be posted in the classroom page 2 weeks before the new unit begins.
Please contact me via Outschool messages for further details.

So, what will we study?

                                                                                                    
Ceramics/Clay

November 7th- Introduction-Where does clay come from?- Making a pinch pot and creating a sea creature from it!
November 14th- Making coils into a coil pot.
November 21st- Sculpturing natural designs using slip- a tree, and variety of animals.
November 28th- Slab method- Making a hand-shaped bowl.


Drawing with Charcoal

December 5th- 6 Charcoal mark making techniques
December 12th- Using charcoal to create shade and tone- drawing an apple
December 19th- Study of charcoal artists- creating similar drawings
                             2 Week Break
January 9th-Drawing faces using charcoal

                                                                                                
 Watercolor Painting

January 16th- How to paint an landscape using watercolor techniques.
January 23rd- Watercolor artist study- Paul Klee.
January 30th- Monet- Painting Lilly pads 
February 6th- Paint like Lowry- a lesson that uses perspective techniques along with a variety of painting techniques to create 
                          mood and effect.


Oil Pastels

February 13th- Mixing and blending oil pastels. The color wheel- What is it?
February 20th- Oil pastel artist techniques
February 27th- Peacock oil pastel art
March 6th- A sunset scene with sunflower- Georgia O'Keefe focus


Self-portrait

March 13th- Eyes and shape of face
March 20th- Nose and mouth
March 27th- Cheek bones, ears and neck
April 3rd- Hair and completion

Week Break

Artist Study

April 17th- Kandinsky
April 24th- Georgia O'Keefe
May 1st- Alma Thomas
May 8th- Henri Rousseau

                                                                                           
Print-making

May 15th- Vegetable printing
May 22nd- Block Printing
May 29th- William Morris Focus-Lino Printing
June 5th- Lino Printing

Week Break
 TBC
                       

Soft Pastels

September 5th- Artist Study-  Waves Crashing! Blend, and create wave-like formations crashing upon a sandy beach. By the time 
                             the pastel masterpiece is complete you will be able to hear those waves! 
September 1t2- Poppy Fields. Create depth using layers of color and also linear perspective as you pastel a beautiful field full of 
                              poppies blowing in the wind.
September 19th- Cherry Blossoms. Create silhouettes using soft pastels and other mediums. We will also focus this week on 
                              creating detail in our drawings.
September 26th- A Face- Use Soft pastels to design your own abstract self portrait.

Acrylic Painting 

October 10th- Van Gogh - Sunflowers
October 17th- Mondrian Study- Paint in the style of Mondrian
                            Week Break
October 31st- Paint your own Picasso type artwork