Announcing the Summer Art Class Program

Doodlebird Studio will continue to offer art classes this summer!  Please note that these classes meet daily rather than weekly.  Registration is now open for the following:

by 8 year old students

(NEW) Super Sculpted Maskmaking
June 20-24 (M-F)      
11:00-noon     
ages 8-13
This goes beyond the typical mask through the use of paper mache, air-dry clay, paint, and wide variety of multi-media decorations.  Students will design and sculpt a mask - human, animal, or fantasy character - that can be displayed as a 3-D wall-hanging.
$40 per 1st student (all supplies included)
$30 per additional sibling (immediate family only)

Linoleum Block Printing Workshop
July 18-22 (M-F)   12:00-1:30
ages 12-adultCome and explore the possiblities in working with carved linoleum block printing.  Students will design, carve, and ink one - or MORE - prints in this relaxed studio atmosphere.  Emphasis is placed on the safe use of tools and everyone gets to keep their blocks for future prints at home.
$40 per 1st student (all supplies included)
$30 per additional sibling (immediate family only

Skillbuilders Jr.
The Art Express: From Abstract to Realistic
July 18-28  (8 meetings M-Thur; no meetings on Fridays)
11:00-noon      
Ages 6-11
This fun beginners class will take students on a journey through the standard  genres of art - the portrait, landscape, and still life - while introducing foundational skills.  Our first stop will be in abstraction where students will play with the elements of line and shape.  Each stop along the way will gradually lead to increased control of those essentials, ending in more realistic depiction of simple imagery.  Students will observe and discuss the work of selected artists and will explore materials such as pencil, ink, watercolor, collage and pastel.
$50 per 1st student (all supplies included)
$35 per additional sibling (immediate family only)

The First Round of Art Classes Comes to a Close...

Today was the conclusion of my first round of art classes for kids offered through the Horizons Extension Program at Pine Grove Baptist Church.  I began by offering two classes to homeschoolers - Skill Builders Basic Drawing for ages 9+ and Skill Builders Jr. for ages 5-10.



My Jr. Skill Builders

 My Jr.'s rode on the "Art Express," exploring different types of artwork from abstract to realistic and discussed the work of key artists.  Along the way, we studied the portrait, landscape, still life, and multi-media collage, and we worked in a variety of media including pencil, ink, oil pastel, watercolor, and torn paper.




The big kids created a reference sketchbook of important basic concepts and skills in drawing.  Topics covered included basic lines and shapes, composition, sketching, contour and cross-contour, proportion, and positive and negative space.  Again, we discussed a variety of famous work by artists throughout the centuries.  The goal was to learn about and practice various skills - NOT to end up with a stack of frame-worthy art pieces.  However, I think there were definitely some pieces created by each of the students that have earned that honor.



The Skill Builder Basic Drawing Kids get Silly!