Clay Play! Camp

June 18-22

July 23-27 (new projects and techniques!)

All ceramics will be explored; wheel throwing, sculpture, mugs, plates, bowls!

This reads: I love, enjoy, devoure, adore, and will never stop doing art!!!!  I hope she is looking forward to being Studio 4 Art's marketing department.

Clay play is always enjoyed by young and old.  Our philosophy in this camp is all about personal style and ideas.  In the beginning of each day, we introduce a new technique or approach in using clay, along with a challenge to build on the creative process.

What can you create with a boxed, hollow form?

The above picture does not show scale, these were created by using a tile as a template, 4x4 and 2x2.  From robots, to mice to jewelry and treasure boxes, all individually unique!  It is our style, no two should be alike, because we are all different!

Food + Art = Yummy fun!

June 11-15 Camp

August 20-24 (different projects will be created than those shown from first week.) 

Most of our inspirations were our own, creating in clay, chalk pastels, detailed pencil drawings and paintings.  All inspiration was from foods we love.  It is always fun to play with your food!

This was our exercise before we played with our food.  Portraiture, placement, texture, shape, line and details all explored.

Personal style, excessively cute!

 Blending, layering, shape, shade and definition assisted in creating our still life drawn with chalk pastels.  This drawing below is the beginning of an exercise that Studio 4 Art has all of its students exercise, which is training the eye to see like an artists sees.  Artists are the most observant people on this planet, I guarantee it!

Beginning to see like an artist, begins with closing your eyes and feeling the shape and texture.

Could she be any more focused!

On our last day of camp, as a treat and exercise to combine all that we have learned throughout the week...a study of a cupcake.  Then, we eat it!  This artist is so focused, looking at different colors in the frosting, the paper cup and the shadow.  Even to the little bits of chocolate on top! 

The number one response I heard from parents, "Oh, my gosh.  I have to get this framed!"

A glimpse of what a child will learn at Studio 4 Art

When looking at the following curriculum, you may wonder if a child as young as 5 is capable of such lessons. We believe at Studio 4 Art that they are. When a child is given proper instruction, excellent tools, wonderful supplies and small class sizes, they will create work that you never knew was possible. Most importantly, the child walks away with a new understanding of art and a self confidence that will travel with him/her for the rest of their life.

8 Week Drawing Curriculum

Lesson 1: Discover line; dark, light, thin, thick, wavy, hatching, cross hatching.
Beginning discussion on high lights, shadows, and value.

Lesson 2: White charcoal drawing on 8.5x11” colored paper (focus on value,
contrast, and composition)

Lesson 3: India Ink drawing 8.5x11“ white paper. Through discussion of landscape and layering, foreground, middle-ground and background will be discovered.

Lesson 4: Colored pencil drawing on 9 x 11” gray (black or white) sandpaper. Floral, still-life.

Week 5: Self-portrait on 11x14“ paper. Discuss proportion, measuring and shapes.

Lesson 6: Charcoal drawing on 18 x 24” white paper (rendering with
focus on value, form, contrast, and texture). Create drawings from photographs.

Week 7: Still life using refl ective objects. Discussion of light
and shadow, line quality, transparency, opacity, translucency, refl ection, and refraction.

Lesson 8: Distortion or foreshortening using pencil. 11x14" paper.
Focus on composition, emphasis, form, and proportion.