Weekly Advanced Homeschool Art Course
Monday afternoons from 1p.m. - 2p.m.
Mustang Recreation Center
August 31, 2026 - May 17, 2027
$40/month
This advanced art class is for mature 7th-12th graders who have a serious interest in art. This year's theme is "Community Creators."
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Advanced art students will learn to use their skills to improve their community. In this course we will cover common projects artists are asked to do for their churches, nonprofits, and other civic organizations. We will especially focus on visual communication, marketing materials and large-scale projects working as a team. We will try to incorporate projects for real-world clients when possible.
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Students are expected to maintain their supplies, experiment with techniques, and build technical skills while communicating with one another professionally. We will delve into a variety of media techniques with optional digital art integration, and we will have opportunities for the group to do a community service project, attend art-related field trips, and participate in an art show.
Materials Needed (brands and quality, your choice):
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9x12 Multimedia sketchbook
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Drawing pencil set with eraser and blending stub
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Micron pen set
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Colored pencil set
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Marker set
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Acrylic paint set
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Variety of paintbrushes 1” and smaller
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All other materials will be provided.
DIGITAL OPTION: Many of these projects can be completed digitally as an option. If students would like to learn to do graphic design work in Canva or illustration in Procreate, they are welcome to bring laptops or ipads to do so for projects with one * noted below.
September– Visual Communication, Flyer Design*​
October–Designing T-shirts* and Logos* (Field Trip)​
November– Butcher Paper Event Banners​
December– Team-teach a Painting Project to Classmates​
January–Puppet, Prop, and Costume Design​
February–Puppet, Prop, and Costume Creation (Field Trip)​
March–Festival Face Painting and Henna​
April–Window Painting and Murals (Community Service Project)​
May–Promoting* and Curating an Art Exhibition
Two Field Trips and a Community Service Project are tentatively planned for October, February, and April and depend on scheduling with the venues. They are optional and separate from the class. I will try to schedule these on Friday afternoons when possible.
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This class will follow the fine arts standards of Oklahoma for high school and will include the following standards:
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art vocabulary
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issues of copyright
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art history and analysis
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creative, meaningful choices
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self expression and personal style
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studio etiquette
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artistic process (research, experimentation, skill-building, reflection, revision, presentation)
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participating in critiques
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writing an artist’s statement
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participating in an art exhibition
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creating a portfolio
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