Summer Youth: Drawing and Painting (Ages 10-14)

This introduction to the foundations of drawing, shading, and painting focuses on fun activities like contour drawing, upside-down drawing, positive-negative spaces, and mixing colors to create your own color wheel. You'll be introduced to a new medium each day, including pencils, pens, and watercolors while exploring new subjects, from geometrical shapes to still-life, self-portraits and artists' famous works.

• Day 1: Drawing with pencils and introducing line drawing and observation skills using techniques like contour drawing, upside-down drawing. and positive-negative spaces. 
• Day 2: Positive and negative space exploration continues. 
• Day 3: Shading techniques with pencil and watercolors. Working from still-life. 
• Day 4: Color wheel introduction, and exploration of mixing primary colors while working on self-portraits.
• Day 5: Looking at examples from the art world, you'll learn to recognize the different elements you explored during the week and recreate a work by your chosen artist.  

Details

• Ages 10-14 welcome.
• Bring water and a snack.
• Registration closes on Monday, July 7.

Registering Youth

• New registrants: When you register, select Others Only in the "Who Are You Registering?" section. On the next page, Add New Registrant. Create an account for your youth.
• Next time you register: You will be able to Search Registrants to select your youth.
• You may register your youth for an optional supervised lunch hour from noon-1 pm for the duration of this activity.
• Make sure to fill out your youth's emergency contact information and other details when creating their account.
• Questions? Email registrar@bainbridgebarn.org.

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