2019 Summer Youth Program

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1 2019 Summer Youth Program Wethersfield Academy for the Arts 431 Hartford Ave., Wethersfield

2 The Wethersfield Academy for the Arts Summer Youth Program is dedicated to introducing children to a broad range of art mediums. The classes are taught by experienced artist and teachers. With over 25 classes to choose from, in full or half day sessions we are sure your child will find something exciting to introduce them to art, or further their interest. Please register early as there are limited spots in each class. Morning classes run 9am to 12pm. Afternoon classes run 1pm to 4pm. Please let us know if you need early drop-off (8:30am) or late pick-up at 4:30pm. There is no class time in those periods. Full day students must bring their own lunches and all students are encouraged to bring their own water bottles and snacks. Parents, please let your child know that we will ask them to refrain from cell phone use during class. Half day sessions are $175/week which includes materials. Full day sessions are $350/week includes materials and a supervised lunch hour and outdoor playtime. The June drop-in classes are $70/day, or $350/week. The three day week of July 1-3 is $210 for the full day Paint Your Pet or $105 for the morning only Gelli Printing. Some additional charges may apply for some classes, which will be specified upon registration. Student annual membership is $25. Family membership (3 or more) is $60. June DROP IN DAYS: (Beginner to advanced: all ages ) In order to plan for a possible extended school year due to snow days, the SYP is including drop in days for those who want to jump into creating their art before the formal SYP begins. will hold drop in days similar to his Saturday Youth Art Classes which run continuously throughout the year. The cost for each drop in day is $70 per day and runs from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Class size is limited and registration is required at least two days in advance; payment can be made at the door. July 1-3 Due to the July 4th Holiday, we are offering a three day, full day programs instead of the usual half day format. Paint your Pet in Acrylics: (Ages 7 and up): All day classes Using a picture of your own pet, (or any picture of an animal) the student is taught a step by step process for making a portrait of their own. Students start by gridding their photos to get the exact pose of their pets. Once the final drawings have been established, they will then use skills of blending and layering a pelt. An indoor or outdoor environment will be added to the finished piece. Gelli Plate Printing: Trudy Mitchell (Ages 9 & up): Morning Join us for three days of printmaking using plates that mimic the texture of gelatin. This exciting new medium allows artists to print with leaves, stencils, brayers, and more to create papers perfect for small hand-tied books. Students will spend the first two and a half days printing and complete the class by gathering their papers into hand-tied journals. Adults are welcome! Additional costs may apply.

3 WEEK 1: July 8-12 Concept to Creation: Beginner to advanced (Ages 8-15): Morning Students will learn how to put a Concept piece of Art together using thumbnails and storyboards to construct a theme. They will go from rough sketches to developing a concept piece that will utilize their imaginations and train them to think outside of the box. Once the drawings are completed and finalized, we will use multiple mediums (watercolor, Prisma colored pencils and micron pens) to interpret their wonderful ideas into a full color, story telling Illustration. Fantasy Art: Beginner to advanced (Ages 10 & up}: Afternooon Create Mystical Creatures from dragons, gargoyles, elves and trolls, to fairies and wizards and whatever else the mind might create in this mystical and wonderful land of make believe. Only our imaginations and of course a bit of skill and instruction can conjure up these creatures. Join us as we explore these very imaginative themes. Everything starts with the drawing. Learn how to work in the parameters of the page and develop a drawing of your own using actual statues of these creatures. This will help to interpret positioning and depth for your creature by breaking them down into simple shapes. We will have daily instruction and demonstrations for using this method of relating what the eye sees into simple forms and shapes. Creating a Nature Journal: Trudy Mitchell (Beginner to intermediate): Morning Have fun drawing outdoors as students begin their own artist s sketchbook! Participants will explore ways to simplify scenes they wish to draw, observe the behavior of light and shadow on objects, learn simple perspective and complete their sketches with ink and watercolor. Artists will leave the workshop with drawings, color notes and observations that will encourage independent sketchbook journaling throughout the summer and all the seasons to come! Adults are welcome! Thank you to Supporters like Subway Sandwich Shop. We welcome business, corporate and individual supporters for our Summer Youth Program. WEEK 2: July Fundamentals of Drawing: Beginner (Ages 10 & up): Morning Learn the fundamentals of drawing, starting from the very beginning. Students will start by learning how to copy shapes and proportions in line-drawing, then move on to understanding the relationship of light, values, and planes; finally, students will learn the components of form to create a convincing sense of 3D. Excellent for beginners looking for a strong start to drawing. Steampunk Creation: Beginner (Ages 8 & up): Morning Steampunk noun -a genre of science fiction that has a historical setting and typically features steam-powered machinery rather than advanced technology. Turn a boring jacket, hat or other piece of clothing into a unique Steampunk creation. The essence of steampunk is homage to vintage fashion with a modern, sassy twist. It is a style of design and fashion that combines historical elements with anachronistic technological features inspired by science fiction. Students must bring suitable clothing items for transformation into their own unique Steampunk design. Making Mardi Gras Masks: Beginner (Ages 8 & up): Afternoon Have fun making your own Mardi Gras Masks (Also good for Halloween) with feathers, beads, sequins, paint, ribbon and any other found objects and whatnots you have. Your imagination is the limit. Students are required to bring at least 2 blank masks with them to class for embellishment. Masks can be purchased on Amazon such as these Fundamentals of Painting: Beginner (Ages 10 & up): Afternoon Learn the fundamentals of oil painting, starting from the very beginning. Through a series of lectures and class exercises you will learn how to depict light and shade through a value-scheme, how to create desired effects of color, as well as blending tricks to achieve a realistic sense of form. This is an excellent course for beginners looking to understand painting, both in concept and practice.

4 WEEK 3: July Manga/Anime Drawing, Design, Storyboarding: Beginner (Ages 8 & up): Morning Manga literally means whimsical drawings Learn the art of this very popular, and unique style of drawing starting with rough sketches and design layouts of a full page illustration of these Japanese style comic characters. We will create our own Manga Illustrated page using only a grey value scale. We complete these black and white storyboards with micron pens to give them a finished quality without the use of color. I will demonstrate how to get this Japanese style effect to the drawings, as well as instructing the different techniques used with micron pens. Continuing Manga/Anime Drawing Full Color: Intermediate (Ages 8 & up): Afternoon Students will design and sketch a Manga style character of their own imagination to put into a storybook type setting. Students can use the character created in the morning class or draw a new character. A finished and completed comic book style fully detailed cover art will be created. Embroider a Denim Jacket: Lynn Payette (Ages 9 & up): Morning Using basic embroidery stitches and pearl cotton threads in a variety of sizes and colors, come and create your own masterpiece of wearable art! Garment is not supplied, but all threads, needles and a hoop are included in the class fee. Paper, Thread, Beads & Embroidery Squares: Lynn Payette (Ages 10 & up): Afternoon The design for this class is a 4.5 x 4.5 square (on an even-weave ground) that has been divided into 9 individual 1.5 squares. The squares are filled with a variety of different artist s papers, gilded paper towel (this will be taught), a variety of fabrics, (including) metallic fabrics with beading and stitching embellishments. The student will learn how to apply the fabrics, as well as beading techniques and a variety of embroidery stitches to create their own design. Stretcher bars and even-weave ground as well as the embellishments for this class will be supplied. WEEK 4: July 29-August 2 Portrait Drawing from a Photo: Intermediate (Ages 10 & up): Morning Learn how to create a realistic portrait working from a photo! Students will learn how to create accurate proportions to capture the likeness of their subject. Additional concepts covered will be facial anatomy and the the structure of individual facial features. Fundamentals of drawing recommended, but not required. Plein Air in Old Wethersfield: Intermediate (Ages 10 & up): Morning Plein Air is an adjective which is used to define the manner of a 19th-century style of painting outdoors, or with a strong sense of the open air, that became a central feature of French impressionism. In this class we will take our work outside and sketch through observation a scene in Old Wethersfield and add color reminiscent of classical Frech Impressionist painters. Painting Portraits in Oil: Intermediate (Ages 10 & up): Afternoon Learn how to create a realistic portrait working from a photo. Students will start with a transfer drawing and underpainting, capturing accurate proportions. Next, we will cover the basics of color mixing to learn how to mix fleshtones, and finally learn to apply paint and create a convincing sense of form. Prerequisite Fundamentals of Painting course recommended, but not required. Decorative Furniture Painting: Intermediate (Ages 8 & up): Afternoon With a small piece of furniture, jewelry box, bird house, chest, chair or end table that needs a creative touch up, students will go through the process of surface preparation the application of a paint base-coat and developing a color scheme best suited to the students own vision. The piece of furniture should be easily portable and should be no larger than a small end table.

5 WEEK 5: August 5-9 FORTNITE: Creating Characters & Skins Beginner to advanced (Ages 8 & up): Morning Do you like the game Fortnite or any other P.V.P. games? How would you like to create your own Fortnite character from imagining your own skins to coming up with your own weapons. If you have the imagination, we will help you realize it onto paper and then help you turn that drawing into a full colored character straight out of the world of Fortnite. Creating in Clay: Beginner (Ages 8 & up): Afternoon DESIGN AND PAINT ORIGINAL CHARACTERS IN CLAY. Students will design, sketch and create their own original characters; First, using only their pencils and a two-dimensional piece of paper. Once these ideas are in a finished format, we will then take these drawings and start to construct these characters into 3 Dimensional figures using clay and sculpting tools, and their imaginations. Fortnite characters from the morning session can be used. Copying the Masters in Oil: Advanced (Ages 10 & up): Morning Learn to paint from the masters! Students will learn the secrets of oil painting by copying a classical work of art. Following a step-by-step process, we will complete an oil painting using traditional methods, learning everything it takes to make a masterpiece. Fundamentals of oil painting recommended, but not required. DOODLES: Melanie Carr Beginner (Ages 10 & up): Afternoon Through doodling, scribbling and drawing, students learned about their own creative processes. This workshop begins with collaborative timed exercises. Students will make viewfinders out of scrap paper and translate doodles into small drawings and continue this process to make large cut paper artworks. Working collaboratively is a unique component to this workshop. We ll discuss how a small doodle could result in a large public artwork and/or how cut-outs could be utilized as stencils to apply paint on a large exterior site. Sculpture in Motion: Melanie Carr Intermediate (Ages 10 & up): Morning Enjoy thinking and working in 3D as we discover the work of artist Alexander Calder, who worked in CT for over 40 years! Calder became famous for inventing the mobile, a type of sculpture that moves. In this workshop we will explore various techniques for bending and manipulating wire. We will build a simplified mobile as we learn and discuss issues of balance and how to find equilibrium. The fee includes all materials, however, you are asked to provide a pair of scissors, pliers, sketchbook, and colored markers and any other drawing materials of your choice. Designing a Skateboard: Jared Standish Intermediate (Ages 8 & up): Afternoon Back by popular demand is Jared s awesome skateboard class. You will build your own skateboard and design the graphics. You will learn the methods and materials used to make skateboards by building your own board and create a custom collage graphic. At the end, choose trucks and wheels. Go home with your own unique handmade skateboard. Additional costs on skateboard parts. WEEK 6: August D Eye Popping Paint Effects: Nick Frasco Intermediate (Ages 10 & up): Morning Students will draft, sketch and plan out a 3 Dimensional painting by first transferring a drawing of their own onto Masonite board with the intension of putting and eventually gluing 3 dimensional objects onto a 2 Dimensional surface. This will give their pieces a very cool and unusual effect that will POP right out at you!!! Still Life Week: Advanced (Ages 10 & up): Half or full day course Learn how to create a beautiful and realistic still life oil painting. Following a simple step-by-step process, students will bring the painting from a simple underpainting to a finished piece. Along the way we ll cover the basics of values, form, color mixing and paint application. Prerequisite course Fundamentals of Painting recommended but not required. Drawing Super Heroes in Color: Beginner to advanced (Ages 7 & up): Afternoon Do you like reading comic books, or even drawing superheroes? Did you ever think about trying to create your own superhero or comic book? I want to show you how to draw one of these Super Humans. From basic human anatomy to exaggerating these muscle bound characters, to creating and laying out an actual comic book cover page in full color. Everything starts with the drawing, so let s start there and see how far we get.

6 Registration Form Youth Name Age Address City Parent or Guardian Name State, Zip Home Phone Day Cell Emergency Contact Contact # June 24 - Aug. 23 Morning Sessions: 9am - 12pm Afternoon Sessions: 1pm - 4pm Fees for all half day sessions are $175 and include most materials. (Additional fees indicated). Early dropoff (no earlier than 8:30am and pick-up at the latest is 4:30pm). Full-day registrations includes a supervised lunch from 12-1pm and outdoor recreation time. The Academy does not provide lunches or snacks. Families are encouraged to bring these and a water bottle. All personal items must be labeled with your child s name. For full day students, please apply suntan lotion and bug spray for outdoor play prior to Academy arrival. Yearly student membership is needed to register. Drop-in June Full Day Ages 7 & up Instructor: Holiday Wk July 1-3 MORNING & AFTERNOON Paint Your Pet Ages 7 & up Instructor: MORNING Gelli Plate Printing Ages 9 & up Instructor: Trudy Mitchell Week 1 July 8-12 MORNING Concept to Creation Ages 8 & up Instructor: MORNING Creating a Nature Journal Ages 7 & up Instructor: Trudy Mitchell AFTERNOON Fantasy Art Ages 10 & up Instructor: Week 2 July MORNING Fundamentals of Drawing Ages 10 & up Instructor: MORNING Steampunk Creation Ages 8 & up Instructor: AFTERNOON Making Mardi Gras Masks Ages 8 & up Instructor: AFTERNOON Fundamentals of Painting Ages 10 & up Instructor: Week 3 July MORNING Manga/Anime Drawing Ages 8 & up Instructor: MORNING Embroider a Denim Jacket Ages 9 & up Instructor: Lynn Payette AFTERNOON Manga/Anime Ages 8 & up Instructor: AFTERNOON Thread, Beads & Embroidery Ages 10 & up Instructor: Lynn Payette Week 4 July 29 - Aug. 2 MORNING Portrait Drawing from Photo Ages 10 & up Instructor: MORNING Plein Aire Drawing/Painting Ages 10 & up Instructor: AFTERNOON Portrait Painting in Oils Ages 10 & up Instructor: AFTERNOON Furniture Painting Ages 8 & up Instructor: Week 5 Aug. 5-9 Week 6 Aug MORNING Copying the Masters in Oils Ages 10 & up Instructor: MORNING FORTNITE Characters & Skins Ages 8 & up Instructor: MORNING Doodles Ages 8 & up Instructor: Melanie Carr AFTERNOON Sculpture in Motion Ages 10 & up Instructor: Melanie Carr AFTERNOON Creating in Clay Ages 8 & up Instructor: AFTERNOON Designing a Skateboard Ages 8 & up Instructor: Jared Standish MORNING 3-D Eye Popping Paint Effects Ages 10 & up Instructor: MORNING Still Life Painting Ages 10 & up Instructor: AFTERNOON Still Life Painting cont. Ages 10 & up Instructor: AFTERNOON Drawing Super Heroes in Color Ages 7 & up Instructor: Program TOTAL Present Member New Student Membership $25 Grand TOTAL We encourage electronics (cell phones, etc.) to be left at home. There is a landline at the Academy. Instructors and interns will contact parents if issues arise. Photo Disclaimer: The Wethersfield Academy for the Arts, or its representatives may take photographs of my child while attending the Summer Youth Art Session. I give the Academy the right to use or publish photos that include my child. I waive the right to inspect or approve the finished photo(s) that may be used by the Academy. I release Wethersfield Academy for the Arts and, the photographer, from any liability in the taking or reproducing of these photographs. I understand that I will not be compensated for the Academy s use of these photographs on its website or in promotional materials or by the local press. I have read the foregoing release and understand its contents. Parent Signature Print Name 431 Hartford Ave., Wethersfield info@wethersfieldarts.org