Van Gogh KIDS OIL PAINTING SESSIONS
FALL 2021
Join me at the studio for a special Van Gogh master class after school! Your kiddos will study, experience and paint van Gogh famous Sunflowers with me using my artist oil paints. Did you know Van Gogh produced 2 series of sunflowers? The Paris paintings were made around 1887 and the Arles series around 1889. Van Gogh was one of the first artists to use new vivid colours of yellow, like chrome yellow which were first manufactured in the 19th century. This series highlights his progression of colour and style and extend far beyond the Sunflowers painting we might think to know. These classes will teach your children advanced colour theory and deepen their understanding of what painting can be for kids.
I literally can’t wait for the studio to be dripping in sunflower paintings during our session and know this work will find a special place in your home forever. This painting series is close to my heart. I remember as a young child making use of an arbitrary paint-by-numbers oils pod and looking to our very large reproduction Van Gogh sunflowers at home. On a small piece of cardboard, I recreated The Arles Sunflowers, August 1888 (Third Version) and it proudly leaned beside our big reproduction for years reminding me of my love for painting and resourcefulness to experience it.
Students will flourish in beautiful and immersive under-painting and sub-sequential progressive art lessons while being nurtured with my wholehearted mentorship in the studio. Their confidence will grow with every brushstroke as they transform their paint board from white space to realized representation inspired by of one of the most important painters in the canon. Together we will learn how to capture the essence of the sunflowers composition, specific colour palette in your child’s own style and with a painter’s heart.
Painting experience is not necessary to enjoy this class. Students will leave with not only a beautiful heirloom painting but a total confidence only an art class at The Imagination Studio can bring.
KEY LEARNING:
painting application and technique
development of painting language and articulation
expressive visual language
colour theory discovery
achieving form through value
visual choice and decision making
artistic agency
confidence through painting practice (we honour all the things that show up)
DATE:
Class 1: Tuesday September 14, 2021.
Class 2: Tuesday September 21, 2021.
Class 1: Tuesday September 28, 2021.
Class 1: Tuesday October 5, 2021.
There is no make-up class for this fall session. A zoom link will be sent of the missed class so the student can catch up at home.
INVESTMENT: $240+ HST *includes all materials (oil paints, brushes and paint board) and studio time.
STUDIO TIME: 3:30AM-5:00PM
AGES 6-10
BRING
★ full water bottle
★ art friendly clothes (oil paint does not wash out) aprons are provided
★ extra masks
★ a curiosity to learn
NOTE
These are not paint-whatever-you-want classes. These are guided lessons which teach and build a foundation in painting. Much like learning how to play the piano, these classes teach essential skills to give kids tools in their toolkit of visual expression. Students are expected to participate in the lesson. You can paint what you like at home.
COVID-19 Public Health measures in place. Students must wear a mask unless they have a medical exemption.
COIVD-19 SPECIFICS
The studio and washroom will thoroughly be sanitized after each class
Students will be required to wear a mask as directed by the Grey Bruce Pubic Health Unit (CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO) and follow the Town of The Blue Mountains mask bylaw (CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO). We also respect mask exemptions and hold space for a 0 shame environment about this.
Students will not share materials wherever possible and instead have their own tools to use during classes
Frequent hand-washing is required throughout the class
Hand sanitizer is always available at the entrance of the studio
Parents must screen their children following Public Health Guidelines before entering the studio CLICK HERE for access to the digital screening tool
We are committed to social distancing whenever possible
Drop-off and Pick-up procedures in place
In the event of a mandatory shut-down, classes will transform to a digital platform and art kits will be provided. Sorry no credits or postponements.
Contact tracing in place
Students will experience programming within their assigned group only
EMERGENCY COVID-19 ILLNESS OR SUSPECTED ILLNESS PLAN: Your child's health will be monitored. Students who display or express symptoms will not be allowed to attend class. During the program, if a participant becomes sick, they will be immediately isolated from others and parents will be notified to pick them up within 30 minutes. If you cannot pick up your child within the 30 minute time window you MUST have your emergency contact pick up your child within this time.
For any questions about how the studio operates safely, please send an e-mail enquiry
Pre-registration required.
Cancellation & Refund Policy: Cancellation & Refund Policy
CANCELLATION/REFUND POLICY: Refunds will not be given, and no adjustments (credits) or postponements will be made for missed or partially attended weeks. In the event of a mandatory shut-down, classes will transform to a digital platform and art kits will be provided with zoom classes. Please remember this is a small scale family-owned business. Realities presented due to Covid-19 sadly means less flexibility in some instances. When the world shuts down we still need to keep our creative spirits alive.
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Be sure to follow along on Instagram to see the magic unfold!
FALL 2021
Tuesday September 14/21/28 + OCTOBER 5
REGISTRATION OPEN NOW!
