DEGAS SUMMER ART PROGRAM

Summer is here! Time to have fun, and learn new skills that will stay with kids their whole lives!

The main purpose of the DEGAS SUMMER ART PROGRAM is to let learners dip their toes in creating, and take the first steps in expressing themselves through art. This 12- hour program is the Summer Season, one of the four season sets of exploratory art activities. All art activities will come from the three main paths: Drawing, Storytelling, and Design. The idea is that through these free, unrelated activities, the student gets to have fun, and see their potential as creators, and see if art is a primary interest for themselves.

As an added bonus, enrollees can use the skills they have picked up in these activities for the FUNdamentals of Art Program, the after-school Art Program that we also offer!

Method of Teaching
This course provides live instructor-led demonstration and discussions, student engagement and on-the-spot hands on exercises using Zoom or Google Meet. Students will be given instruction on how to tackle the day’s art activity, and they can submit this to DEGAS for collation and eventual presentation (as necessary, and as desired).

Prerequisites - Students must have the following:

• Zoom application, or Gmail account (for Google Meet)
• A supply of clean paper
• A supply of Heavy Paper
• Some colored paper (we will use green, yellow, and brown, but we won’t dictate on the colors)  At least one pencil
• Non-Toxic Poster Paints  At least one round brush
• At least one flat, broad brush  Some paste or soluble liquid glue
• At least three eggs (you can have the eggs, we only need the shells) Some optional requirements:  Colored Pencils, if you don’t feel like using paints
• Cleaning materials for the paint

1 - Draw Myself:

Students will draw themselves doing a theme[1]related activity and wearing summer-related clothes and accessories.

Materials Required:

• Paper
• Pencil
• Coloring Materials (we discourage the use of markers)

2 - What Happens Next?

The Gabay narrates a story, and at crucial moments, students fill in the blanks of the story, mad[1]libs style. They then pick their favorite part of the story to draw.

Materials Required:

• Paper
• Pencil

3 - Paint! Paint! Paint!

Students will play around with paints this time, and they will pick any subject that is summer-related!

Materials Required:

• Heavy Paper
•  Pencil
• Non-Toxic Poster Paints
• 1 Round Brush
• 1 Broad Brush

4 - Home is Where My Family Is

Students draw their house and their parent(s), siblings, househelpers, as well as themselves, in a summer setting

Materials Required:

• Paper
• Pencil
• Coloring Materials (we still discourage the use of markers)

5 - I Lost My Pencil: What Can I Do with Paper?

Students will learn how to make origami. Younger students might require adult assistance and supervision in accurately folding and following instructions.

Materials Required:

• Colored Paper
• Scissors (adult supervision and assistance required for younger students)

6 - Color Theory, But Summer

Students will learn the basics of color theory, and will apply it by coloring a summer object silhouette assigned by The Gabay.

Materials Required:

• Paper
• Pencil
• Coloring Materials (yup, you guessed it, no markers) · Non-Toxic Poster Paints (for the students who like to paint)
• Brush

7 - Have You Ever Seen a Plaid Fish? How about a purple monkey?

Students will be assigned to draw an animal you usually associate with summer. No color and pattern is too wild!

Materials Required:

• Paper
• Pencil
• Coloring Materials (we really hope you didn’t buy markers)
• Non-Toxic Poster Paints (we really hope you bought this instead, though it’s optional at this session too)
• Brush

8 - Choose Your Own Summer Adventure

The Gabay will narrate a story, and Students will vote on which path the story takes. They will draw the end of their adventure!

Materials Required:

• Paper
• Pencil
• Coloring Materials (please, no markers)
• Non-Toxic Poster Paints · Brush

9 - Why Iced Tea is Warm: Color Temperature

Students will learn the basic concept of Color Temperature, and apply it by coloring summer-themed objects

Materials Required:

• Paper
• Pencil
• Coloring Materials (Hard to convey temperature with markers. We’ve tried.)
• Non-Toxic Poster Paints
• Brush

10 - Fantastic Vehicles, and How to Ride Them

Students will have this question as a prompt: If you were to visit all of the summer destinations of the world, what will you use? Hot air balloon, car, ship, plane,

Materials Required:

• Paper
• Pencil
• Coloring Materials (it’s a little hard to travel with markers)

11 - The Story of Colors: A Summer Story

Students will combine Storytelling with Design in this session as they learn the basics of Color Psychology

Materials Required:

• Heavy Paper
• Coloring Materials (markers will tend to darken once combined, so we won’t use them here)
• Non-Toxic Poster Paints
• Brush

12 - An Eggciting way to end the Summer: Mosaics

Students create a mosaic using all of the color theory they have learned so far, by drawing the outline of the subject, pasting eggshells on it, and painting said eggshells

Materials Required:

• Heavy Paper
• Crushed Eggshells (you can eat the eggs themselves)
• Paste or a soluble liquid glue (please, no strong adhesives)
• Non-Toxic Poster Paints
• 1 Round Brush
• 1 Broad Brush

No. of Days:

12