San Jose Art Classes
San Jose Art Classes
San Jose Art Classes
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8-12 yrs Sketching for Kids
ONILINE / IN-STUDIO
DIGITAL / TRADITIONAL SKETCHING FOR KIDS (8-12 yrs)
2 hours weekly,
online: $180 monthly
in-studio: $200 monthly
High-quality art materials are included into the in-studio price. Sibling 15% off
Dive into the comic world with our (Traditional or Digital) Sketching class!
Designed for kids who want to draw characters from their favourite games, movies and books. This class will focus on teaching drawing fundamentals to students 8-12 years old.!
Students will learn to draw realistic and comic figures from scratch, create vehicles and locations, and tell stories through comic panelling.
Students can bring either sketchbooks or Digital Tablets, the instruction will be provided for both digital and traditional media.
iPad requirements for students interested in drawing in ProCreate:
12.9-inch iPad Pro (2015, 2017 and 2018 models)
11-inch iPad Pro
10.5-inch iPad Pro
9.7-inch iPad Pro
iPad (6th generation/2018 model)
iPad (5th generation/2017 model)
iPad Air 3
iPad Air 2
iPad Air
iPad mini 5
iPad mini 4
iPad mini 3
iPad mini 2
Topics covered:
Perspective
1 point perspective
2 point perspective +
3 point perspective
Thumbnails
Creating smaller sketches to prioritize areas of interest
Lights and values
Gradients vs sudden value changes and how these changes are interpreted
Proper shading techniques
Separation of positive and negative space
Simple Still Life with fruits and vegetables
Stylized anatomy
Stylized facial features
Stylized self portrait
Anime
How to draw anime eyes
Realistic Anatomy
Torso
Arms
Legs
neck
Hands and Feet
Realistic facial proportions
How to draw different parts of the face
Eyes, nose, ears
Sketching Renaissance era statues
Creating from imagination
How to use simple shapes to create more complicated forms
How to make shapes, straight lines and curves
Drawing cars
Drawing planes
Sketching mammals
Sketching reptiles
Identifying characteristics such as eyes, scales and facial proportions
Drawing birds
Hybrid animals
Imaginary animals
Spotlights
Marvel
DC
Disney
Manga
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