Art & Art History for the Young

Welcome to Art & Art History for the Young, a course for ages 7-11 where your child enjoys a creative array of art projects while learning Art History from the Renaissance to Modern Art, from realism to the abstract and everything in between.

My students learn everything from drawing with pencil and oil pastels, painting with acrylics and watercolor as well as clay sculpting. In addition, during each class, we take a short break to enjoy a video on an artist, artwork or subject pertaining to that day’s lesson.

My goal is to teach my students the 7 Elements of Art and the 7 Principles of Design through fun and challenging projects. 

Here they can create their own beautiful self-expressive artwork while gaining confidence, focus, increase their creativity and use their imagination.

Some of my many classes included:

• Teaching Color Theory through Kandinsky Circles and Color Block Canvases
• Learning about Georges Seurat and pointillism by painting with Q-Tips
• Grasping the concept of One Point Perspective by drawing a street scene with trees and buildings
• Finding your inner Georgia O’Keefe by painting a close up rose
• Designing their own cartoon characters, front and back, then sculpting them out of clay
• Copying the classic “Girl with the Pearl Earring” by Vermeer while expressing their own style
• Even learning about illustration and the wonderful world of Walt Disney 

 The latest project we are working on is creating a 40” x 30” mural of Georges Seurat’s Sunday in the Park, where each student tackles a portion of the painting and then we will assemble each section together to create a beautiful mural to be displayed at the Atelier.