▪ Artistic creation is a comprehensive and developmental activity. Evidence of students' understanding and mastery of techniques and concepts progress through the course. Each week children will be active and enjoy learning new skills through creative experiences in art. ▪ They will have the opportunity for self-expression and creativity which will improve their brain development, learning and academic performance. ▪ They will learn and practice the basics of Oil Painting which includes Shape Value / Tone Color ( Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, & Complementary ) Color mixing and color schemes Oil Painting and Acrylic Materials ( paints & surfaces ) Brushes Found & Lost Edges Oil PaintingTechniques: Underpainting Alla prima Glazing Impasto Palette-knife painting Blending Scumbling Dry-brush The effects of light / shadows on objects Making effective brushstrokes Composition (focal point, contrast, space/distance, unity, balance, harmony, variety, dimension, proportion, rhyme, movement, asymmetry ) Painting experience in studio (from reference photographs and/or life) : Still-life Landscape Seascape Water & Reflections Figures ( animals / women / men / children ) Buildings Interiors Portraits ( Proportions of human head ) Abstractions ▪ Painting History : Major painting styles & Masters in Renaissance Realism Impressionism Post-impressionism Expressionism Modernism Abstract expressionism Post- modernism ▪ No prior experience is necessary. Each and every child will receive one-on-one instruction for their individual progress in the target skills. ▪ Improvement of Painting Skills mostly depends on learning" the ability of seeing " and continuously practicing. It is " not the product but the process " which counts