DC Starting Sketchers (Month 02) October '24 Package (4 Classes-Early Learner): Fall Fun & Friendship

October  3/4, 10/11, 17/18, 24/25

If a semester seems too long, these monthly packages are a great mix of social skills that will help your child excel at learning and life. This month we focus on Friendliness with Esmeralda Enthusiastic, Sasa Self-Control, Ingeborg Initiative, and Gino Generous.

Starting Sketchers is great for young children curious about drawing or wanting to get better at it. Parental help may be necessary for the youngest illustrators.

Classes are weekly during the school year:

Thursdays at 4:00-4:30PM or Fridays at 11:00-11:30AM EST

Suggested ages: 5-8 with no drawing skills needed coming in to class. Students will draw from a simple template, color a pre-drawn image, or just listen and watch (as their ability allows). We all have to start somewhere, right? Parents can join in the fun and the discussion.

If you're looking for an ongoing drawing community that reinforces social skills, this is the best deal you'll find anywhere! Come join us! Wherever you are, we want you in the Club! Group pricing if you meet together with 10 or more (see pricing below).

Draw Club sessions are grouped in simple four-week themes...characters, expressions, animals, objects, buildings, vehicles, etc. Classes run for 1/2 hour and cover a new basic drawing subject every week.

CLASS STRUCTURE:

-5 minutes lesson focus, history and examples

-25 minutes step-by-step drawing (10 minutes on, 2 minute break repeated)

HOW IT WORKS: Three sessions (per 4-week-theme) are live, step-by-step tutorial. And because students like time to develop their own style, 1 session per month is recorded. The fourth, recorded session is called Studio Time week. The Studio Time video is posted on YouTube, and outlines an exercise designed to give students freedom to explore techniques they've learned on their own. There is also a step-by-step portion of the Studio Time video if you want or need extra help applying your skills.

Attendees are sent a Zoom invite (new each week) to join the live Draw Club session and JPG files to print to follow along on the lesson. Please provide an email address you check regularly during check out so you are sure to receive both the invite and the JPG files

For these sessions, you will need:

•A computer/iPad/monitor that can display the live Zoom session & Studio Week video. 

•The JPG(s) you receive for the sessions printed before the session starts.

•A pencil and an eraser.

•A pen (or preferably two) with indelible ink. One fine tip, and if possible, a second with a bit larger tip to fill in more area (which makes things quicker).

•Colored pencils, markers, or crayons...preferably with 2-3 of each color (ie. light green, medium green, dark green). Simple, low cost colors will work fine.

If you miss a class or classes, they will be posted as private videos on YouTube for 2 weeks following the session, so you can always catch up on your own time.

There will be other students and groups in attendance, and feeds will be muted during the step-by-step portion of the class, with small breaks for questions. Chat will be moderated if you have any questions while muted.

Photo Waiver: Draw Club takes weekly pictures of student artwork and shares some of them in the email update and on social media for people to see what awesome artists we have in Draw Club. There are no names associated with the pictures. Unless you notify us otherwise (at Toons@GooGenius.com) not to share any photos of your student/art, your purchase of Draw Club classes will be deemed as agreement to let us use screenshots and any other images of your student/artwork, royalty free, in various GooGenius/Draw Club community-building and publicity applications.