Coming this Spring at UNM CE Born to Draw Saturday’s Art Classes
We are working to pin down time and dates of two 6 week Session
Born to Draw Saturday Mornings
2 sessions: Total length of class time 2 hours including set up and clean up
Session 1: January 26 – March 2, 2012 10 am – 12 noon
Session 2: March 23 – April 27, 2012 10 am – 12 noon
Course Proposal and Syllabus:
Session 1
Born to Draw: A Children’s Drawing Program
The Born to Draw program is designed for children k-6th Grade. The Children’s Spring Workshop will for children 7-11 years of age. The course is designed to teach observational drawing though Shape Relationships. The students learn formal elements of drawing such as mark making, line, shape, placement, angels, textures, value, color, and perspective.
Each class is geared for the child to complete a drawing within the allotted 40-50 min or less time frame. The Born to Draw Step by Step Drawing program features animals and still life. Children should know basic shapes of the square, triangle, circle and oval. I encourage parents to have their children attend both sessions.
The classes will be offered for two 50 min sessions with a five-minute break and time for set up and clean up included in the class. Total length of class time 2 hours.
Drawing and Art Techniques
Depending on the age and the child’s development and skill levels. If children want to continue for another session we will continue to working on developing drawing skills. Throughout the class the children will experiment with different medium Color pastels, watercolor, charcoal, pen and ink.
Session 2
Drawing Still Life
Drawing from 3D objects increases your children’s knowledge of the effects of light on form, volume and line. Observational drawing teaches one to learn to see. Students will work with still-life setups, start with simple materials and compositions, then move to more complicated media exploring textures and concepts. This is a great class to begin studies in art or to improve drawing skills.
In this session the students will be introduced to great master artists like Cezanne, Matisse, Morandi, O’Keeffe and Steir.
The second session builds on the first session, however, all beginning drawers are welcome. Beginners who have not had the Born to Draw classes’ prior will start with the curriculum of the first session.
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