Art | K - 8th Grades

Campers should get ready to have fun, use their imaginations and be creative and as we explore the wonders of our art room. Each day introduces our youngest artists to new art materials and mediums. We roll up our sleeves, put on our smocks and aren’t afraid to get messy as we inspire our young artists to create and express themselves.

• Painting: We open the canvas to creativity as we let our budding artists explore painting with brushes, spray bottles and their hands. Campers use their imagination to create beautiful paintings using conventional and nonconventional techniques in watercolor, finger paint and tempera paint.
• Sculpting: There are no rules when we sculpt. Creativity flows freely as we use tinfoil, tissue paper, string and construction paper to make creations each camper is proud to take home.
• Drawing: Our projects excite and inspire campers as they learn and create 2D masterpieces. The book Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg serves as a guide as campers learn that there are no mistakes in art, only opportunities.
• Tactile Design: Duct tape pockets, slime, bookmarks and birdhouses are a few of the projects campers work on during their week at art camp. Many different materials are used to create and strengthen our fine motor skills.
• Artist Study: Based on the introduction of a different artist each week (and their works of art), campers create their own masterpieces while gaining an understanding and appreciation for the creation of others.

Campers build upon their previous knowledge of art and start focusing on color mixing, what observational drawing is, and an introduction to perspective and shading.

• Color and exploring: experimenting with color and understanding how to mix secondary colors from primary colors.
• Line type
• Shape and seeing the difference between geometric shapes and organic shapes.
• Texture and exploring how to create texture from materials and other sources.
• Advancing art vocabulary
• Advancing drawing skills
• Use of elements of art and motor skills to discover how to fine tune drawing skills.

Campers really dive into their creative skills and try out new projects! The Masters will work on observational drawing both inside and outside, how to shade with different mediums, use of line and patterns and be introduced to two point perspective!

• Color and Learning about Complementary Colors and Becoming comfortable to mix and create colors: Primary Colors, Secondary Colors, Tertiary Colors
• Line Type Using a variety of line type to create patterns and form
• Shape and Advancing the use of shape to create more realistic work of art through observational drawing
• Texture and Exploring texture to add a variety of detail in the work of art
• Form and Understanding and working with shading create a more 3D and realistic drawing
• Advancing and developing a well rounded art vocabulary
• Advancing drawing skills and Developing the use of an art eye to look at the world in a more creative way that can be translated into art

Campers learn skills at a more advanced level as they are challenged to try their hands and imaginations at fun projects to match their creative ability.

• Color and The use of primary, secondary and tertiary colors and understanding their complementary colors. Understanding what a tint and a shade is in relation to color
• Line Type
• Shape and form and Learning how to abstract form and shape
• Texture and Experimenting with materials to create multimedia works of art with texture
• Value and Expanding on the use of shading to develop drawing skills that advance realism in the work of art
• Advancing and developing a well rounded art vocabulary
• Advancing drawing skills and Working on fine tuning observational drawing for Drawing objects and Drawing from natural resources for example outside
• Introduction to perspective drawing