Ages: 5-12yrsCost: $10 a class (supplies included)Classes Start: September 11thDay: Mondays for 6 weeksTime: 4-5pmLocation: TAF Creative Art Center 53 W Main St. American ForkClass description: Come explore painting with acrylics with Miss Liz!! Learn how to use different tools such as brushes, sponges, toothpicks, tape, and glow paint to create your own unique awesomeness! Each week will have a new theme and technique that will build from class to class ending in an epic final project! Come to one or all classes!Week 1: Tree Basics Painting (Brushes and Techniques)Students will learn different brushes and strokes to paint a tree.Week 2: Flower Basics Painting (Color Theory)Students will learn blending methods to paint flowers utilizing brush techniques.Week 3: Abstract Painting (Contrast Theory)Students will use various materials to learn how to use contrast in conjunction with color and brush strokes, to create an abstract painting using painters tape.Week 4: Space Painting (Depth and Dimension)Students will use different tools such as sponges and toothpicks with regular and glow paint in utilizing skills taught thus far in combination of learning about depth and dimension to create a space painting with nebulas and stars.Week 5: Ocean Beach (Texture)Students will learn how to add texture combined with skills previously learned to create a beach scene that involves movement and texture.Week 6: MountainscapeStudents will utilize all techniques over the past 5 weeks with the culmination of a final painting in which they will add elements from each previous painting to create a mountain landscape.Instructor: Liz Petersen has been teaching painting since 2016. She created a mobile painting instruction business called Potluck Paint Party to bring the joy of painting to all, as she believes in the power of art therapy and connecting socially through creativity. You can check out more at: facebook.com/potluckpaintparty and potluckpaintparty.com
