Artists in Motion Dance and Fitness

Art Classes

Art classes are focused on strengthening drawing techniques & painting skills.  Our first ½ hour is devoted to warm up sketching  & drawing.  Our drawings become the subject matter for a watercolor/ acrylic painting or multi-media collage.   An array of fall theme subjects, dance & sports and still life will be explored.

Ages 4-6

Fine Motor Skills: How to hold a brush, pencil, markers, scissors

Observation: Shapes, Lines, Colors,

Tactile Exploration: mixing paints, cutting, gluing, painting, drawing, feeling textures

Art History:  art vocabulary,  art styles & movements,  local & international artists

Ages 7-10

Fine Motor Skills:  developing range of motion, pressure, direction& details

Observation:  direction of line& shapes in space, drawing 3D objects, observing  light and color values

Tactile: applying mixed media, manipulating  various materials, creating textures

Art History:  art vocabulary, art styles & movement, local & international artists