Art Class Schedules

Let’s look at the famous Ukrainian folk artist, Maria Prymachenko. Many of her original works have been recently destroyed. Her brightly colored fantasy animals are a little scary, and very imaginative. Students will draw from fantasy to create their own surreal animal using the style of folk art to fill their space.

Paul Gauguin’s “Three Dogs” shows three adorable gray puppies sit on a lightly printed textile. What other famous artworks feature printed fabric? From Henri Matisse to Kehinde Wiley: look at the patterns and prints. Let’s make a printed cloth! This is a two week project. The first week we will make a large stamp from craft foam.

This week we will roll fabric paint onto our foam stamp design, then print onto cotton fabric. Repeat the design on the fabric. You can print just a border, or an all-over pattern. 

Name Art: Text has been used in art through the years: from Robert Indiana to Ed Ruscha. Let’s use the letters of our names to create a drawing. We will fill those creative letters with colors and images that reflect us!

We will work hard to finish up our name art! Adding color, shading, and bold outlines with colored pencil and ink to create a keepsake piece of art.

As we say goodbye for the summer, we will create a fun underwater painting. Using bubbles, soap, and paint, we will create a beautifully textured backdrop for our sea creatures and sea shells.

 Let’s dust off our drawing skills with some exercises inspired by the Cubists. Looking at objects from different angles changing our perspectives, just like Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque! We will experiment with different mediums while creating studies, or drawing from life.

Each of our 6 drawings from the previous week will come together to form a 3-d Cube. We will finish developing these drawings, then cut and glue the cubes together.

 Water, Ocean, Waves: let’s study the famous art of Katsushika Hokusai. Using lines and shapes inspired by nature, let’s decorate rice paper Japanese Shoji Screens.

The modern phenomenon of Guerrilla Art has its origins in the UK, but now we see artists “bombing” their messages all over the world. Street art, yarn bombs, and guerrilla gardening are just a few examples. Students will create a “Seed Bomb” from clay, soil, and wildflower seeds. A wonderful gift to leave behind: bombs away!

Botanical shapes, organic lines, and the growth of new life: Many artists are inspired by the living plants and flowers around us in spring. Let’s loosen up those drawing arms and create the underdrawing for a watercolor floral. Black glue will define the lines for next week’s addition of color.

This week we will complete the watercolor floral masterpiece by adding color to each of the shapes defined by the three-dimensional black glue. Our lesson will include an emphasis on changing value to create interest and depth.