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Art with Abrakadoodle
Success Zone / Sienna Crossing -
2023 Spring
Abrakadoodle delivers the very best in visual arts classes! We offer multi-media, multicultural and STEAM-based programs. In our art classes students will experiment with a variety of art materials while they develop their imaginations and have fun learning about artists, techniques, and art styles from around the world.
Semester at a Glance:
| Week | Artist | Lesson/Activity |
| 1 | American Elizabeth Murray | Jigsaw Doodle Paint vibrant colors on puzzle type shapes and use 3 DO’s to give it a 3 dimensional look |
| 2 | Cochiti Pueblo Helen Cordero | Storyteller Doodle Create a doll from clay like the people of Chochiti Pueblo in New Mexico |
| 3 | British Patrick Benson | Owl Babies Doodle Draw an owl and then apply “cross hatching” to show shade or texture. |
| 4 | American Lisa Kowalski | Lisa Kowalski Doodle Create a dynamic painting with freeform shapes and bold colors of the children’s choosing. |
| 5 | German Auguste Macke | Auguste Macke Doodle Create a “Cubist” style artwork introducing “interposition” (one object in front of another to show distance between them). |
| 6 | Oaxacan Mexican Art | Oaxacan Animals Create a colorful carved animal from clay and then personalize. |
| 7 | Nigeria Indigo Art | Indigo Cloth Art Mimic the Nigerian creation of a beautiful cloth (Adire) by painting the paper and scratching a design into the paint with a stylus, called sgraffito. |
| 8 | American Charles Schulz | Cartoon Faces Draw a cartoon from the Peanuts cartoon strip using simple shapes. |
| 9 | The Netherlands Vincent van Gogh | Starry Night Doodle Painting the night sky with your favorite colors, stars, planets, etc. |
| 10 | Creative Inspiration: What artist and/or culture and/or story inspired you the most during the previous 9 weeks? | Showcase/Artist Challenge Children will select the materials for their creative inspiration and parents will be invited to join in on the fun. |
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Sienna Crossing Elementary
Mondays, Feb 27 - May 15
3:45 - 4:55 PM
No Class Mar 13 & Apr 10
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Grades
K - 5th
$
180.00
for 10 sessions
