Children's Art Classes at the Watchung Arts Center

The winter session on the Children’s Drawing and Painting Enrichment Workshops will begin on January 6, 2015. Painting classes will be held on Tuesday afternoons from 4:30 to 6:00 PM, with Drawing scheduled for Thursdays at the same time. The 10-week sessions will run through March 10 and 12, respectively.
Young artists in the drawing class will have the opportunity to develop natural ability, improve skills and explore new techniques as they learn the fundamentals of drawing. Students will use dry and wet media such as pencil, charcoal, oil or chalk pastels, India ink and watercolors as they discover how to sketch, shade and use perspective. Projects will include still lifes, portraits, landscapes in natural settings (weather permitting), optical illusions, abstracts and more!
In the painting class, students create realistic pieces or let their imaginations go as they learn how to use non-toxic acrylics on canvas boards. Young artists will produce colorful works as they learn the basics of traditional technique of painting, composition and the color wheel
Instructor Monica Schraiber Otero has taught Art at elementary and high school levels since 1991. She received her BA in Art from Rutgers University, Newark College of Arts and Sciences with a concentration in oil painting. She teaches Drawing and Painting classes at WAC, is the Director of the Summer Art Camp, and curates the Children’s Juried Art Exhibition each year. She is a professional artist who shows her work in many venues throughout NJ. She is a member of AENJ (Art Educators of NJ) and the Contemporary Art Group.
The cost for the each class is $140 plus a $15 supply fee, with discounts for WAC members, as well as sibling discounts and multi-session discounts. For complete information and to download the registration form, visit www.watchungarts.org/classes.htm