KidsArt-Valencia

Ages/Grades: 4 years - 18 years

Camp Season: Workshops offered: Cartooning & Japanese Anime, animation, Figure Drawing & Portraiture, Clay Sculpture, and A Palette of Art (this includes Cartoon Paper Sculpture and a taste of all of the other workshops offered). We are offering a new 4-6 year old workshop that teaches our younger campers how to create favorite characters from books, movies and television using clay and cartoon paper sculpture. Art projects for younger campers are designed for shorter attention spans and will be interspersed with reading stories about the characters they are learning to draw and sculpt.

Setting: At our art studio (which is fully equipped with all art supplies and materials, including easels, artist benches, paints, brushes, clay, etc.) campers will be inspired by professional artists teaching them how to handle art materials, create beautiful paintings, sculptures and other works of art. Campers will have great fun while learning skills they can use for years to come.

Gender: Coed

Camp Capacity: 12 campers to a Workshop with two teachers

Pricing: $225 each workshop 1-2 Workshops; $210 each workshop 3-4 workshops; $195 each workshop 5-8 workshops

Activities: Learn to draw and paint, sculpt, create a three-dimensional cartoon paper sculpture, and more! Campers build self-confidence and pride in their abilities, as they create in ways they did not think possible! Finished pieces of art are wonderful to display at home or in the office, or to give as gifts to relatives and friends. It is exciting for our campers to know they have new found skills, and want to share the "how to" with family and friends!

Additional Information:

JAPANESE ANIMÉ & CARTOONING

Evoke humor through exaggeration, and learn the basic fundamentals of both traditional American and Japanese style-cartooning. Campers use techniques to create their own imaginative characters. More advanced campers will have the opportunity to learn fundamental drawing techniques to achieve skilled representations of their favorite super heroes and detailed Animé characters. Proper proportions of anatomy are learned by putting shapes together to create the body and its separate components.

(Ages 7 and up)*

 FIGURE DRAWING & PORTRAITURE

Tired of drawing stick figures? Learn to draw 3-dimensional heads and figures using simple step techniques. Discover the fundamentals of drawing the human form and the structure of the human head. The camper's power of observation and ability to capture the 3-dimensional quality of the figure will be challenging and fun to draw! Media such as, but not limited to, graphite, charcoal, pastels, and conte crayons will be used. (Ages 9 and up)*

CLAY SCULPTURE

Hands on studio workshop where the camper is guided through a step-by-step process from inception to the finished piece. Campers learn to sculpt and paint animals, a bas relief landscape, and a 3-dimensional building. The camper will derive great satisfaction watching the materials be transformed while learning basic sculpting methods. Multiple materials and techniques are introduced to inspire interest and creativity.

(Ages 7 and up)*

*Curriculum projects may vary year-to-year.

A PALETTE OF ART

Day 1: Cartoon Paper Sculpture- Learn how to draw and make a favorite cartoon into a three-dimensional paper sculpture.

 Day 2: Portraiture- Learn the basic measuring techniques of drawing the human head. Then translate your new found knowledge into a self-portrait or drawing of a family member.

 Day 3: Cartooning- Increase your cartooning skills by learning fundamental procedures in drawing your favorite characters.

 Day 4: Clay Sculpture- Draw, sculpt, and paint an animal of your choice in Sculpy

 Day 5: Animé- Learn to draw popular Animé cartoons   (Ages 7 and up)*

 

NEW! CLAY & PAPER SCULPTURE WORKSHOP for AGES 4-6**

Each day, 4-6 year old campers will have the opportunity to participate in three hours of fun, educational, and creative learning. Projects will be geared to the attention span of this age group with short breaks in between projects. The child’s favorite characters from books, movies, and television will be drawn, painted, and/or sculpted in a variety of mediums such as colored pencils, markers, and watercolors. This workshop will give younger campers an opportunity to learn basic drawing and painting techniques, as well as learning rudimentary paper and clay sculpture skills.  Campers will finish the workshop excited to see story and cartoon characters come to life by their own hands!

*Enrollment of younger campers based upon teacher recommendation.

**Offered at select locations only.