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How our program works
Each child is
set up with an individualized program according to age and
experience. When the student has a good understanding of
the basic drawing skills and techniques, we then progress to
watercolors, acrylics and then oils. Most children
begin drawing from pictures that are broken down into simple
steps. This prepares them for more challenging subject
matter such as a photograph or still life. Little
Artists teachers are qualified art educators that are
trained in all drawing and painting media.
Specific Techniques and skills for drawing that we aim to
teach are as follows:
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layout
and design
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sketching
and drawing variations
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elements
and principals of design
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dry
media technique
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pencil
type and pressure
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placement and thumbnail
sketches or breakdowns
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size of shapes
while practicing proportion
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positive and negative space
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location;
Horizontal, Angles, Levels
Painting Techniques are as follows:
with the study of
color: primary, secondary, and complementary colors. with
the study of technique: wash, graded wash, light to dark, dry
brush, Stipple, highlights, etc.
with technique of
painting from dark to light, opaque, edge control, and color
mixing. also value and depth, while painting from
background to foreground.
by glazing,
thin to thick appliqué, lights in lights and darks in darks.
and by painting with wet into wet, blending and texturing. |
About
Our Director . . . .
Little
Artists was opened in October, 2000 by director and head
teacher Steve Symington. Steve received his bachelor's
degree in December 1998 from Azusa Pacific University in
Azusa, CA. He majored in Liberal Studies with an art
concentration. He has worked with children since 1990
and has been teaching art since 1998.

Our teachers have been well trained in drawing , painting,
and art education.

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