Painting Course for Kids (Ages 10-15)
Course Overview
Develop your individual painting style!
In this friendly and engaging painting course students will work through a number of paintings aimed to be fun and satisfying. There will be individual feedback and support throughout each class.
The lessons will work through animals, scenes and other forms of representational painting using your child’s interests, with references to art history and current artists’ practices.
This is a drop-off course, parents are welcome to drop their kids off and pick them up at the end of the session.
Outcomes
- To develop a new way of seeing to describe the visual world
- To develop an understanding of colour and composition in relation to painting
- To become comfortable and familiar with the materials involved in acrylic and watercolour painting
- To develop their own personal painting practice
Term 1 Dates
Tuesday 17 February to Tuesday 24 March
Course Breakdown
Week 1–2: Summer scenes - swimming pools, beaches, ice creams. Looking at shades of blue and discussing light. Start with watercolour in the first week. Reference artists David Hockney and Wayne Thiebaud. Completion of first paintings.
Week 3–4: Exploring the animal kingdom - paintings of favourite creatures and their habitats. Discussion on colour mixing. Reference historic animal painting examples, including Picasso and Brett Whiteley.
Week 5–6: Drawing inspiration from books, music, or television. Illustrate or paint a scene or character from a favourite book, song, movie, or TV show. Discussion on composition and perspective. Explore how artworks have influenced movie directors (e.g., Jean-Honoré Fragonard in Frozen, Edvard Munch in Home Alone). Introduction to pop art.
Materials List
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Pencil case with coloured pencils, lead pencil, scissors and glue stick
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Sketchbook or VAPD
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Paint brushes
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Acrylic paints, primary colours (blue, red and yellow) plus white
Optional
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Watercolour set, only if students already own one