Term 4 Heart Kids Art - Mondays 3:45pm (Ages 5-8)

Term 3 - Every MONDAY at 3:45pm 
(7 classes in total with the first class starting on October 23 and the last class on December 4)
**Miss Jules is on leave for the first 3 few of term
Hands and Heart Kids Art stemmed from an ambition to create an inspirational and educational container for our little budding artists. I believe in the value of this program because I was once that kid myself. Sporty kids find their tribe early and have a multitude of opportunities to learn, as do our little musicians and dancers. Our little artists should have the same feeling of community and given the same opportunities.
These after school art classes are aimed at children and teens that have a genuine interest and are naturally drawn to creativity and art, this will not be after school care type session, lots of time and energy is put into creating a class schedule that will inspire my budding artists and I hope to be met with equal enthusiasm. That being said, I am always kind, patient and understanding that every day presents different challenges for our little ones, fun and play and loving acceptance is absolute priority ❤️
Students explore and learn something different most weeks with some subjects rolling over into the following week. 
New Students will receive their own visual diary at the start of term, students are invited take it home with them to draw and write in during the week (if they choose to, this isn’t homework). And then we share and chat about what we have created and encourage each other in class. Free time is always allocated during class for any of the kids to show me what they have been working on at home or school so we can discuss it and chat about different ideas, encouraging them to appreciate their art and critique it without judging it. 
I also welcome my older students to ask my opinion or discuss any of their schoolwork, as well as topics such as studying art at university and the realities of being a professional creative. I encourage all students to ask lots of questions.
With my teaching in both children and adults, I encourage and foster the mindset that art cannot be good or bad, it just is. And we can learn and grow and become curious about why we do things in certain ways with our artwork but we don’t judge them. If the student enjoyed the process or learned something new then it’s a brilliant, successful work of art.  
Aphrodite Art School is run from my home studio on Whitman Street and sometimes if the weather is nice we will make a picnic and create our art in the garden, with the possibility of taking older students out for a walk to get comfortable with plain air painting and drawing in public. I will send the address to parents upon booking the class. 
Some mediums that we explore at Hands & Heart: 
Acrylic 
Watercolour 
Pencil
Collage
Clay
Embroidery 
Charcoal
Ink
Papermaking 
Printmaking
Some creative themes that will be explored: 
Texture 
Form
Shadow
Emotion
Creative confidence  
Art and music
How we see the world
Colour theory
Journaling 
Human form
Landscape 
Perspective - visual and personal
Family
Price is $45 per student for individual classes when attending on a casual basis or $40 per class when you enrol in the full term, I also have weekly payment via direct debit. Please get in touch if you would like to choose this option
I have split the age groups into 5-8, 9-12, 13-17 which is flexible depending on the child, if the parent would prefer the student to go up or down an age group I am happy to chat about that, this is more about finding a level that engages and challenges the student rather than putting them in a box.