Lessons in Art For Children-5002
Lessons in Art For Children-5002
Online Class
Fridays, 4-6PM EST
Anna Wakitsch, Instructor
Starts: Jan 8
Ends: Feb 12
6 weeks
For children, ages 6-11
In Lessons in Art For Children, kids will learn the basics of how line, shape, and color work. By making their own color wheel with watercolors, they will learn about color mixing and the relationships between colors. The lessons are cumulative, in that students will apply what they learned the previous week to the current lesson.
We will look at works of artists such as Van Gogh, Monet, Vermeer, Matisse, Gwen John, and others. Students will use these paintings as inspiration to create their own while learning about color theory, light, value, and form in age-appropriate lessons.
Topics will include:
Hue, Value (lights and darks), and Saturation (colorful vs gray)
Primary triads and Secondary colors
Complementary colors
Mixing Neutrals
Line and pencil sketching
Simplifying shapes before adding details
Layering watercolor washes
For a supply list, click here.
About the Instructor
Anna Wakitsch combines traditional fine art training and materials with innovative mixed media installation and digital media, exploring optical and ocular effects within intimately scaled spaces and moments. She holds an MFA in Painting from the New York Academy of Art, where she then taught as Post-Graduate Teaching Assistant and Adjunct Faculty. Previously, she received her BA in Art Theory and Practice from Northwestern University, and then began intensive study of painting and drawing the figure with artist Anthony Ryder in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she subsequently taught for several years as his assistant instructor. She has also taught at Vitruvian Fine Art Studio in Chicago and Altos de Chavón School of Design, as well as given private instruction and workshops. Her work is in public and private collections and has been published in ArtNews.com, American Artist Drawing, and American Art Collector. Anna has participated in group shows in New York, Santa Fe, Chicago, Nashville, Maine, Indiana, and Leipzig, Germany. She currently lives and works near Chicago.