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We’re on the move AGAIN! This year, we will be nestled at thebeautiful Carriage House in Prospect Park! Also, each week of thissummer’s art camps will focus on a different art skill. Week Onewill focus on Watercolor Techniques by offering a daily drawinglesson. The Teen Art Camps are open to teens, ages 12-18(middle school and high school), who are developing as visualartists. Although the focus of the camp is on art-making, the teencamp is open to digital art creators and writers/literary artists whowould like to bring their own fully charged hand-held devices (therewill be spots available to charge if needed). A variety of artmaterials are included for teens to choose from (acrylic paints,pastels, alcohol markers, colored pencils, charcoal, collage, sculptingclay, and more). Teens are welcome to bring their own materialsfrom home as well. Here’s what you and your teen can expect:Essentially, each day of camp will include a drawing lesson, OpenStudio Time for teens to work on their own wish-list of projects, andself-directed breaks to explore the park. It can’t be all work and noplay! We may also throw in a group art project which has becomea camp favorite activity.Day 1: Develop an Artist Plan. It sounds serious, but it’s not! Artistsneed to make plans. Otherwise, we can end up swimming in “idea”lakes forever. Creators will simply explore their interests and ideasin order to come up with a starting point goal about the kinds ofprojects that they would like to work on during the week. The goalwill be visited daily and will remain flexible. Artists will also get theirfirst Watercolor Lesson and they will be expected to applydrawing to one project for the week.Day 2-3: Daily painting skill lessons and Open Studio Time to workon their individual Artist Plans. During Open Studio Time, teensreceive individualized micro-lessons and tips, get support turning“mistakes” into opportunities, and/or receive guidance on how towork through moments of self-doubt.Day 4: Teen Creators will be asked to select their favorite project(s)of the week to put in an Art Showcase on the last day of camp. Thegoal is to enjoy looking at the work and take a moment to tellfamily/friends about it. These days will include the daily paintingskill lesson and Open Studio Time to work on their individual ArtistPlans.Day 5: Finalize Work to put in the Artist Showcase.(Note: 12 year olds can attend either the Kids’ art camp or theTeens art camp. We find that 12 year olds who are in middle schooltend to be a good fit in the Teen art camp and those in elementaryschool are a good fit for the Kids art camp. The choice is entirelyup to the parent.)
Week Two features a series of Watercolor Paintinglessons beforeopen studio!
Activity Category
Art Classes
Location
1352 Prospect Drive, Redlands, CA 92373
Instructor
Cindy Walker
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