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ART FUNDAMENTALS FOR KIDS 8-12 YEARS OLD

Online (PST), in Mountain View, San Jose, and San Francisco

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2 hours weekly, online: $150 monthly  in-studio:  $170 monthly 

High-quality art materials are included in the in-studio price. Sibling 15% off)

This course is teaching all important art fundamentals and all common art materials to kids of various levels. If your child wants to draw, paint and sculpt realistically from real life and imagination, it is the right choice. For drawing in cartoon style, check

Sketching for Kids.  

Each lesson covers an important art concept, needed for fluent representational drawing and painting. It is combined with an 2-3 minute intro to a cultural phenomenon: a style, and epoch, or a single artist. Students get to create their original artworks from scratch within the guidelines of the topic. Each topic can be adjusted to a variety of levels, from beginners to advanced.

We start a lesson with a short lecture and demonstration (live in studios, pre-recorded for online lessons). Teachers provide advice, help, correct the digital image of a student's work, explain what works in particular cases and what does not, and why.

This class is ongoing, students can join anytime. Important concepts like drawing humans and animals, nature, and architecture are repeated every 1-2 months, each time associated with a new topic and art material. Topic rotation is 2-3 years. Art materials we master: acrylics, watercolor, pastels, pencil, markers, clay.

Sample instructional video:

Some of our instructional videos can be found on our youtube channel, available for public use. However, we believe that comprehensive artistic development is impossible without teachers' custom guidance and feedback.

Sample galleries of students' works (click on the links to see the pictures):

Greek Vases: designing a unique black/red-figure vase 

Fayum Portrait: understanding facial anatomy and proportions, learning to draw faces alike

Medieval Manuscripts: creating an original design with a student's initial

Classical Landscape: understanding areal perspective, learning to draw clouds, trees, water, etc

Sculpting a coin: creating a coin with an original design

Chinese Watercolor: mastering watercolor brushstrokes

FALL-WINTER 2023 CURRICULUM

Asian art:

 

 Week of September 4-10, 2023

Chinese vases. Understanding symmetry, designing a unique vase. Paper, pencil, markers.

 

Week of September 11-17, 2023

Painting Koi Fish. Basic watercolor technique. Sketch paper, brushes.

 

Week of September 18-24, 2023

Sculpting a Chinese Dragon. Clay.

 

Week of September 25 - October 1, 2023

Animals of Korean Folktales. Intro to animal anatomy.

 

Week of October 2 - 8, 2023

Odissi dancer. Understanding human proportions). Pastels.

 

Week of October 9 - 15, 2023

Indian shadow puppets. Ramayana. Intro to human movements.

 

Week of October 16 - 22, 2023

Sculpting a lucky cat. Clay, paint.

 

Week of October 23 - 29, 2023

Day of the Dead/ Halloween poster. Construction paper, acrylic paint.

 

Week of October 30 - November 5, 2023

Japanese woodblock prints. Fall-inspired collage.

 

Medieval European Art:

 

Week of November 6 - 12, 2023

Medieval paintings of mom and baby (starting the project).

 

Week of November 13 - 19, 2023

Medieval paintings of mom and baby (finishing the project). 

 

Week of November 20 - 26, 2023

Medieval comic art.

 

Week of November 27- December 3, 2023

Arab word art.

 

Week of December 4 - 10, 2023

Sculpting a Christmas ornament / Small Figurine.

 

Week of December 11 - 17, 2023

Painting a winter landscape (starting the project).

Week of December 18 - 24, 2023

Painting a winter landscape (finishing the project).

FALL-WINTER 2023 SCHEDULE

Studio
Day & Time
Class Teacher
San Francisco
Monday 4:00 - 6:00 PM

Emma Noble

San Francisco
Wednesday 4:00 - 6:00 PM

Katerina Goncharova

Mountain View
Saturday 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
San Jose
Thursday 4:00 - 6:00 PM
San Jose
Tuesday 4:30 - 6:30 PM
San Francisco
Saturday 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
San Francisco
Wednesday 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Online
Wednesday 4:15 - 6:15 PM
San Rafael
Saturday 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Mountain View
Thursday 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Mountain View
Monday 4:00 - 6:00 PM
San Jose
Saturday 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
San Jose
Monday 4:00 - 6:00 PM
San Francisco
Tuesday 6:00 - 8:00 PM

Materials we provide for in-studio classes,

and recommend for the online lessons:

Paint:
- set of acrylic paint (at least these colors - black, white. red. blue. yellow, green. brown, orange, purple). Recommended brand - Basics by Liquitex 
- watercolor paint, preferably in dry pans form. Recommended brand - Artist’s Loft by Michaels
Set of soft pastels. Recommended brand - Artist’s Loft by Michaels 

Drawing Medium:
- regular HB pencil
- eraser
- optional: set of graphite pencils of different softness (2H, H, B, 2B, 4B etc)
- colored pencils. Recommended brand - Prismacolor 
- optional: markers. Recommended brand - Copics 
- liners or sharpie pens. 

Tools:
- brushes - flat and round (pointy). Use separate brushes for acrylic and watercolor paint.
- wooden clay sculpting tools
- paper plates for mixing paint
- water bucket or cup
- scissors 
- glue stick

Clay:
- Air-dry clay - white. Recommended brand - Crayola 
- Oven baked clay - white. Recommended brand - Sculpey 
- Modeling clay - multiple colors. Recommended brand - Claytoon 

Surfaces:
- painting boards or mixed media paper, 8’’x10'’ or bigger - good for acrylic paint, coloring pencils, markers and graphite pencils.
- canvases, 8’’x10’’ or bigger - for acrylic paint only
- watercolor paper, 8’’x10’’ or bigger - for watercolor paint
- sketchbook or loose sketch paper (printing paper is ok) - any size
- construction paper (multiple colors), 11’’x14’’ or bigger

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