Youth Art Classes Ongoing
Registrations can be accomplished online or you can send in a check with the registration form here (PDF Registration Form). You will receive email updates on our latest offerings. We also have a new Venmo account: @Wethersfield_Academy_Arts. Classes must be paid in full before student begins the first day.
Summer Youth Art Program 2024 - Registration is Now Open!
Summer Youth Art Program 2024
with Nick Frasco & Veronique Fournier-Wynne
Morning Class: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Afternoon Class: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Monday - Friday
Registration is Open!
*Each Class Sold Separately*
This weekly program introduces young artists of all skill levels, ages 7-16, to a variety of fun topics and creative techniques in drawing, painting, and sculpture. Each week will focus on 2 specific classes and teach them Monday - Friday in both morning and afternoon sessions.
The Academy does not provide lunch or snacks, but students taking both morning and afternoon classes are welcome to stay for a supervised lunch hour.
Class schedule:
Please note that the price shown ($210) is for each class unless otherwise stated.
Materials List
Youth Drawing & Painting
with Nick Frasco
Saturdays – 2 hour sessions: 9am - 11am or 11am - 1pm
Start anytime • 6-week session ongoing
Ages 7 & up
This ongoing and very popular course will teach young people the fundamentals of drawing, composition and painting, how to mix and apply paint, and the use of a variety of art materials. Students may bring a project of their own on which to work. The ultimate goal of the Youth Program is to create a work of art that is gratifying.
Class fee does not include materials.
A materials list will be sent after registration.
Materials List
Bargue Drawing for Youth
with Pete Anderson
New! 6-week session starting
Monday, April 22nd, 2024
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Session dates:
April 22nd, 29th
May 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th
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Choose any 2 hours between 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Notice of selected hours not required in advance
This classical drawing course was designed for young people in grades 9 to 12 (12 to 19 years old).
They will increase their visual literacy by applying a drawing process, learning new techniques for identifying and correcting drawing errors, and practicing their hand-eye coordination. Students will learn these drawing skills by re-creating a Bargue plate as carefully as possible as they learn proportion, values, and other essential drawing skills. These are time-honored methods of learning to draw what you see in training for future art endeavors. Many famous artists such as Picasso, NC Wyeth, G. Parrish trained in Bargue Drawing.
**Please see the attached document below for a list of needed materials!
Materials List
Oil Painting for Youth
with Veronique Fournier-Wynne
New! 6-week session starting
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024
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Session dates:
April 24th
May 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th
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Choose any 2 hours between 4pm and 8pm
Notice of selected hours not required in advance
Online registration deadline is 12:01 AM the day before the first class begins. To register for the Oil Painting for Youth Class after this time, please call the Academy at 860-994-8304 or email us at info@wethersfieldarts.org.
Learn to paint realistically with the oil paint medium. Everyone will work at their own learning pace. You can paint a still life arrangement or paint a mastercopy portrait. We will look at different techniques from the Renaissance to the 19th Century, including the Flemish technique and the technique of Bouguereau. Working in sight-size and from life, we will examine the process beginning with the preliminary composition on paper in graphite then the transfer to canvas. Discover or review the underpainting by first blocking in the background and working on big shapes. Students will learn how to mix accurate values and colors and how to create a realistic sense of dimensional form. This class is appropriate for 10 years old through teens.
**Please see the attached document below for a list of needed materials!
Materials List
