<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-397592488435757752</id><updated>2009-10-13T12:48:39.284-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Kids Art Classes</title><subtitle type='html'>A Blog to display creativity shown by kids in the course of their art learning experience</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsartclasses.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/397592488435757752/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsartclasses.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Anu Darbha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11297441957814647476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-397592488435757752.post-6999080675628951940</id><published>2008-06-06T09:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-06T10:04:38.696-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Art Class Projects</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__SVrlHrJKhY/SEltyxoNVQI/AAAAAAAAAEs/9_vUwXCmN7Q/s1600-h/100_3587.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208815163113559298" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__SVrlHrJKhY/SEltyxoNVQI/AAAAAAAAAEs/9_vUwXCmN7Q/s320/100_3587.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__SVrlHrJKhY/SEltcrujgnI/AAAAAAAAAEk/ocLFcP3JadE/s1600-h/100_3584.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208814783572443762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__SVrlHrJKhY/SEltcrujgnI/AAAAAAAAAEk/ocLFcP3JadE/s320/100_3584.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here are two projects that I use most often in my class, it is evident from the wear and tear of the paper&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/397592488435757752-6999080675628951940?l=kidsartclasses.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsartclasses.blogspot.com/feeds/6999080675628951940/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=397592488435757752&amp;postID=6999080675628951940' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/397592488435757752/posts/default/6999080675628951940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/397592488435757752/posts/default/6999080675628951940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsartclasses.blogspot.com/2008/06/art-projects.html' title='Art Class Projects'/><author><name>Anu Darbha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11297441957814647476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01031949969910233012'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__SVrlHrJKhY/SEltyxoNVQI/AAAAAAAAAEs/9_vUwXCmN7Q/s72-c/100_3587.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-397592488435757752.post-7971361066282534176</id><published>2008-06-06T09:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-06T09:59:51.872-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Some selected art projects</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__SVrlHrJKhY/SElpuSxqM6I/AAAAAAAAAEU/s63HjchGp1M/s1600-h/100_3573.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208810688065713058" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__SVrlHrJKhY/SElpuSxqM6I/AAAAAAAAAEU/s63HjchGp1M/s320/100_3573.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__SVrlHrJKhY/SElpNW2ccAI/AAAAAAAAAEM/QjdjvmKwPlY/s1600-h/100_3575.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208810122223841282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__SVrlHrJKhY/SElpNW2ccAI/AAAAAAAAAEM/QjdjvmKwPlY/s320/100_3575.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;This is one of the simpler projects that got completed very quickly, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;I also showed the students the real leaves that were used as the model for this project&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;I had promised to teach the Richie Rich cartoon at the end of the class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/397592488435757752-7971361066282534176?l=kidsartclasses.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsartclasses.blogspot.com/feeds/7971361066282534176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=397592488435757752&amp;postID=7971361066282534176' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/397592488435757752/posts/default/7971361066282534176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/397592488435757752/posts/default/7971361066282534176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsartclasses.blogspot.com/2008/06/some-selected-art-projects.html' title='Some selected art projects'/><author><name>Anu Darbha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11297441957814647476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01031949969910233012'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__SVrlHrJKhY/SElpuSxqM6I/AAAAAAAAAEU/s63HjchGp1M/s72-c/100_3573.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-397592488435757752.post-2859386286045064446</id><published>2008-06-06T07:40:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-06T09:41:48.424-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art teaching'/><title type='text'>Learning from teaching Art</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__SVrlHrJKhY/SElj-NHAe9I/AAAAAAAAAD8/CtSpehdfRy4/s1600-h/100_3579.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208804364352781266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__SVrlHrJKhY/SElj-NHAe9I/AAAAAAAAAD8/CtSpehdfRy4/s320/100_3579.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;I am back with some interesting learning experiences with students, a few good art projects sketched by students and I am also sharing some sketches that were a part of the classes curriculum &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;Interesting observations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;I discovered that initially giving projects that are closest to the student's abilities helps them to gain confidence and later they are willing to try projects that seem more difficult &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Most students (even the ones who love art) are apprehensive about sketching and painting as they are not confident about their ability to create a good artwork&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;A little extra attention and step by step assistance at the beginning goes a long way in improving performance very quickly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Building a strong foundation of sketching before starting with paints can ensure drop-out and frustration for the students&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Providing a carrot at the end of a session can help speed up the progress of the class, eg. if students are interested in cartoons then teaching them a cartoon sketch at the end of a session doubles up the progress of the class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/397592488435757752-2859386286045064446?l=kidsartclasses.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsartclasses.blogspot.com/feeds/2859386286045064446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=397592488435757752&amp;postID=2859386286045064446' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/397592488435757752/posts/default/2859386286045064446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/397592488435757752/posts/default/2859386286045064446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsartclasses.blogspot.com/2008/06/learning-from-teaching-art.html' title='Learning from teaching Art'/><author><name>Anu Darbha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11297441957814647476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01031949969910233012'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__SVrlHrJKhY/SElj-NHAe9I/AAAAAAAAAD8/CtSpehdfRy4/s72-c/100_3579.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-397592488435757752.post-5853331238682506220</id><published>2008-04-15T16:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-22T13:04:54.392-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome Kids and Parents to the world of art!</title><content type='html'>This Blog is to display creativity shown by kids in the course of their art learning experience&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Details of the Art Classes are as below for your reference&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The classes are designed to get kids interested in art and to teach them basics of proportion and color. They learn to observe and develop their own sense of color and perspective&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drawing: Students learn how to draw by using recognizable shapes and lines to develop one-of-a-kind artwork. They discover new techniques as they develop their unique creations. The best artwork gets a place on the Art Class Blog &lt;a href="http://www.kidsartclasses.blogspot.com/"&gt;www.kidsartclasses.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Painting: Students learn about the color wheel and painting on canvas paper using acrylics. Students will be inspired as they learn color mixing techniques, style and are introduced to the lives and works of artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Monet and Renoir.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Once a week classes &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Maximum 6 Students per class&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Classes begin May 1st 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Class schedule&lt;br /&gt;Classes will be held at 2528 Sutton Ln. Aurora 60502 (Fieldstone subdivision in Stonebridge)&lt;br /&gt;Age 5-8 yrs: Tuesdays or Thursdays 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;Age 9-12 yrs: Wednesdays 4.30 to 5.30 p.m. and 5.30 to 6.30 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fees&lt;br /&gt;$15 per class, All Supplies Included, 1 hour per week&lt;br /&gt;For more info or enrolling: Email at &lt;a href="mailto:anudarbha@paintandcraft.com"&gt;anudarbha@paintandcraft.com&lt;/a&gt; or                                        &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;                                               Call at Phone No. 630 499 9598&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/397592488435757752-5853331238682506220?l=kidsartclasses.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsartclasses.blogspot.com/feeds/5853331238682506220/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=397592488435757752&amp;postID=5853331238682506220' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/397592488435757752/posts/default/5853331238682506220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/397592488435757752/posts/default/5853331238682506220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsartclasses.blogspot.com/2008/04/welcome-kids-and-parents-to-world-of.html' title='Welcome Kids and Parents to the world of art!'/><author><name>Anu Darbha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11297441957814647476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01031949969910233012'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>