Fine Art Fundamentals Series 4.4
Five online classes include live interaction with an instructor for a unique personalized experience! In this part of the fourth series, students will use a variety of art materials to create two artworks that are original and truly their own. Students will apply elements of form and composition to their artwork while exercising creativity and developing observation skills. Each series of online Fine Art Fundamentals classes build on different composition concepts.
There is a one-time, pre-requisite Online Form Class each student who is just starting Fine Art Fundamentals must complete. This class teaches students about form and composition, preparing students with the necessary understanding of these concepts to more confidently apply them in the projects designed for our Fine Art Fundamentals and Advanced Exploration programs. Sign up for the Online Form Class.
Watch this Parent Guide video which includes instructions on how to set up an art space at home and how you can achieve a more independent and empowering experience for your child.
Find the list of supply needs by day below. Plan to spend about 15 minutes preparing the supplies before each class.
Weekly (one day per week) options are available year round and daily (week-long) options are available during school breaks.
Supplies Information
Quality art materials of good value have been specially selected for these classes because we know better supplies and tools improve the outcome of art making. Limited palettes of specific colors teach color mixing and are preferred over a palette with many colors. Our colored pencil selection provides the unique practice of layering and pressure control to blend and is preferred over softer colored pencils that mimic the practice of using soft chalk pastels to blend.
Listed below are the required supplies plus a number of choices and brands. Please allow time to acquire the needed art materials. If you purchased these supplies before or have these supplies at home, no need to purchase again.
Required Art Supplies
2 sheets bristol vellum drawing paper (12-14″ x 17-19″ in size, purchase by pad or single sheet)
- Pad – Blick-Strathmore – Amazon-Strathmore
- Sheet – Blick-CansonXL
Tube watercolors – Blick List-Van Gogh
- Recommended colors: Permanent Red Violet, Permanent Red Light, Permanent Lemon Yellow, Phthalo Green, Prussian Blue, Ultramarine Deep Blue, Yellow Ochre, Black
Soft hair watercolor brushes – Amazon-Mozart
Watercolor palette – Blick-Richeson Slant Palette – Amazon-Richeson Slant Palette – Michaels-Artist’s Loft
Water cup for rinsing brushes
Squirt bottle – Blick-Squeeze Bottles
Paper towels
Chalk pastels (must have black, white and gray) – Blick – Michaels(24set) – Amazon
Hairspray fixative – Target
Glue stick
Child scissors
Ruler
Toy from home
Supply List By Day
Prepare for each day of class by having the following supplies ready beforehand.
Day 1 Swim Outside the Box Part 1
- Bristol vellum paper (12-14″ x 17-19″ stretched to board on all four sides)
- Ruler
- Graphite/ebony pencil
- Black charcoal pencil
- White charcoal pencil
- Eraser
Day 2 Swim Outside the Box Part 2
- Continuing on same paper as Swim Outside the Box Part 1
- Chalk pastels
- Black charcoal pencil
- White charcoal pencil
- Eraser
- Hairspray fixative
Day 3 Unreal Part 1
- Tracing paper
- Composition template for 18″x24″
- Graphite/ebony pencil
- Eraser
Day 4 Unreal Part 2
- Bristol vellum paper (12-14″ x 17-19″ stretched to board on all four sides)
- Fold and tear sheet of bristol paper in half
- Stretch one half sheet to board with masking tape on all four sides
- Tape one side of the other half sheet to the top of the board
- Masking tape
- Watercolor tubes
- Watercolor palette
- Cup with 1″ of water for rinsing brushes
- Squirt bottle
- Soft hair watercolor brushes
- Vine charcoal
- Eraser
- Black charcoal pencil
- Hairspray fixative
- Paper towels
- Toy from home
- Ruler (optional)
Day 5 Unreal Part 3
- Continuing on same paper as Unreal Part 2
- Child scissors
- Colored pencils
- Black charcoal pencil
- White charcoal pencil
- Glue stick
- Vine charcoal
- Tracing paper
- Masking tape
- Toy from home