GVNCP: Art Classes

Format: Online Zoom
Date/Time: Thursdays, 3 PM - 5 PM 
Class Dates: January 22 through March 12

Course Description: Class is mostly indoors, but students will visit their outdoor backyard too.  This class is both informative and fun! Explore your own backyard. Draw nature and  things in your backyard. Start or expand your Art Journal. Drawing the things of nature  helps people to learn about nature. This is a drawing class, a nature class, and a show-n-tell  class. On Zoom, talk with classmates about your art, nature journal, and nature in your  backyard. In September to November, students will make art related to the fall season. In  class, we’ll draw things such as sticks, leaves, autumn scenes, tracks, animals, the backyard  landscape, backyard map, etc. Each day of class, there will be a few different drawing  activities, indoors, as well as one or two nature-exploration activities, outdoors, in your backyard. There will be a lot of free-hand sketching, as well as some tracing too.  

Recommended: during class, at least for the first few days of class, parents should assist students with Zoom and the class, for students who are under age 12.  

Course Materials:
Teacher provides web page with sheets for student to print out at home. 
Required to bring to class (provided by student/family):

1. Smart phone, iPad, and or computer (laptop or desktop) with Zoom software. (Most people find the smart phone the most handy to bring and use outdoors.) 
2. Printer to print out sheets of nature activities. Every week, print 3 new sheets, before the class period starts on Thursday. 
3. Digital camera or smart phone to take outdoor photos. Be able to email about 4 photos to instructor, each week. Photos are not necessarily taken every day of class, but it's good to be prepared. 
4. Dress for outdoor weather in your backyard. 
5. clipboard 
6. 3-ring binder for nature journal 
7. hole puncher 
8. unlined paper 8.5 x 11” (printer paper) 
9. tracing paper 8.5 x 11” (25 sheets) 
10. pencils 
11. colored pencils 
12. crayons 
13. optional: an assortment of soft and hard artist pencils (e.g. 2H, 2B, 4B) - just a 4 pencil set or a set with more pencils. Or just the 2B and 4B pencil. Optional: especially the 2B and 4B pencils can be used in class.

Backyard Art Zoom Syllabus

Format: Online Zoom
Date/Time: Fridays, 3 PM - 5 PM 
Class Dates: January 23 through March 13

Course Description: Class is mostly indoors, with 10 minutes outdoors in your backyard each day of class. This class is both informative and fun! Explore landscape architecture and yard design. It’s a discussion class and drawing class. Kids can talk with other kids and a teacher about art, sculptures, plants, design, backyards, and swing sets with other kids. We’ll be looking at photos of backyards, gardens, swing sets, and more. We’ll be drawing backyards and gardens too.

Recommended: during class, at least for the first few days of class, parents should assist students with Zoom and the class, for students who are under age 12.  

Landscape Architecture Zoom Topics include: Landscape architecture, yard design, trees, flowers, patios, sculptures, swing sets, gardens, art, drawings, plans, design journal, and more.

Course Materials:
Teacher provides web page with sheets for student to print out at home. 
Required to bring to class (provided by student/family):

1. Smart phone, iPad, and or computer (laptop or desktop) with Zoom software. (Most people find the smart phone the most handy to bring and use outdoors.) 
2. Printer to print out sheets about landscape architecture. Every week, print 3 new sheets, before the class period starts on Friday.
3. Dress for outdoor weather in your backyard. (This class is mostly indoors, but there’ll be about 10minutes during each class to go outdoors to notice things in the landscape.)
4. 3-ring binder for nature journal 
5. hole puncher 
6. unlined paper 8.5 x 11” (printer paper) 
7. tracing paper 8.5 x 11” (25 sheets) 
8. pencils 
9. colored pencils 
10. crayons 

Landscape Architecture Zoom Syllabus