Summer Art Workshops: WEEK TWO
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WEEK TWO 9:30am - 12pm
6/30-7/3
STORYBOOK ART K-2nd
Children's books, both classic and modern, will inspire our young readers to create meaningful artworks. Over the course of the week, we will read five stories, discover how their illustrations were made, and talk about the meaning of each story. Next, we'll be inspired by the messages and visuals we've seen to develop a new artwork each day.
- Develop reading, writing, and critical thinking skills during storytime
- Sample a wide array of art media like watercolor, clay and collage
- Complete 5 artworks influenced by stories
POUR PAINTING 3rd-5th
Experiment with the various properties of acrylic paint as you become a little chemist! Explore this popular paint application while learning about color theory, layering, and creating abstract art.
- Learn techniques such as “the bloom effect,” ribboning, flip-cup and dirty pour
- Experiment with paint mediums to create different textures and paint reactions
- Create a series of acrylic flow paintings that demonstrate the new techniques you have learned
ANIME GLASS PAINTING 6th-12th
Create a unique painting of your own Anime inspired character on a glass surface! Students will master painting with acrylic paint on glass, while learning how to bring their character to life through layering paint in a manner similar to that of cell paintings.
- Develop an original manga character while learning proportions appropriate to the style
- Compose a thoughtful color scheme and learn how to layer paint on glass
- Complete a character design painted in acrylics on plexi
DESIGN SPRINTS 6th-12th
Students will work on a series of daily projects designed to walk them through the essentials of Adobe Photoshop. The class is for beginners to develop a foundational understanding of the program and discover unique skills to aid them in their future projects!
- Learn to use Adobe Photoshop
- We will explore how to create a background extension, removing objects, masking, object glow, neon layers, and much more
- Complete a series of unique, independent design pieces
WEEK TWO 12:30pm - 3pm
6/30-7/3
ONE ARTWORK A DAY K-2nd
This art-making adventure is the perfect way for young artists to explore different paths within the fine arts. Over the course of a week, you will learn important fundamentals about drawing, sculpting, and painting. See where your talent shines!
- Learn the fundamentals of drawing, painting, and sculpture
- Breakdown barriers between traditional forms of studio art
- Bring home 4+ mini projects at the end of camp
COMIC BOOK ILLUSTRATION 3rd-5th
Cartoonists endeavor to create innovative storylines featuring fun and interesting characters, inspiring today’s students to do the same. Students will demonstrate their creativity and imagination through original creations of characters and stories, learning illustration essentials from cover to panel designs.
- Learn how to use colored pencils and illustration markers
- Demonstrate how to create storyboards
- Complete a ten-panel page comic
SKETCH SERIES 6th-12th
This drawing adventure is the perfect way for teens to explore sketching and learn techniques that they can take with them for all their future sketchbook adventures. Each day we will focus on sketching a different subject and learn a new sketching technique.
- Explore hatching, cross-hatching, stippling, scribbling and shading
- Evoke different emotions through your sketches daily
- Fill your sketchbook with a new sketch each day across a variety of subject matter
DESIGN YOUR OWN CHARACTER 6th-12th
Students in this camp will explore how to design & render a character from the ground up. Everything will be covered in this camp! From ideation, sketching, and inking to full rendering techniques, students will test their creativity and art making skills through the use of digital software. This camp is designed for the pure beginner digital artist who has an original character in their mind which is burning to get out!
- Learn how to use tools in SketchBook Pro
- Demonstrate the fundamentals of character design and rendering
- Complete an original character design
WEEK TWO 3:30pm - 6pm
6/30-7/3
KAWAII CREATIONS 3rd-5th
Cute! Adorable! Lovable! Charming!… Kawaii! Kawaii is the culture of cuteness in Japan and in this camp we will be making all things cute! To make our digital Kawaii characters we will look at inspiration from popular Japanese cartoons while learning how to create a silhouette, distinct facial features and texture for our original characters.
- We will learn how to use Adobe Photoshop to create our characters
- Learn how to draw proper proportions to ensure the kawaii-style
- Create 4-5 characters inspired by food, animals and objects
LIFE DRAWING PLUS 6th-12th
Students in this summer course will cover overarching life-drawing skills/techniques. They will focus on understanding the human form through the essential foundations of anatomy, proportion, weight, balance & rendering realistically to enhance & advance their drawing skills with a human subject.
- Gain experience rendering the human form realistically via proportions
- Demonstrate understanding of representation & observation
- Complete a series of figure drawings from a live model
*Plus classes are recommended for teens that are interested in a more rigorous art practice.
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