Fine Art Classes for Kids, Summer Art Lessons, SE Portland, Ladd's Addition

	Fall 2014 Classes A fun mix of projects designed for a delightful exploration of these multiple elements of art and design.
Registration Information	Questions? Call Kelly at Seven Stars Studio: 503-341-3755 or Email 7StarsStudio@gmail.com
	October 1: Free Art Day! Come visit the new studio at the Free Art Open House! A fun art project will be available for the young artists. Wednesday, October 1st 1:00 - 2:30 pm OR 4:00 - 5:30 pm
	October 8: Shapes in Spaces It’s all about seeing shapes differently and creating new spaces! We will be exploring the elements of space and shape this week, undistracted by color! The young artists will be looking at the art of Escher, including his fascinating tessellations. We will then create our own abstract design and/or tessellation in black and white.
	October 15: Skinny Sculptures This 3D class offers a fun experience in the exploration of line in space. In this very popular class the students will learn about Alberto Giacometti, a famous Swiss artist who is best known for his thin, bronze sculptures. The artists will create exciting, dynamic sculptures of themselves in action!
	October 22: Wild Beast Collage Henri Matisse was a leader in the Fauves, or wild beast, art movement. The artists were infamous for their use of bright, bold, wild colors! While Matisse spent most of his life painting, as he got older it became hard for him to stand at an easel; so he switched to collage, something he could do sitting down. This week the artist will create their own bright, bold, wild beast collages in the style of Matisse, as Henri said, “... it is like drawing with scissors and sculpting with color.”
	October 29: Fantasy Masks Masks can be found in cultures around the world and throughout time, theirs is a long and rich history. In this class, each artist will create their own mask in the grand tradition of the Venetian Carnivale! Feathers, and sequins, and glitter! Oh my!
	November 5: Patterns in Pictures The artists will study the decorative Australian wildlife paintings of Susan Wanji Wanji and other aboriginal artists. The young artists will draw their own Australian animals, then decorate them with a fanciful array of colors and patterns. We will learn about The Dreamtime and read a folktale from Australia.
	November 12: 20th Century Art This week’s artist will be Piet Mondrian. He is well-known for his studies of line and color, but his was an interesting artistic journey. We will be looking at Mondrian’s work throughout his life, with an emphasis on his abstracts, like Broadway Boogie Woogie. The young artists will be using acrylics on canvas boards to create their own Mondrian-inspired abstracts.
	November 19: Before a Mirror This week our focus is the element of color, and how artists use color to tell their story. Using a painting by Picasso, we will be studying how feelings can be so clearly reflected in art. The artists will create their own piece using color to express emotions based on Picasso's "Girl Before a Mirror."
	November 26: Snowflake Art Do you know who first figured out how to photograph snowflakes? This week the artists will explore positive and negative space using stencels and pastels to create their own unique snowfalke images. Our book this week is "Snowflake Bentley," a story about Wilson Bentley and how he discovered the way to capture beautiful images of snowflakes with his camera.

Fall 2014 Classes
A fun mix of projects designed for a delightful exploration
of these multiple elements of art and design.

Registration
Information

Questions?
Call Kelly at Seven Stars Studio: 503-341-3755
or Email 7StarsStudio@gmail.com

October 1: Free Art Day!
Come visit the new studio at the Free Art Open House!
A fun art project will be available for the young artists.
Wednesday, October 1st
1:00 - 2:30 pm OR 4:00 - 5:30 pm

October 8: Shapes in Spaces
It’s all about seeing shapes differently and creating new spaces! We will be exploring the elements of space and shape this week, undistracted by color! The young artists will be looking at the art of Escher, including his fascinating tessellations. We will then create our own abstract design and/or tessellation in black and white.

October 15: Skinny Sculptures
This 3D class offers a fun experience in the exploration of line in space. In this very popular class the students will learn about Alberto Giacometti, a famous Swiss artist who is best known for his thin, bronze sculptures. The artists will create exciting, dynamic sculptures of themselves in action!

October 22: Wild Beast Collage
Henri Matisse was a leader in the Fauves, or wild beast, art movement. The artists were infamous for their use of bright, bold, wild colors! While Matisse spent most of his life painting, as he got older it became hard for him to stand at an easel; so he switched to collage, something he could do sitting down. This week the artist will create their own bright, bold, wild beast collages in the style of Matisse, as Henri said, “... it is like drawing with scissors and sculpting with color.”

October 29: Fantasy Masks
Masks can be found in cultures around the world and throughout time, theirs is a long and rich history. In this class, each artist will create their own mask in the grand tradition of the Venetian Carnivale! Feathers, and sequins, and glitter! Oh my!

November 5: Patterns in Pictures
The artists will study the decorative Australian wildlife paintings of Susan Wanji Wanji
and other aboriginal artists. The young artists will draw their own Australian animals, then decorate them with a fanciful array of colors and patterns. We will learn about The Dreamtime and read a folktale from Australia.

November 12: 20th Century Art
This week’s artist will be Piet Mondrian. He is well-known for his studies of line and color, but his was an interesting artistic journey. We will be looking at Mondrian’s work throughout his life, with an emphasis on his abstracts, like Broadway Boogie Woogie. The young artists will be using acrylics on canvas boards to create their own Mondrian-inspired abstracts.

November 19: Before a Mirror
This week our focus is the element of color, and how artists use color to tell their story. Using a painting by Picasso, we will be studying how feelings can be so clearly reflected in art. The artists will create their own piece using color to express emotions based on Picasso's "Girl Before a Mirror."

November 26: Snowflake Art
Do you know who first figured out how to photograph snowflakes? This week the artists will explore positive and negative space using stencels and pastels to create their own unique snowfalke images. Our book this week is "Snowflake Bentley," a story about Wilson Bentley and how he discovered the way to capture beautiful images of snowflakes with his camera.

Tuition:
Individual classes: $25.00 each
4 October classes: $100.00
4 November classes: $100.00
All 8 classes: $160.00
Tuition is due at the first class

Questions about any of the sessions simply call Kelly at Seven Stars Studio, 503-341-3755 or email Kelly at 7StarsStudio@gmail.com

		All classes will be held at Seven Stars Studio's new space, 16481 SW Timberland Drive Beaverton OR 97007
Maximum of 8 students (ages 7 - 14 years) per class. Minimum of 2 students .		Each class held twice on the listed date: first session: 1:00 - 2:30 pm second session: 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Tuition: Individual classes: $25.00 each 4 October classes: $100.00 4 November classes: $100.00 All 8 classes: $160.00 Tuition is due at the first class