Embark on a creative journey with our Term 4 Curriculum for 2026, tailored for children aged 5–8. This 10-week series is designed to develop foundational art skills across a variety of mediums and techniques. Each weekly class explores a new topic, ensuring a balanced and exciting learning experience for budding artists.
What’s Included in the Program?
- Still Life Sketching: Combine shapes into forms and learn shading techniques to showcase light sources and shadows.
- Tonal Value: Explore light source shading, hue, tint, and shade to enhance depth and graduation in artwork.
- Colour Theory & Composition Studies: Learn about chiaroscuro, the rule of thirds, and tonal rendering to master painting compositions.
- Chinese Ink Painting: Discover watercolour techniques to create bird shapes, gestural linework, and tonal awareness.
- Character Through Pencil Layering: Write artist statements, practice observation drawing, and develop fine detail layering techniques.
- Architecture Drawings: Draw urban skylines, reflections, and building forms with implied movement and architectural accuracy.
- Surreal Panoramic Views: Create surreal landscapes with panoramic perspectives and imaginative elements.
- Block Printing Art Analysis: Master block printing techniques, including colour harmony, silhouettes, and positive/negative space.
- Decorative Graphic Design: Learn scratch foam relief printing with a focus on design, contrast, and graphic principles.
- How to Draw Reptile Eyes: Capture the intricate anatomy and emotive details of reptile eyes using 2D-to-3D transfer techniques.
Program Highlights:
- Duration: 10 sessions (one session per week for the term).
- Session Length: 2 hours per class.
- Learning Outcomes: Build skills in observation, shading, composition, colour theory, and creative expression across multiple mediums.
