Art for Homeschoolers

Mountain View, Fridays 1:00pm-3:00pm

It is often a challenge to incorporate a solid and versatile art program into a busy schedule of homeschoolers.

In a core of our homeschooling course lays our well tested original program which incorporates art history, art exploration and skill development. We believe that art should be an important part of education but we also believe that learning art should be a joyful and fun experience.
Our course consists of carefully planned topics covering art from ancient civilizations to modern. Short lecture introduces a topic, following by an art project, allowing kids to explore new technics and styles.
 

Detailed program for 2019-2020 school year and galleries of students' works:

Each lesson starts with a short lecture that covers major styles and artists of the period.

Week of August 19, 2019 - Demo classes: painting Small objects (study of colors)

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Week of August 26, 2019 - Demo classes: Paining a small still life (study of colors-2)

Semester 1:

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Art of Ancient Asia

Week of September 2, 2019 - Decorating a Chinese Vase (study of symmetry, markers/watercolor)

Week of September 9, 2019 - Sculpting a Dragon

Week of September 16, 2019 - Eastern Brush Painting (brush control exercise: trees and mountains) 

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Week of September 23, 2019 - Eastern Brush Painting 

 (brush control exercise: people and animals) 

Week of September 30, 2019 - Autumn Japanese Landscape (paper cut out)

Week of October 7, 2019 - Indian dancer (study of human proportions, pastels )

Art of Ancient Europe

Week of October 14, 2019 - Sculpting a Greek God or a Monster

Week of October 21, 2019 - Dancing skeletons: Halloween-inspired study of human and animal anatomy

Week of October 28, 2019, and November 4, 2019 - Roman murals (realistic painting, two days)

Week of November 11, 2019 - Medieval Astrology: Drawing a Zodiac Sign (markers, watercolor)

Week of November 18, 2019 - Madonnas of Renaissance: Painting of a mother and a baby

Week of November 25, 2019 - Thanksgiving: Native American Thunderbirds

Week of December 7, 2019 - Medieval VS Renaissance Perspective

Week of December 14, 2019 - New Year/ Hanukkah / Christmas Cards - Printing

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See samples of students works in the galleries below: (click on a link to open the gallery):​

• Ancient Greek vases. Greek patterns, acrylic.

• Egyptian murals. Canon of human proportions, acrylics.

• Egyptian reliefs, acrylics.

• Faum (Roman) portraits. Selfportrait (face), pastels.

• Greek gods and monsters, watercolor/pencil.

• Mosaics of Ravenna, mosaics.

• Gothic architecture. Chimeras, clay.

• Halloween.

• Medieval manuscripts. Painted initial, acrylics.

• Drawing a bird, watercolor/pencil.

• Study of small objects. Renaissance perspective, chalk on colored paper.

• Renaissance perspective applied. The architectural study, acrylics.

• Medieval knights. Anatomy of a human and a horse (or a unicorn:), media of a choice.

• Stained glass piece. Plexiglass, glass paint.

• Classical relief (cameo). Clay.

• Christmas / New Year / Hanukkah cards. Collage.

• Classical painting: still life, acrylics.

• Valentine’s day flower composition, watercolor.

• Classical landscape, pastels.

• Cake design.

• Sculpting human figure in motion, clay.

• Fish. Watercolor.

• Facial features: Eyes, Nose, Lips, Ears. Clay.

• Fan Art: Painting a favorite character. Acrylics.

• Easter eggs, paint on wood.

• Bugs, watercolor.

• Sculpting a head, clay.

• Mini-book.

• Impressionism: painting flowers, acrylics.

• Impressionism: painting a landscape (master copy), acrylics.

• Mother’s Day card, construction paper, pencil.

• Portrait of Mom.

• Surrealistic painting, acrylics.

• Cubism and Dada, art of play, collage.

• Abstract expressionism & conceptial art, acrylics.

• Outdoor painting, acrylics.

   

We recommend starting your Art School of SF Bay experience with a demo class by clicking REQUEST A DEMO button. If you child likes the class, you can enroll via Ocean Grove School.

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Kids 4-7 yrs         Kids 8-12 yrs         Homeschoolers        Stop Motion Animation (8-12 yrs)  Advanced Teens          Manga Drawing Club         2D/3D Animation (13 yrs+)