Art for Beginners: DRAWING

Fall Students: 10 Fridays for fall, and 2 Fridays in spring

Spring Students: 12 Fridays for spring after the switch from Mrs.B’s Music class, etc.

All Art Students: Share Day (each student will have 1 Final Project on display for Share Day)

 

As seen in the Old Testament, God really cares about symmetry, form, function, color and all the beautiful artistic details as shown, for example, when He instructed the Israelites on the building of the Tabernacle! This year, I will introduce children to the joys of being creative and expressing oneself through art while teaching all the basics of drawing. Students will build a foundation for drawing by learning to sketch lines and basic shapes to build what they see. We will learn about space / shape / proportions as well as 2D and 3D, shading, light and dark, texture, perspective, composition, layout, design, balance, etc.

 

While this is not a “project driven” class, one of our goals will include working carefully toward a frame-able, Final Project which could be one of the following works of art from each student’s sketchbook:

m         a Self-Portrait

m         or a Realistic Animal Drawing (using a photo reference)

m         or a Still Life (using artist’s choice of objects such as: flowers, fruit, etc.)

 

PARENTS PLEASE NOTE: In an attempt to maintain a non-threatening environment, we will also remind children about respecting one another’s ideas and workspace. Students will be discouraged from making hurtful comments about each other’s artwork, (“Thumper Rule”… if you can’t say anything nice, then don’t say anything at all”) J and will not be allowed to mark on another student’s artwork or sketchbook.

 

DETAILS:

  1. Students need to come to class with clean, dry hands!
  2. Backpacks / belonging need to be placed UNDERNEATH each student’s chair or elsewhere in the room, but NOT on the tables or in any walkways.
  3. YUM!!! There may be an occasional (age-appropriate) mini-quiz over art terms from time to time for small treats!

 

SUPPLIES:

To be used only for art class and stored in the Co-Op supply room during the week…

 

Option A: “SLIGHTLY CHALLENGING” (depending on local availability)

Students will need to purchase the following supplies: (“student-grade” not professional-grade)

m         1 - 8” x 10” sketchbook, 50 pages, acid-free

m         2 – HB graphite art pencils

m         1 – kneaded eraser

m         1 – white plastic art eraser

m         1 – small, simple pencil case

 

Option B: “EASY”

Parents can just pay me a $10 supply fee at Orientation and I will order all the exact same supplies for each child (with a possible teacher’s discount) and keep them in the supply room @Co-Op until the end of the child’s semester in art class.

 

OTHER:

I will supply rulers, blending stumps, special lighting, etc. in class as lessons call for them.

I will supply the black (card stock) frame for each student’s Final Project to put on display for Share Day.