Fine art classes and drawing workshops for children aged 5 to 13
Empowering children by teaching drawing and artistic skills
Drawing comes naturally to young children. Drawing is fundamental to their learning, to remember concepts, to grow, and to understand the world around them. It is a powerful tool that taps into visual, kinesthetic, and linguistic areas of the brain at the same time, and establishes more neural connections than writing or reading alone.
Our art club helps children retain and develop their drawing abilities and sustain their enthusiasm for self-expression and creativity. Our art projects are designed to explore an array of themes referencing art and beyond.
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Oakwood
St Margaret Clitherow
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St Hilda
The Holy Family
The Leys
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Creswick
Bournehall
Flamstead
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Crabtree
Christ Church
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Victoria
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Fairfield Park
St Helen's
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Wood End
Rickmansworth
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Summercroft
Thomas Coram
Steeple Morden
Roundwood
St Nicholas
The Russell
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Thomas Coram CoE
Thursdays
3.30 - 4.30
Rickmansworth
Thursdays
3.30 - 4.30
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Summercroft
Thursdays
3.15 - 4.30
manifesto.
noun man·i·fes·to \ ˌma-nə-ˈfes-(ˌ)tō \
an art manifesto is a fundamental declaration of intent for an individual artist or a group of artists.
1 - My After School Art Club is a children's art school based in Hertfordshire. Our focus is on the teaching of fine art skills combined with unique projects; experienced teachers, and professional quality materials.
2 - The main emphasis during our art sessions is on developing over time lasting drawing skills through observation and practice. Regular drawing at any age enhance focus and concentration and increase self-esteem, and this is especially beneficial for school-age children.
3 - Wary of inhibiting creativity, we tend to avoid teaching children how to draw.
4 - Teaching drawing skills to children will not stifle creativity but will ensure they never lose it.
5 - Many children want to learn to draw realistically.
6 - The notion that drawing evolves naturally and that you shouldn’t give young children any guided instruction in drawing we believe to be a misguided one.
7 - Just as we are taught to combine letters to read, musical notes to play an instrument, and dance steps to dance, we believe that anyone can learn to draw well, that drawing is a learned skill, and not only possible for the few of us who are gifted with it.
8 - The Monart Method* is used in the planning and delivering of our drawing lessons.
9 - The Monart Method teaches a “alphabet” of shapes.
10 – We teach children to recognise these elements, we guide them as to how they might combine these elements on paper so that their drawings represent what they see.
11 - Each week our qualified and supportive teachers will guide the children on projects designed to teach the elements of contour/shape and in the process create fully-developed compositions.
12 - We design our projects to introduce children to a wide range of art, subject matters, media, and artistic techniques so that students may continually develop their skills at their own pace.
13 - By learning to view the world through these five elements and how to transcribe the information to paper, the children learn to become artists in their own right and will develop their own unique style of realistic interpretation.
Reference:
Drawing with children by Mona Brookes
Drawing for older children and teens by Mona Brookes
Get in touch !
If you are a school or a parent or carer. Thank you.
Hello! I am Nathalie. I run My (after school) Art Club. Thank you for your interest in our art club. If you need further assistance please do not hesitate to phone me or fill the form below and I will be in touch.
07 581 185 965
why art.
The importance of an art education
You don’t find school reformers talking much about how we need to train more teachers in the arts, given the current obsession with science, math, technology and engineering. However, art educationalists, and psychologists who study children's art, claim that it promotes educational benefits that other school subjects cannot. These benefits come both from practising art and from learning about it. The arts — while important to study for their intrinsic value — also promote skills seen as important in academic and life success.
Sources: The Artistic Edge: 7 Skills Children need to succeed in an increasingly right brain world.
Lisa Phillips. Author, blog journalist, arts and leadership educator, speaker and business owner.
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