Class Information

Curriculum

My curriculum is a blend of lessons I learned as an art student and things I had fun making (or treasured) as a child. It’s designed to build their creative knowledge and skills through an activity they have a natural interest in.

Class Rules

  1. Be nice.

  2. Try your best.

Class Sections

Classes consist of three (3) parts:

  1. Sharing Time

  2. Warm UP!

  3. Main Activity

Sharing Time (10 minutes)

During this time students can share their work with the class if they want. I’ll also be selecting exceptional work from the students and point out why I like it. Notable historical artists, and their most important work, will also be introduced during this time (i.e. Vincent Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”).

Warm UP! (10 minutes)

After a quick physical exercise, we will do two (2) short creative exercises rotated weekly. Examples:

  1. Superline - they draw something, but using a single line

  2. Other Hand - they draw something, but use their nondominant hand

  3. No Look - they draw something, but cannot look at the paper until they finish

  4. Quick Draw - given a prompt, they quickly sketch the object

Main Project (40 minutes)

Varies weekly and may change without notice. Please see chart below for planned activities as of August 2022: