Homeschool / Youth Art Classes
Black Barn offers serious drawing & painting curriculum for youth, whether your young artist is homeschooled, or off for the summer. We offer weekly classes at a monthly rate, as well as occasional intensive workshops - all to help fuel your young artist's creativity and help them grow artistically through skill building and development of techniques.
Our Instructors
Derek Gundy
Carli Christina
Farren Moss
SUMMER Homeschool - Youth Art Development
Recommended age 12 to 18, however if you have a child a little younger, who you believe would be engaged, please contact us at classes@blackbarnfineartstudio.com
Drawing Classes
Instructors Derek Gundy & Farren Moss
Fridays 10:00am-12:00pm
Materials Provided: Pencil, Pen, & Paper
$125 + tax includes all materials for in class work, however we recommend each student have their own materials for practicing at home. Sketchbooks are also helpful for having in class and working out visual ideas and compositions.
July 10th, 17th, 24th, & 31st 10:00am-12:00pm
(No class on July 3rd)
July Drawing - Tessellations
In July students will study with Derek & Farren, designing tessellations. Tessellations (or tiling) is a repeating pattern of flat shapes that covers a surface perfectly without any gaps or overlapping. They appear everywhere in daily life, from basic kitchen floor tiles and brick walls to intricate mosaics and works of art. The most well known form of tessellations are likely in the artwork of M.C. Escher (pictured)
August Drawing - Animal Anatomy
Study animal anatomy in a drawing class with Derek Gundy & Farren Moss. Each week will feature a different animal, where students will study the skeletal system, muscles, & place them in an overall silhouette of the subject.
A different animal will be featured each week, and of course one of those weeks will have to be horses!
Week 1: Horse
Week 2: Wild Boar
Week 3: Duck
Week 4: Individual Projects
Painting Studio Classes
Instructors Derek Gundy & Farren Moss
Fridays 1:00-3:00pm
During the months of July & August students will be able to explore and experiment with all mediums. We are opening up the painting studio to create work in the mediums watercolor, gouache, & acrylics.
$125 + tax includes all materials for in class work. Students may use brushes that remain with the studio and can help themselves to canvases from Derek's upstairs "shop". Students working in watercolor can be provided with a loaded palette that becomes theirs, and we'll provide basic brushes that can become the property of the students so they can continue to work at home as well.
This class is appropriate for students with a little prior painting experience who have been wanting to develop skills in painting pursuing unique projects with guidance from Farren & Derek.
July Fridays - 10th, 17th, 24th, & 31st (no class July 3rd)
Recommended age 12 to 18, however if you have a child a little younger, who you believe would be engaged, please contact us at classes@blackbarnfineartstudio.com
Want to register your young artist for double sessions on the same day? For example Drawing on Fridays from 10-12, and Painting from 1-3?
We offer a 20% bundle discount for one student taking two classes on the same day. They are welcome to bring a lunch, and enjoy a lunch break from 12-1 in between classes
If you wish to register a student at this rate, contact Derek Gundy at classes@blackbarnfineartstudio.com and he will make arrangements for you.
