4 Weeks Teens and Kids Short Course | London Sunny Art Centre

4 Weeks | Kids and Teens Art Short Course

The 4 week-long Kids and Teens Art Short Course is suitable for art students that need to learn or practice both drawing and painting skills. The art lessons revolve around some of the most fundamental drawing techniques, followed by watercolours.

We recommend that children and teens that have not practiced painting before start with watercolours before approaching acrylic or other media. This is because it is usually easier and quicker to grasp the necessary basic painting techniques that will be useful when approaching other media.

COVID-19
To ensure the safety of our students and staff we have implemented the government's Covid-19 policies and advice (link).

Onsite & Online Virtual Art Courses

All of our art courses can be learnt in our central London art studio at Sunny Art Centre or remotely online via our live online teaching platform. The live online art tuition will follow the same structure as our on-site sessions. You can, therefore, have live interactive art lessons with our expert art tutors remotely, wherever you are.

Easy set-up for home study

Access the Zoom virtual art classroom with laptop & mobile

Laptop: Virtual tutorial with our art tutors
Mobile Camera: Tutor can monitor your working progress
Prepare Art Materials for Home Study : Online Art Course Materials pack

How are the live online courses structured?

You will receive structured lessons with reference images, concept and technique documents, short demonstration videos, plus live demos from your tutor and critiques.

Live Demonstration

Demonstration with traditional drawing/painting medium techniques: Our tutor will set up the camera to live record the demonstration during the art lesson.

Demonstration with Photoshop :

Screenshot student’s work in progress
The tutor will screen share their computer screen live with students
Correct students' work live with Photoshop; this software provides an assortment of traditional drawing and painting brush effects, allowing tutors to paint/draw digitally with academic drawing /painting techniques.

Screen Share : Allows our tutors to share their computer screen with remote students during live sessions for explanations and critiques
Screenshot / Screen Recording : Allows you to record any useful info during the virtual class
Group Learning: Monitor your classmate’s working progress and learn from their critiques.

Suitability

This 4 week-long Kids and Teens Art Short Course is suitable for beginners and for art students between 7 and 18 years of age. It is also suitable for art students that need an introduction to both drawing and watercolours.

Course Content

The content of the 4-weeks Kids and Teens Art Short Course will cover the following drawing and watercolour skills and techniques:

Drawing

Teaches students to approach subjects with a critical eye.
Encourages students to find different solutions to the problems at hand.
Provides the student with the foundation for creative thinking.
Introduces basic materials and techniques.
Places emphasis on shapes.
Includes studies of quality of line and basic shading in the form of sketches and observational studies.
Guides the student through compositional studies and techniques.
Perspective
Proportions
Tonal ranges
Mark-making

Watercolours

Introduces watercolour materials
Introduces watercolour techniques
Colour mixing.
Looks at creating different edges and textures
Approaches historical and contemporary examples
Layering techniques
Guides experiments with opacity
Covers drawing and mark-making with watercolours

The 6-weeks kids and teens art short course covers both watercolours and acrylic painting alongside the foundational drawing skills if you require training with both painting media.

ART MATERIALS PACKS

Using the right art materials playing an essential role in the art course. You can prepare your art materials by yourself from this list, to avoid the trouble of mistakenly purchasing the wrong art materials. Our art tutors have designed a variety of drawing and painting art materials packages specifically for our art courses with promising quality. They contain all the necessary art tools that you will need to use during the art lessons. You can pre-order online in the checkout page, or via this link: Art Material Packages.

Learn from Experts Tutors

Our tutors have exceptional skills and unparalleled experience when it comes to advise students for their portfolios. They graduated from world-leading art colleges such as the Royal College of Art and the Royal Academy of Arts, the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Central Saint Martins College of Art, Chelsea College of Art, Bartlett School of Architecture, Goldsmith College of Art, The Athens Academy in Greece and the Florence Academy of Art. They exhibit their work in the UK as well as internationally, and have appeared in various publications and programs, including those of the BBC. These qualities guarantee the high success rate our students achieve in entering the programmes of their choice.

Timetable

As our kids and teens art classes are personalised and bespoke, you can choose the starting week of your course (at any time of the year).

The standard kids and teens art short course includes 40 art lessons which need to be booked over a period of four weeks (to attend either at the centre or through our live online art tuition platform). You need to choose 10 timeslots (of 2Hrs each) a week for 4 weeks via your online account (see how to book section below for more details on how to reserve the lessons).

Live Online Art Lessons LIVE Studio Art Lessons STUDIO 2hr/Lesson

You can find the timetable below for both Live Online Art Lessons and Studio Art Lessons (held at Sunny Art Centre). Online lessons allow a maximum of 7 students per class while 10 for on-site.

Monday

9.30–11.30am | L

4-6pm | S

5.30– 7.30pm | L

Tuesday

9.30–11.30am | L

4-6pm | L

6:30-8:30pm | S

Wednesday

9.30–11.30am | L

4-6pm | S

6:30-8:30pm | L

Thursday

10–11.30am | L

4-6pm | S

6:30-8:30pm | S

Friday

4–6pm | L

6:30-8:30pm | L

Saturday

9-11am | L

10am-12pm | S

1-3pm | S

3-5.30pm | S

Sunday

9am-11.30am | L

10am-12pm | S

1-3pm | S

3-5.30pm | S

Timetable

As our kids and teens art classes are personalised and bespoke, you can choose the starting week of your course (at any time of the year).

COVID-19 | On-site Art Lessons Update

All of our regular on-site art lessons( Mo - Sun) are available to attend live online during the lockdown, and the scheduled online art classes will remain the same.

Monday

9.30– 11.30am (L)

4-6pm (S)

6.30– 8.30pm (L)

Tuesday

6.30– 8.30pm (L)

4-6pm (L)

6:30-8:30pm (S)

Wednesday

9.30–11.30am (L)

4-6pm (S)

6:30-8:30pm (L)

Thursday

10–11.30am (L)

4-6pm (S)

6:30-8:30pm (S)

Friday

4-6pm (L)

6.30-8.30pm (L)

Saturday

10am-12pm (L/S)

1-3pm (S)

3-5.30pm (S)

Sunday

9am-11.30am (L)

10am-12pm (S)

1-3pm (S)

3-5.30pm (S)

HOW TO BOOK

Please note that this art short course needs to be completed within 4 weeks from your starting date.

1. Buy your course below (you will be asked to log in or sign up for a student account, enter the parent/guardian's details if the student is younger than 16).

2. Go to your account and navigate to the Art Courses section.

3. Use your online account to book the lessons you want to attend (at the centre or live online) by clicking on New Booking.