Young Artist Program - For Young Artists & Middle School Students (ages 9 - 13)

This course is recommended for all of our young incoming students, since it serves as the foundation for drawing, painting, and sculpture. Students are presented with simple drawing problems concerning proportions, shapes, values, (shading), and basic composition and design. The primary objective of this class is to develop the student’s eye for accuracy. Students will begin this course using charcoal and newspring paper. Advanced students will move onto graphite and finer drawing paper. Students will work on a a final still life project before moving onto painting.

Drawing Materials:

Newsprint paper (70 to 90 lb.) 18 x 24
Charcoal pencils - Pitt brand preferred. Soft, medium, hard. 3 of each.
Kneaded eraser
Paper blending stumps, small, medium and large
14" knitting needle or skewer (used to help see angles)
Masonite board and Bulldog clips
Sandpaper block - to sharpen charcoal pencils. Large nail file can be used as substitute.
Drawing paper - Strathmore, Series 400, 18 x 24
Graphite pencils - HB, 2B, F

PAINTING MATERIALS

Wood Oil Painters Box 9.5" x 14"
Stand Oil
Aluminnum Double Palette cup
2-3/4" Diamond Pallette knife
Paper Towels

Kolinsky Red Sable Brushes

Flat # 16, 12, 6,2
Rounds # 6, 2
Fans #2
small stand oil
Gamsol (odorless Mineral Spirits)

Soft Chungking Hog Bristle Brushes

Flats # 12, 8, 6, 4, 2
Rounds # 6, 4, 2

Artist grade Oils:

Titanium White 150 ml
Quinacridone violet 37ml
ultramarine blue 37ml
cerulean blue chom 37ml
viridian 37ml
perm sap green 37ml
perm green light 37 ml
cadmium yellow lt 37ml
cadmium orange 37ml
cadmium red light 37ml
perm alizaran crimson
yellow ochre 37ml
raw sienna 37ml
raw umber 37ml
burnt sienna 37ml
bunt umber 37ml
Ivory Black 37ml