Dunbarton Fairport United Church
1066 Dunbarton Road
Pickering, L1V 1G8
Wednesdays & Fridays
Kids-5:30-7pm - Youth-7:15-8:45pm
Saturday Mornings
Beginners-9-10:30am - Kids-10:45am-12:15pm
Limited to 8 Students
Small groups for
personalized attention
All Supplies Included
Watercolors, charcoal, pastels,
pencils & more
All Art Spark Levels...
90 minute class: $25 + hst/class
Sold in bundles of Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall Terms
High-quality, non-toxic materials provided
Foundational Skills in drawing, painting & sculpture
Beautiful pieces to frame and display proudly
Small classes mean personalized guidance
Sense of mastery that builds creative confidence
Art helps children slow down and observe beauty
Try out one of my art classes for free... Both children and adults are welcome and will be pleasantly surprised at how much fun we have. Please call me at 905-839-7816 to arrange your free trial...
Perfect for our youngest artists with shorter attention spans
Mixed skill levels, same lesson adapted for each student
More advanced instruction with greater creative freedom
Learning to make art is a big skill, not unlike learning to read. Children need foundational skills to learn how to read and write.
Art making also has foundational skills that can be taught. I have twenty years of experience teaching children and adults the foundational skills for drawing, painting, and sculpture in a fun step-by-step format that fosters a sense of mastery.
My favorite part of the lessons is when my students proudly show their parent or guardian their artwork and their adults are genuinely delighted and surprised with their work.
Many of my student's homes are decorated with framed class projects.
Thank you for your interest in my art lessons! Peaceful Happiness... Ms. Judith
Dear Ms Judith,
Thank you! Thank you for teaching me lots and lots of Art. It helped when we are doing art projects in school. I hope you are having a very wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year! I hope you had a very good year. Your art classes are sooo very fun and good. Everyday I couldn't wait until Wednesday would come... Just thank you so much for everything you've done... I just can't write or say how thankful I am of your art classes and for teaching me and making me better at art! I hope to see you next year... Have a merry merry Christmas and a happy New Year... Ethan (9 yrs)
Art is fun. It helps kids and adults be calm and happy...
Making art helps people to slow down and become more aware of the beauty of their visual surroundings.
Art making improves:
You also get beautiful works of art to take home, frame and hang proudly on your wall.
Drawing is the foundational skill for my art lessons: Every lesson starts with assembling the shapes... Then we will walk through the steps of applying various art media ...
Art skills we develop include:
Using high quality, non-toxic art supplies, your young artist will learn to create art using the following mediums:
Not all media used every term, but these are the art media and techniques used in my lessons... Each project will take 2 to 3 weeks to complete, depending on the complexity of the project...
Put a dot in the middle. I always start the lesson the same way. Often I will ask the kids: "What do we do first?" They'll all yell out... "Put a dot in the middle!"
And so it goes, first the dot, then a line, this side of the middle, this long, and at this angle... Put a smile and a frown around that line and we will have an oval in the right place, angle and size. I start all of my art lessons with shapes ...
Put the shapes together in the right way and boom - a duck that looks like a duck... Kids love that, adults love that; and that is how we start every lesson.
Picasso once said:
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
I sincerely believe that Mr. Picasso is right. Kids get art intuitively.
The goal of my teaching is to give my students the art making skills and confidence they need to allow their creative natures to flourish into adulthood...
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." - Picasso
In-person Art Lessons; Wednesdays and Fridays after school... and Saturday Mornings:
The lessons will be located at Dunbarton Fairport United Church located at:
1066 Dunbarton Road in Pickering. L1V 1G8
The kids will be working with various art media, including watercolours, charcoal, oil pastels, and of course graphite and colour pencils. Supplies will be included in the term and enrolment is limited to 8 students per class.
Every Art lesson includes:
This provides enough guidance to let the kids feel mastery and enough freedom to allow their natural creativity to shine through. Having new artworks from your children every week is also a real pick-me-up for parents' busy lives.
Let your children enjoy these weekly art lessons... Ms. Judith continues to teach her students to create fun art projects that they are proud of. The lessons are relaxing and offer a safe and fun activity that keeps the learning momentum going....
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