Children’s Art Lessons

Instructor: Cammeron Alekzandra Batanides

                        cell: 704-779-7831

                        email: cammeronb@yahoo.com

                        website: http://www.artbycammeron.com/

Location:  The Dance Element

Students will practice exercises teaching them technique, shading and an overall understanding of the charcoal media.

Some art history will be incorporated in the lesson so that students can get an understanding of these concepts through visual aids.

**September’s class will be offered for $10 a student as an introduction rate**

Tuesday October 3rd: 1pm-3pm Still Life

Working in charcoal, students will work on become familiar with concepts such as shading, light, depth and space.

Students will continue to work on the concepts they were introduced to in the previous class. During this time I will focus on one-on-one time and individual areas of improvement to try and strengthen their skills.

Students will begin to look at drawing in a more organic nature. This course will begin with some examples of well known landscape works. They will then attempt their own. They will learn about atmospheric perspective, line, shading and light.

Students will continue to work on all of the concepts they were introduced to in the previous course. During this time I will focus on one- on-one time and individual areas of improvement to try and strengthen their skills.

Students will be introduced to portraiture. We will begin this course by working on animal portraits. They will utilize all of the concepts taught leading to this session. The children will work from a photograph of an animal of their choosing (one will be provided, or they can work from a photograph they’ve provided). They will be encourage to look at individual areas of the animal, learning the importance of relation and size. They will be encouraged to look at things individually and in space/size relation to begin to understand the process of drawing a portrait. Art history will be included.

Students will continue to understand the elements of animal portraiture. They will continue to work on the concepts    and understandings  from the first animal portrait course. They will receive personal suggestions in order to strengthen their individual skills.

January   (due to the difficulty of January’s subject it will require three different courses)

The lesson will begin with a lesson in art history; Leonardo Da Vinci, Degas, and other artists known for their brilliant protraits. This will help the students understand the variety of portraits created- from realism to expressionists to abstract. Then we will lead into their own personal portraits. They will have the freedom to create in whichever style they choose (however it will be charcoal as they are still working in black and white- as color has not been introduced yet). Each student will be asked to bring in a photograph of a person of their choosing to create their portrait. A photograph will be provided if they do not bring one.

We will continue to work on the students knowledge of portraiture. They will work independently on their portraits. I will be there to encourage, suggest and educate throughout the process. This will help them to become educated while maintaining their freedom to create.

We will continue to work on the students knowledge of portraiture. They will work independently on their portraits. I will be there to

encourage, suggest and educate throughout the process. This will help them to become educated while maintaining their freedom to create.

**Due to the extension in January’s courses this month will be $40 a student**

All Monthly Course enrollments are $30/ per student. This will include both sessions. Excluding September which is being offered for $10 a student for one course as an introductory, and January which is being offered for $40 a student for three courses. Each course is 2 hours long.

Parents please keep in mind to dress your children accordingly! As art tends to be a little messy, please send them to class in attire thats okay to create in!

Payments accepted: Visa, Mastercard, Discover, AmEx or cash. Payments must be received prior to the beginning of each course.

Please fill out our course pre-registration form to secure your child’s/children’s spot in the class.

After you fill out a registration form you will be sent a short material list of supplies your child/children will need.

Starting in February children will begin to be introduced to color and working with acrylic paint.