Flagler County Art League
Youth Summer Camps 2010
The Art League summer camps will be held in three one- week sessions, and are
intended for children 6 years old and up. The sessions are as follows:
June 21 – 25: Ages 6 – 11
July 26 – 30: Ages 12 and up
August 2 – 6: Ages 6 – 11 (Repeat first session)
LOCATION : The Art League at 33 Old Kings Road North, Suite 1 Palm Coast, FL
32137
TIME: All sessions will be from 9:00am – 12:00pm
ALL SESSIONS: Wear your art! (Paint T shirts or
handkerchiefs)
Art! Camera! Action! (Learn to take good photographs)
Clay Motions (Make 3D art with clay)
Draw, Partner! (Learn basic drawing techniques)
Going to Collage… (Make a mixed-media collage)
Paint your world! (Basic landscape painting)
Line Designs (Make artwork using lines, angles and colors)
It’s a Complement (Make art project using complementary colors)
6 – 10 years old: Paint Your Veggies! (Make artwork using vegetable
stamps)
Scribble Me This: (Free form artwork)
String Art (Creative artwork using string)
Tweens/Teens: Scratch Art (Wax resist art designs)
Folded Art (Make a project using paper folding)
Imaginarium: Create an aquarium of imaginary creatures
ALL CAMPERS MUST BRING A PLAIN WHITE TEE SHIRT - NO LOGOS OR
DESIGNS - AND A DISPOSABLE CAMERA.
Instructors and Volunteer list:
Liz Monaco- (for July & possibly August.)
Kathi Darbi, - Coordinator (will help plan activities, gather materials for lessons
(experienced from last year)
Dan Borougian- photography
Julie Dolgin- painting...
Alice Johnson?
B.J. Baughman
Joke (pronounced Yoka) Badalati
Weldon Ryan-Portrait Drawing(July)
MONDAY:
1. Design your name. Campers will create a nameplate to use for the week.
Supplies: folded paper or poster board and crayons or markers
2. Emphasis lesson: Teach the principle of emphasis or focus and have students
create examples. Emphasis may be created with size, space, color, shape or position
among other things. Lesson plan provided.
Supplies: drawing paper and crayons or markers.
3. Balance lesson: Teach the principle of visual balance, (horizontal, vertical,
diagonal and radial), and have students create artwork using this principle. Lesson
plan will be provided.
Supplies: white paper, colored paper scraps, scissors and glue
4. Photography: How to compose a good photograph. Instructor will build upon the
ideas of emphasis and balance to teach campers how to compose a good picture,
using those principles, lighting, subject matter and whatever else instructor feels is
necessary for a basic photography lesson.
Supplies: Precut squares, one digital camera and a disposable camera for
each student
5. Catch game: Using emphasis and balance, decorate two connected paper plates
to create game.
Supplies: Pre-made games (left over from Kids Zone), crayons, scissors, and
glue paper scraps.
Free drawing if needed to complete session time.
Wednesday:
1. Clay Motions Make 3D art using clay (Need instructor and supplies)
Youths: Self-drying clay
Tween/teens: polymer clay (Maybe beads?)
2. Draw, Partner (Instructor would be nice)
Basic drawing techniques geared to the camper's ability levels
Supplies: paper and pencils, cut out squares from photography session, object
or still life to draw
3. Youths: Scribble me this - Free form drawing using crayons on paper
Tweens/teens: Prepare paper for scratch art
Supplies: crayons and paper
(Instructor will need black tempera paint and a little liquid dish soap)
Thursday:
1. Paint your world: Campers will learn basic landscape painting techniques and do a
guided painting with instructor
Supplies: paper or canvases, paints, brushes, water, (maybe easels?), plates for
palettes
2. It's a complement: Teach complementary colors and have campers paint a small
project using only 2 complementary colors.
Supplies: Paper or tagboard, brushes, water and paint trays
3. Youths: Vegetable printing; Campers use cut vegetables as "stamps" to create an
art work using paint on paper. Principles of emphasis, balance color and line should
apply.
Supplies: Cut broccoli, carrots, zucchini and potatoes, paper trays and paint.
Tweens/Teens: May do vegetable printing as well. Also do scratch off art.
Supplies: Wooden skewers and toothpicks, prepared scratch off sheets
Friday:
1. Going to Collage: Campers create an artwork using cut and shredded paper
and/or fabrics.
Supplies: Paper samples, fabric samples, newspapers, catalogues, giftwrap,
scissors, glue, paper or poster board
2. Tween/teens: Folded art (Need instructor) Make folded paper artwork
Supplies: Paper, scissors
3: Youths: String art: Use string/yarn and crayons to create artwork on paper
Supplies: Paper, scissors, glue, yarn, crayons
4: Imaginarium: Use any leftover paper and supplies to create imaginary creatures in
an aquarium.
Supplies: paper, scissors, crayons, glue, wax paper, iron.
FINISH ANY PROJECTS ALREADY UNDERWAY. FREE DRAWING, IF NEEDED