Art Classes WINTER 2024/25
Winter Term: 10 classes: Tuesday, December 3 to February 18; or Wednesday, December 4 to February 19; or Thursday, December 5 to
February 20, 2025.
Inclement weather: If the Beaverton School District is closed due to inclement weather there will be no art class
To sign up for class please email Ingrid at ingridgharper@gmail.com, or leave a text at 503-803-0199
Price $200 for the term or $25 per class. Cash, check or Zelle payable to Ingrid Harper at the beginning of class.
Supply list: To every class, please bring a spiral bound sketchbook, approximately 9x12 inches. All other materials will be provided in class.
Class time: Classes meet once a week. Please pick one class time from the following:
Wednesday: 6:30-8:00pm; adults
Tuesday: 4:30-6:30 or Thursday: 4:45-6:15pm; ages 7 through 17
NOTE: If you cannot come to your regular class time you are welcome to come for a make-up class within the same week. Please let me know
beforehand which day you will be coming.
Winter Curriculum
REMEMBER TO BRING A SKETCHBOOK TO EACH CLASS. ALL OTHER MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED
Week 1 Tuesday, December 3, or Wednesday, December 4, or Thursday, December 5
Theme: Figure drawing
Artist: Picasso
Materials: Sketchbook, ink pens, black and white charcoal pencils.
Using ink pens we will start with practicing drawing one-line drawings like Picasso's cat. Then we will look at paintings of seated
figures by Picasso and make two 20-minutte drawings of Sammy sitting in a chair. We will be using black and white charcoal pencils for the figure
drawing.
Week 2 Tuesday, December 10, Wednesday, December 11, or Thursday, December 12
Theme: Figure drawing
Artist: Picasso
Materials: Sketch book, charcoal pencils and gouache
We will start the class by copying another one-line drawing by Picasso: a hummingbird. The two 20-minute figure drawings of our seated model, Sammy,
will be done with pencil first and then gouache.
Week 3 Tuesday, December 17, Wednesday, December 18, Thursday, December 19
Theme: Figure drawing
Arist: Picasso
Materials: Sketch book, pencils, acrylic markers on toned paper.
We will start with copying Picasso's drawing of Igor Strawinsky. We will use acrylic markers on toned paper for our last 20-mimute study of Sammy.
Finally, we will make a collage on a toned paper using two or three of the studies as well as photos of Sammy.
Week 4 Tuesday, January 7, Wednesday, January 8, and Thursday, January 9
Theme: Perspective
Artists: Street art: Jean-Michael Basquiat (self-discovery), Swoon (collage and family), David Zinn (inspired by Gary Larson, "the Far Side") and Banksy
(social comments).
Materials: Sketch book, pencils, color pencils, acrylic pens, collage and gouache paint.
We will get inspired by sidewalk artist and using perspective come up with our own drawings using mixed media.
Week 5 Tuesday, January 14, Wednesday, January 15, Thursday, January 16
Theme: Photo montage
Artist: Hannah Hoch
Materials: Sketch book, collage materials, scissors, glue, ink pens, black and toned paper
Use clip out to create a photomontage on black or toned paper. Choose a theme: Running, jumping, sitting, siblings, self-portrait.
Week 6 Tuesday, January 21, Wednesday, January 23, Thursday, January 24
Theme: Winter landscape
Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Winslow Homer, Oluf Host
Materials: Sketch book, 9"x12' canvas, acrylic paints
We will get inspired by winter landscapes by different artists Paul Klee and use pencils, and watercolor to make a study for the painting.
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Week 7 Tuesday, January 28, Wednesday, January 29, Thursday, January 30
Theme: Winter landscape
Artist: Caspar David Friedrich, Paul Gaugin
Materials: Sketch book, 9"x12' canvas, acrylic paints
Work on winter landscape painting using acrylic paint.
Week 8 Tuesday, February 4, Wednesday, February 5, Thursday, February 6
Theme: Winter landscape
Materials: Sketch book, 9"x12"canvas and acrylic paints
We will finish the winter landscape painting.
Week 9 Tuesday, February 11, Wednesday, February 6, Thursday, February 13
Theme: Color evoking emotions and spiritual qualities
Artist: Kandinsky
Materials: Sketch book, acrylic paint on toned ground
Create a diptych expressing joy using circles and harmonious bold colors.
Week 10 Tuesday, February 18, Wednesday, February 19, Thursday, February 20
Theme: Color, line, shape, and spatial dynamics
Artist: Kandinsky
Materials: Sketchbook
Using straight and curved lines with repetition a triptych of abstract pictures expressing music.
The spring art classes start the first week of March.
