Art Classes Fall 2024
Fall Term: 10 classes starting Tuesday, September 10 to Tuesday, November 12, or Wednesday, September 11 to November 13, or Thursday, September 12 to November 16, 2024.
Inclement weather: If the Beaverton School District is closed due to inclement weather there will be no art class
To sign up for class please email Ingrid at ingridgharper@gmail.com, or leave a text at 503-803-0199
Price $200 for the term or $25 per class. Cash, check or Zelle payable to Ingrid Harper at the beginning of class.
Supply list: To every class, please bring a spiral bound sketchbook, approximately 9x12 inches. All other materials will be provided in class.
Class time: Classes meet once a week. Please pick one class time from the following:
Wednesday: 6:30-8:00pm; adults
Tuesday: 4:30-6:30 or Thursday: 4:45-6:15pm; ages 7 through 17
NOTE: If you cannot come to your regular class time you are welcome to come for a make-up class within the same week. Please let me know
beforehand which day you will be coming.
Fall Curriculum
REMEMBER TO BRING A SKETCHBOOK TO EACH CLASS. ALL OTHER MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED
Week 1 Tuesday, September 10, or Wednesday, September 11, or Thursday, September 12
Theme: Positive and negative space. The golden mean.
Materials: Sketchbook, black and white charcoal pencils.
We will divide a page in the sketch book into the golden mean: on the largest section we glue a dark paper.
Studying objects from nature: rocks, branches, sticks we will start by drawing with white charcoal pencil on the dark paper and continue with black
charcoal on the white side creating a visual balance between the two sides.
Week 2 Tuesday, September 17, Wednesday, September 18, or Thursday, September 19
Theme: Placement of objects on the picture plane
Materials: Sketch book, charcoal pencils and gouache
We will draw objects wrapped up in soft, white cloth and twine looking for recognizable shapes in the objects and the spaces between the objects, and
paying attention to the golden mean ad its diagonals.
Week 3 Tuesday, September 24, Wednesday, September 25, Thursday, September 26
Theme: Land art
Materials: Sketch book, pencils, watercolor, conte crayon and charcoal
We will study Christo and Jeanne-Claude covered monuments and curtains in landscapes and create a landscape with a sense of space using
atmospheric perspective where sculptures create a delightful surprise in the landscape.
Week 4 Tuesday, October 1, Wednesday, October 2, and Thursday, October 3
Theme: Perspective (brick walls and sidewalks)
Materials: Sketch book, pencils, gouache paint, color pencils/ sidewalk chalk.
We will get inspired by sidewalk artist and using perspective come up with our own drawings using pencils and paint.
Week 5 Tuesday, October 8, Wednesday, October 9, Thursday, October 10
Theme: 1- and 2-point perspective
Materials: Sketch book, watercolor and pens
Looking at rooms from ancient Pompei we will make a drawing using orthogonal perspective.
Week 6 Tuesday, October 15, Wednesday, October 16, Thursday, October 17
Theme: Perspective/ blocks
Artist: Paul Klee
Materials: Sketch book, pens and watercolor.
We will get inspired by Paul Klee and use pencils, pens and watercolor to make a drawing looking at blocks.
This drawing will be used as a basis for the painting we will work on during the last three classes.
Week 7 Tuesday, October 22, Wednesday, October 23, Thursday, October 24
Theme: Orthogonal, Color/color wheel
Artist: Paul Klee
Materials: Sketch book, 9"x12' canvas, acrylic paints
Looking in our sketch book and blocks we will compose a painting on the 9"x12"canvas. The composition will use orthogonals to create a checkered
ground for the blocks.
Week 8 Tuesday, October 29, Wednesday, October 30, Thursday, October 31
Theme: Color
Materials: Sketch book, pencils, 9"x12"canvas and acrylic paint
We will study the negative space around our blocks on the canvas and balance it with texture and neutral colors.
Week 9 Tuesday, November 5, Wednesday, November 6, Thursday, November 7
Theme: Color triads and perspective
Materials: 9"x12" canvas, acrylic paint and water-soluble oil paint
We will paint with acrylic paint and perhaps markers and pens and finish with oil paint when the acrylic is dry.
Week 10 Tuesday, November 12, Wednesday, November 13, Thursday, November 14
Theme: Color and perspective
Materials: 9"x12' canvas, pens
We will finish the painting.
Fall break: Last two weeks of November. The art classes start again the first week of December.
