All Youth Visual Arts Homeschool classes are on the first and third Wednesdays of each month from 9:30-11:00 am at the Northfield Arts Guild Art Studio (lower level). All classes are appropriate for students ages 5-12.
To register for a class, click on the class title or session. Completing the class registration page will create a shopping cart for you to register for as many classes as you like! If you’re a NAG member, don’t forget to create an account and sign in to receive your 10% class discount, too!
Don’t forget to check out our Dance and Music Classes for Home Schoolers!
Winter/Spring 2016
April – Donatello & Leonardo da Vinci = Students of Science and Sculpture
We will modify the methods of Donatello to replicate his “haggard look” sculptures – considered controversial in their time. DaVinci’s unique writing style and futuristic creative spirit will inspire our own drawings of fantastical inventions.
Skills: hand-built sculpture, drawing
Art concepts: Sculpture, form, texture, composition
Dates: April 6 & 20
May: Michelangelo & Raphael = Rivals of the Renaissance
We will look at Raphael’s use of one-point perspective as a way to create depth in our own paintings. Then, we’ll learn about the life and works of Michelangelo before working in one of his most famous mediums: fresco (painting on plaster)!
Skills: painting, drawing, plaster (fresco) painting, gross and fine motor skills
Art concepts: perspective, surface medium, composition
Dates: May 4 & 18
Visual Arts Instructor: Kelly Lynn Stanton-Nutt, is better known as “Ms. Kelly” by her students. She has been teaching Art at St. Dominic School for the past five years. A love of travel provides a world of creative inspiration in the art studio with her students. She was a graphic designer for several years before getting her MS in Art & Design Education from Pratt Institute.
