How Our Program Works

Each child is set up with an individualized program according to age and experience.  Once the student has a firm grasp of basic drawing skills and techniques, we can then progress to painting with watercolors, acrylics and oils. Most children begin drawing from pictures that are broken down into simple steps. This prepares them for more challenging subject matters such as photographs or still life objects. All Little Artists teachers are qualified art educators that are trained in all drawing and painting media. For a more detailed breakdown of our art techniques, see below.

Our Drawing Techniques:

– layout and design

– sketching and drawing variations

– elements and principals of design

– dry media technique

– pencil type and pressure

– placement and thumbnail sketches or breakdowns

– size of shapes while practicing proportion

– positive and negative space

– location, orientation, angles, levels

Our Painting Techniques:

Watercolors

wash, graded wash, light to dark, dry brush, stippling, highlights

Acrylics

opacity, edge control, color mixing, value and depth, painting from dark to light, painting from the background to foreground

Oils

glazing, thin to thick appliqué, lights in lights and darks in darks, wet into wet, blending, texturing