Visual Arts Classes
All of our visual arts classes are 1 hour long
Painting
Wednesdays at 4:30pm
This class is a hands-on introduction to acrylic painting with lessons in composition, color, brushwork, and technique. Students will learn how to use both traditional and contemporary painting styles while learning to develop their own unique style. Projects include painting from photographs, recreating master paintings, assembling and painting personal still-lifes, creating concept art, style studies, and more!
Drawing
Wednesdays at 5:30pm
In this class, students will explore drawing with graphite pencils, colored pencils, charcoal, and ink. They will learn how to use perspective, line, form, and shading to create many different and fun effects. Students will study basic proportions, how to use weighted line, creating motion and depth, and how to enjoy using their drawing materials with confidence.
Flipbook Animation
Wednesdays at 5:30pm
Our Flipbook Animation class is a great start for young animators to take their first step in learning how to bring their drawings to life. Students will learn some of the Principles of Animation by Disney Animators' Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. There will be drawing exercises, studies of movement, and a project to create a fun flipbook animation.
Graphic Design
Wednesdays at 5:30pm
Students will explore the principles of design and discover how art can be a powerful vessel for communication. This class will give students the ability to visually communicate their own thoughts and ideas as well as understand the design and beauty of the world around them. Students will create a variety of projects that will help them understand the world of design such as logos, words, prints, illustrations, graphics, and more.
Character Design
Wednesdays at 4:30pm
Our Character Design class is what young aspiring artists should take on their journey to creating great storytelling with lively characters. The class will teach basic figure drawing, the principles of character design, and how to generate ideas. At the end of class, students will have an art book showcasing each of their character designs.
Photography
Wednesdays at 4:30pm
Through this class, students will receive the foundational knowledge needed to take photographs on any device from smartphones to digital cameras. Students will have opportunities to not only develop their skills to showcase a series of works, but also to train their eyes to see the world through new lenses of beauty and wonder. Feel free to bring your own digital camera or smartphone for this class. If you don’t own one but would still love to sign up, let us know!
3D Art
Wednesdays at 3:30pm
Students will get to use their hands to craft a variety of 3-dimensional projects by using clay, Paper Mache, origami, and much more. Through this class, students will get a glimpse of what it means to be created to create, using the very hands that God has gifted us in order to glorify and worship Him. No prior art experience is needed.
Comic Book Creation
Wednesdays at 3:30pm
Comic class will help students take on their journey of visual storytelling by learning to utilize both writing and drawing. Students will learn basic story structure, comic layout from panels to speech bubbles, and drawing for comics. Students will create comics with different themes with a final comic project of their own story.
Digital Drawing & Painting
Thursdays at 4:00pm
Our digital drawing/painting class will help to feed artists' creativity and bring their vision to life in the digital art world. Students will learn basic tools in the Procreate app, 2D design, and exploring different styles of digital painting. Students will take on projects with various themes, and the final one will be with a subject of their own choosing.
