Session 1: Intro to Art

During this segment students will learn the basic principles of art. Students will have an opportunity to experiment with the color wheel, blending and color mixing, working with Play-Doh, weaving, shading and printing.

Materials used in this segment include: Play-Doh, yarn, pencil, charcoals, brayer, ink and paper. .

Session 2: Artists

In this segment students will learn about famous artists throughout history as well as re-creating some of their masterpieces.

Materials used in this segment include: paper, acrylic paint, watercolor, chalk pastels, and scissors.

Session 3: Art History

In this segment students will learn about art history. We will begin with prehistoric Cape drawings, move to Egyptian Hieroglyphics, visit Japan and try our hand at Japanese origami and printmaking and finish with American Pop art.

Materials used in this segment include: pastel chalks, origami paper, and acrylic paint, paper, ink and brayer.

Session 4: Traveling the Art World…Australia

In this segment students can learn and experiment with art created around the world. We will start with Australian aboriginal art.

Many of the supplies for this segment will be found in nature.