Tween/Teens Friday Art Club
Tweens and teens wishing to hone their painting and drawing skills may join us in our studio on Fridays from 5:00-6:30p.
Arterie instructor and local artist, Tara, will incorporate portraiture as the springboard for this class. Students will develop their art skills and technique through the use of collage, drawing, painting and mixed media. Projects include working with watercolor, fabric, acrylics, pastels and pencil to create a diverse and wide range of art while always allowing each student’s interests and creative expression to flourish.
We balance instruction and independence by allowing guidance while also getting out of the way of the teen artist, allowing them to develop their individual artistic style.
Students feel supported in our relaxed, no-pressure studio setting. Portfolio building and development of personal art interests is included.
We explore the work of contemporary and progressive artists, using the student’s taste and personal interest as a driving force.
Past Projects
Sandra Silberweig: Larger-than-Life Portraits
Medium: Mixed Media on Black Paper
Inspiration: Sandra Silbersweig
Students took a nod to the bright and colorful work of Silbersweig, adding their own spin, interpretation and use of color. The finished works definitely displayed threads of self-portraiture
Gimme a Hand: Representational Self Portrait
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Inspiration:Drawing from observation
Brief description: Students used their hands as a point of reference, and were charged with mixing and blending accurate skin tones, addressing overall composition and visual appeal with the formation and placement of the painting.
Animal Calling: Whimsical Portraiture
Medium:Mixed Media on Paper
Inspiration: Reflective painting
Working from personal art interest, and asking "If you were an animal, what animal would you be?,” students used a variety of visual references (photos, books) to create visually stunning and classical portraits with a whimsical flair. The piece you see here best represents the artist and her love of flowers.
Translating Color into Sepia Tones
Medium: Acrylic
Inspiration: Referencing landscape photographs
Students selected a color photograph of a landscape. Having created value scales in pencil and charcoal, students were ready to identify the various values within the landscapes. They assessed each color value a sepia tone value to translate the imagery from color to monochrome.
Exploring Value Scale on Tonal Paper: I’m a Fan!
Medium: Graphite & conte
Inspiration: Drawing from observation
Students learned about and implemented various graphic weights and conte to create still life drawings of a metal fan. The biggest challenge was including the tremendous detail and the subtleties of changes in value on a metallic surface.
