Applied Fine Art Institute
The purpose of the Great Initiative For Talented Students Applied Fine Art Institute is to offer a positive youth development (PYD) intervention to enhance talent, creativity, resiliency, applied academic competencies, and social emotional competence of program participants. These classes are designed to help the student apply their academic study and knowledge to real life so they may increase their comprehension of their academic studies, making better progress.
The project offers 20 two-hour sessions offered year round. Each lesson is taken over two sessions. The lessons are designed to introduce participants to the basics of drawing, composition and painting and to cultivate artistic talent by involving youth in a program that will hone their observation and expression skills. The artwork they complete may be included in their portfolio submission to various art institutions and or to help the student understand their academic subjects through visual application.
The project offers 20 two-hour sessions offered year round. Each lesson is taken over two sessions. The lessons are designed to introduce participants to the basics of drawing, composition and painting and to cultivate artistic talent by involving youth in a program that will hone their observation and expression skills. The artwork they complete may be included in their portfolio submission to various art institutions and or to help the student understand their academic subjects through visual application.
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B a s i c D r a w i n g C l a s s e s
Lessons 1a & 1b: Getting Started Developing Your Artistic Mindset Generalization vs. Details Thinking vs. Seeing Drawing Tools Gesture and Free Expression Lessons 2a & 2b: Fundamentals of Drawing Positive / Negative Space Lines and Basic Shapes Form and Contour Figure and Ground Relationship Symmetry Lessons 3a & 3b: Light & Shadow Seeing Value Seeing Patterns Shading Technique Blending Technique Rendering Volume Lessons 4a & 4b: Beyond the Basics Eye Level Linear Perspective 3-Dimensional Shapes Foreshortening Still Life Drawing Lessons 5a & 5b: Composition Arrangement Leading the Eye Focal Points Placement Theory Framing |
B a s i c P a i n t i n g C l a s s e s
Lessons 6a & 6b: Getting Ready Developing Your Painting Mindset Reproduction vs. Creativity Painting Tools Forms and Free Expression Experimentation Lessons 7a & 7b: Fundamentals of Painting Developing a Theme Color Theory Line, Shape, Texture Value and Volume Compositional Harmony Lessons 8a & 8b: Light and Surface Value of Color Creating Texture Brushwork Technique Palette Knife Technique Mixed Media Lessons 9a & 9b: Art History Slide Show Major Art Movements Major Renaissance Artists Art of Ancient China and Japan Art of India Major Modern Artists Lessons 10a & 10b: Painting Your Way Experimenting With Genre Landscape Representational Abstract Geometrical |
Learner Outcomes
- Participants will exercise and heighten observation skills.
- Participants will learn how to create drawings and paintings.
- Participants will compile a portfolio of their work as a culminating activity.
- Participants will cultivate their own original voices.
