YOUTH ART CLASSES

Ages 5 and up - “Let us help you choose!”

Descriptions and Schedule for Winter, 2012

START DATE JANUARY 16

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1-hour Classes - 8 week sessions      $195 unless otherwise noted.

All Supplies Included - Make-up Classes Available

CALL TO REGISTER: 973-299-0633

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OUR INSTRUCTORS

MANGA ILLUSTRATION

Monday                    5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Instructor: MS. BERNADINE

Explore Manga Art!  It is the Japanese comic style drawing technique that has certain characteristics that separate it from traditional western comics.

BEAD IT!                Friday                        5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Instructor: MS. AMANDA

So much more than the old string- a- bead!! It’s jewelry designing…. It"s creative frame making and awesome beaded lampshade. (Lamp included!).

FASHION IS OUR PASSION

Saturday                    11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Dream up and draw your own dazzling creations. Design all kinds of clothes and accessories that you would love to wear, using color pencils, markers, glitter and jewels, and also create “fantabulous” costumes fro your favorite teen idols. Beginners and returning students will find all new and exciting projects.

GRAFFITI ART                

Friday                         5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Saturday                   10:00 am - 11:00 am

Instructor: MS. KELLY

Learn the history and discover the background of graffiti art that opens the door to your exploration of letter art forms. Then have fun creating beautiful letter art and characters in scratchboard, on T-shirts, and on the cover of your very own sketchbook.

LET’S DO SCULPTURE

Instructor:  MS. MARTHA

Monday                         5:00 - 6:00 pm 

Instructor:  MS. KELLY                    

Friday                            4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Create 3_D works o art in a variety of media: in clay, Model Magic, paper mache and more. Roll up your sleeves and bring out the “Three-Dimensional” artist in you!

AWESOME ART WIZARDS CLUB!   

Saturday              10:00 am - 11:00 am

Instructor: MS. MARTHA

Out-of-this-world art adventure club comes to Denville!  An ordinary pencil becomes a magic wand as you learn to draw and paint your favorite mystical creatures and their fantastic worlds: Unicorns, dragons, castles, caves, faeries, griffins, mermaids and more.  Returning students will find new projects!

DRAWING FUNDAMENTALS

Wednesday OR Friday    5:15pm – 6:15 pm

Instructor:  MS. LAURIE

If you really want to improve your drawing...it takes understanding your subject!  Ms Laurie will guide you not only by showing you the “how”  but the “why”!  This is the best class fro students who love to draw and want to move their ability to another level...and she’s fun, too!

CLASSES LISTED BELOW ARE AVAILABLE WHEN OFFERED

Minimum of FOUR students needed.  Please call for more information,

or if you would like to organize a class for your child and friends.

SECRET GARDEN DREAMSCAPES

Paint a treasured masterpiece -- your very own imaginary secret garden --- flowers, trees, waterfalls, a pond, a rainbow, your favorite animal -- maybe even a unicorn -- whatever you like!  Frame your painting with a gorgeous garland of silk flowers and leaves

ENCHANTED FOREST NATURE CRAFTS

It’s summer -- a great time to make mature-inspired crafts. We will create amazing faerie and elf houses from twigs, moss, acorns etc. to attract our wee little friends.  We will also create a life-sized realistic robin sitting on her nest of eggs. Simply enchanting fun!

WATERCOLORIFIC!

Jump right in -- the water's fine!  It's summer, the perfect time to explore the nedium of watercolor and learn all the amazing effects you can create by painting with brushes, sponges and even toothbrushes, and by adding unusual elements like sea salt, and glitter

TREASURES OF THE SEA 

Acrylics and Mixed Media

Catch a wave to Let's Create and create an amazing acrylic painting and collage inspired by the mysteries of the sea - mermaids, mermen, pirates and sunken treasure, dolphins, gold doubloons, pearls, seashells and starfish, and also make an 'ocean-in-a-jar' paperweight!  Great summer fun!

FACES, HANDS, FIGURES

Drawing people

Figure drawing made fun!  Take turns modeling for each other, as you learn to draw proportions of the human figure in different poses.  You will also study the details of the face (eyes, nose, mouth) and create a wonderful 3D drawing of y our own artists' hands.

AMAZING ANIMAL ART

If you love animals and art, then hurry and hop, swim, crawl or fly on over to this class for great summer fun!  Beginning with simple shapes, learn to draw all kinds of animals, realistic and fantastic.  Add 3D shading and hi-lights and bring your animal drawings "to life!"

LISTEN, IMAGINE, CREATE

Stories, Music, Art

Listen to wonderful stories to inspire your imagination.  Listen to magical music created just for you!  Guided by Ms. Martha, create wonderful art and stories of your very own. And in a group project, we will create a story with an amazing SURPRISE ending!

Special Effects Sculpture for Film, Television, Animation

Ten- and eleven-year-olds have fun and learn devising and creating two- and three-dimensional sequential sculpture based on geometric and abstract shapes. The effect can be similar to those they may have seen on film, television or animation. Students turn the sculpture into a moving image to tell a simple story. The story may be fantastical, or from experience in their own neighborhoods.

Students work collaboratively to invent simple stories, and to act out scenes using the sculptural shapes. The sculptural shapes are photographed and used as still frames to create a storyboard. The storyboard represents a sequence of shapes and transformations. Students explore how a series of still frames tells the story while morphing into the moving image.

Supportive, open discussion encourages different interpretations of the simple stories and scenes. As a variety of art forms connect in the moving image, students observe and discuss the influence of music, dance, visual arts, theater, poetry or creative writing on scenes.

While having fun and creating, ten- and eleven-year-old students practice the skills needed for being good team and audience members including: listening with their ears and minds, participating in discussions, being open to other opinions, respecting the director's vision, sitting still, remaining quiet in the theater, focusing on the moving image, and so on.

No experience necessary.