Summer Art Club
Weekly video series packed with creative adventure. For children aged 7 – 12 years.
Join us for a summer video series that will have your kids printing, drawing, painting and all-around creating from the comfort of home. Activities are planned around a purchasable art-making kit, jam-packed with fantastic materials but you can use supplies that you have at home too! Relaxed material exploration and outdoor adventures will guide the lesson plans.
Tuesdays, 10:00 am
July 28, August 4, 11, 18, 25, September 1
Art-making Kit: $40.00 (optional)
15 kits will be available for purchase at Anvil Centre. Please email hbennett@newwestcity.ca if you are interested in purchasing a kit.
Episode One: Imaginary Creature Collages & Colour Mixing
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In this video we show kids the basics of colour mixing by describing primary colours and secondary colours as well as warm and cool colours. Then using magazine images we create a fantastic surreal creature collage.
We don’t make an official colour wheel in this video but if you would like to make one download, print and paint.
Art Materials Required for this Video:
-Paints (whatever you’ve got, some kind of watercolours or tempera paint work best) you will need a red, yellow and a blue
-Brushes (whatever you’ve got)
-4-5 sheets of thicker white paper (watercolour paper works but thicker Bristol paper or cardstock will work fine)
-Palette (a white plate, white plastic lid, white foam egg carton all could work well here)
-A few old magazines to cut up
-Scissors
-Glue stick
-Sharpie marker (or some kind of permanent pen/marker) or pencil
Episode TWO: COLLagraph printmaking
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Learn how to make collagraph prints using a printmaking brayer and inks (or acrylic paint and a brush), tissue papers and textural odds-and-ends from around the house. Create a print that has lots of interest and depth because of its many layers. Learn about transparency and opacity as well as how to traditionally edition your artwork.
Art Materials Required for this Video:
-Water-soluble printmaking ink (Speedball ink works well and comes in small tubes)
-Printmaking brayer (2 or 4“ soft rubber is good)
-6-8 sheets of white 8.5”x11“ printer paper
-few different colours of tissue paper (cut into medium sized pieces)
-glue stick
—tape (masking or painter’s tape work well)
-4”x6“ piece of rigid cardboard
-somewhat flat textural odds-and-ends (paper doilies, cardboard, lace, textured fabrics, string, bread ties etc.)
-Glue stick
-Scissors
For those who don’t have a printmaking brayer and inks – you’ll also need:
-Some tubes of acrylic paint
-Palette (a white plate, white plastic lid, white foam egg carton all could work well here)
-stiff-haired brush
-A pot of water
Episode THREE: WONDERFUL WATERCOLOUR FISH
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Learn a handful of cool watercolour techniques by experimenting with colours, salt, wax and more. Get the basics down then create a set of colourful watercolour fish to showcase your new skills. Bind your paintings all together into a fancy little flip-book.
Art Materials Required for this Video:
-watercolour paints
-pencil and eraser
-brushes (soft or stiff haired bushes are all fine)
-9“x12” approx. watercolour paper (1 sheet)
-5“x6” approx. watercolour paper (x6-8 sheets)
-bucket of water
-a rag or two
-old toothbrush (or some kind of stiff brush like a nail brush for flicking paint)
-couple sheets of paper towel
-table salt (about one tsp.)
-wax candle and/or white crayon and/or white china marker and/or white oil pastel
-Palette (a white plate, white plastic lid, white foam egg carton all could work well here)
-felt markers and/or pencil crayons and/or sharpie marker
-butter knife
-coloured yarn and/or a binder clip
-hole punch
-plastic pony beads (if you have them handy)
Episode FOUR: LEAF printING
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Kids are shown how to responsibly harvest leaves and then using a printmaking brayer and inks (or acrylic paint and a brush) create beautifully detailed prints. Learn how to capture the textures of each leaf and look a little bit closer at their many shapes, forms and colours. Because we will have all the inking tools out, we’ll try some foam printing too!
Art Materials Required for this Video:
-Water-soluble printmaking ink (Speedball ink works well and comes in small tubes)
-Printmaking brayer (2“ or 4“ soft rubber is good)
-leaves (the video mentions good ones to hunt for)
-6-8 sheets of white 8.5”x11“ printer paper
-4-5 sheets of colour construction paper
-foam plate or foam packaging
-oil pastels or crayons (if you have them)
-Scissors
-ball point pen
-lots of scrap paper/newsprint (or an old phone book)
-a rag or two
For those who don’t have a printmaking brayer and inks – you’ll also need:
-Some tubes of acrylic paint
-Palette (a white plate, white plastic lid, white foam egg carton all could work well here)
-stiff-haired brush
-A pot of water
Episode FIVE: BUGS & BLOOMS
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Kids head outside to create a thoughtful drawing inspired by flowers and bugs. This observational drawing is then transformed with oil pastels and watercolour paints into a colourful resist painting that captures all kinds of outdoor surprises. Kids learn a bit about mark-making, lines, shapes, patterns as well as the names of some summer flowers.
Art Materials Required for this Video:
-x1 sheet of watercolour paper (9“x12” approx)
-x1 sheet of large thick paper (half sheet of a poster board would work well or watercolour paper if you have a piece that large)
-Pencil
-Eraser
-Large board or book to put paper on to draw outside
-Oil pastels or crayons
-watercolour paints
-brush (whatever you’ve got but larger is better 1/4“ or 1/2” or so)
-pot of water
-a rag or two
Episode SIX: MINI BOOKS
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Create three colourful mini books by learning how to fold, cut, roll and stitch paper together. Use your mini books as small sketchbooks or journals or give away as a thoughtful hand-made gift!
Art Materials Required for this Video:
-1-2 sheets of 8.5“x11” white printer paper
-scissors
-pencil
-6-8 sheets of cardstock paper (around 65lb weight – 8.5”x11” cut down to 5.5”x11”)
-ruler
-6-8 sheets of 8.5”x11” white or colour printer paper (cut down to 6”x10”)
-1-2 sheets of 8.5”x11” cardstock (around 65lb weight – cut down to 6”x10”)
-thick thread or embroidery floss (If you only have thick twine or yarn, that’s okay. You might need to use a sharp tool to poke big enough holes in your paper or use a hammer and a nail)
-large needle that the thread will go through
-thimble
