Art program

Art Lessons for Children.

Calgary, AB Canada

Terms and Conditions of Payment

1. All lessons are held on the prepaid basis. Payment for the next months' classes 

occurs on the day of the last class of the current month.  

2. You can either choose to pay for each month or for 10 lessons (1 session) in 

advance.

3. Missed classes are non-refundable. However, if you warn me in advance, I will 

offer to compensate the lesson with another group. If the lesson is canceled in

 advance by the teacher, then a different date will be negotiated and offered.

4. A family that enrolls two or more children into the program can get a discount.  

My art lessons are based on the program, which accounts for particularities of 

children’s age and their individual characteristics. If a child is ready to receive more information on the subject, then necessary modifications will  be introduced to 

the program of the lessons.

I. Preschool  Age Group  (3 – 6 y.o.)
4 sessions per year. Each session consists of 10 lessons.

Sessions & Media Used:
1^st session: colour pencils, crayons, soft pastel, oil pastel, markers
2^nd sessions: watercolour
3^rd session: gouache/tempera
4^th session: acrylic

The Above Sequence of Sessions Aims at 
·        developing sense of colour (red, yellow, blue and their derivatives);
·         skills of working with paint directly with fingers, palms as well as with supplementary

 materials;
·         preparation of child’s fingers for a proper pencil/brush/marker/crayon grip, therefore,

 improvement of child’s fine motor skills;
·         skills of proper handling of workspace and cleaning up after working with the media;
·         recognition and creation of basic shapes on paper (circle, square, triangle, etc.);
·         development of child’s imagination and attention.

Study Materials:
Paper (dry/wet), lines of different lengths and shapes, filling techniques, primary colours, basic

 shapes (circles, triangle, square), properties of paint (transparent/opaque), use of non-traditional

 media (q-tips, salt, splashes, etc.)

II. Elementary  Scool Age Group ( 6 - 9 y.o.)
4 sessions per year. Each session consists of 10 lessons.

Sessions & Media Used:
1^st session: colour pencils, crayons, soft pastel, oil pastel, markers
2^nd session: watercolour
3^rd session: gouache
4^th session: acrylic

The Above Sessions Aim at
·      improving the sense of colour (primary colours (red, yellow, blue), secondary colours

 (green, orange, purple);
·      skills of working with paint directly with fingers, palms and different supplementary materials

 as well as the use of traditional artistic materials. Use of a round and a flat brush;
·      recognition and creation of basic shapes on paper (circle, square, triangle etc.) as well as the 

creation of free forms;
·      The use of the acquired brush and pencil techniques for further development of child’s 

imagination;
·      Further improvement of child’s workplace organization skills;
·      Improving child’s imagination and attention.

Study Materials:
Paper (dry/wet), lines of different lengths and shapes, filling techniques, colours (red, yellow, blue,

 orange, purple, black, white), basic shapes (circles, triangle, square, rhombus, rectangle), properties

 of paint, use of non-traditional techniques

III. Middle School Age Group ( 9 - 12 y.o.)

4 sessions per year. Each session consists of 10 lessons.

Sessions & Media Used:
1^st session: graphite pencils, dry and oil pastel
2^nd session: watercolour
3^rd session: gouache
4^th session: acrylic

The Above Sessions Aim at

·         developing the child’s skills of working with live models/objects when creating a portrait or

 a still life drawing;
·         the ability to choose a correct paper format for the purpose of a given project;
·         learning about volume and 3D drawings. The ability to create volume on paper using artistic

 media (sculpting, graphite pencil drawings, etc.);
·         determination of tonal gradations (gradients) in monochrome art work;
·         the ability to show the proportions and properties of a given material;
·         the skills of showing proportion, impression and facial characteristics when drawing portraits

 (3D or 2D);
·         the ability to produce spatial plans, in paintings or drawings, with the use of linear and aerial

 perspective;
·         the ability to demonstrate a single point of perspective on multiple objects;
·         further improvement of the child’s sense of colour (introduction of colour wheel and technique

s associated with it);
·         learning of basic rules of composition;
·         further improvement of brush and pencil techniques in order to put the child’s imagination to

 paper, work with live models/objects;
·        further improvement of child’s workplace organization skills;
·        improving child’s imagination and attention.

Study Materials:

Different types of paper, canvas, varying brush techniques, methods of working with dry pastel and 

oil pastel, watercolor, gouache, acrylic paint, paint properties, use of non-traditional techniques.