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Grade School Art: Impressionism and Portraits
Live course taught by Jackie de Laveaga for Spring 2025 Grade School Grade School Art
Summary

Sign up with your grade school child to bring Beauty and Appreciation into your homeschool lessons. Art history, culture, and fun art techniques are all covered. We hope to see you in class!

Teachers: Jackie de Laveaga

Special notes

This course only accepts 20 students. The grade school art courses can be taken in any order within the series.

Total classes

8

Class dates

Fridays, January 17 to March 14, 2025 (No class March 7)

Starting time

10:00 AM Eastern (9:00 Central; 8:00 Mountain; 7:00 Pacific)

Duration

30 minutes (plus optional off-camera student sharing time)

Prerequisites

None

Suggested grade level

3rd to 6th grade

Suggested credit

½ semester Art

Outline

Course Outline:

Week 1: Impressionism and Value

Week 2: Impressionism and Texture

Week 3: Impressionism and Color

Week 4: Impressionism and Line

Week 5: Intro to Portraits

Week 6: Impressionist Self-Portraits

Week 7: Abstract and Realistic Self-Portraits

Week 8: Romero Brito Style

Materials

  • Students will create original works of art using the medium of their choice. Suggested materials (purchase student art-quality brands): art paper (an art notebook works well), colored pencils, watercolor pencils, various markers, drawing pencils, erasers, clay, charcoal, and watercolor or acrylic paints and brushes.

Homework

Students will complete auto-graded quizzes and create an art project each week. Time required: 30 min-3 hours outside of the LIVE class, depending upon student interest.

Fees

Fee: For all 8 classes: $137 if you register on or before November 15, $157 after Nov. 15. (Registration closes one week before the first day of class. After that date, registrations are not guaranteed. There is a $20 surcharge for late enrollments after the course is closed.)

Course name
Grade School Art: Impressionism and Portraits
Instructor
Jackie de Laveaga
Editor
Mandi Gette
Semester
Spring 2025
Category
Grade School ➤ Grade School Art
Grade level
Grade School
Course type
Live
Price
$157
Seats available
20 seats available
Seats remaining
11 seats remaining
Start time
January 17th, 2025 at 10:00 AM ET
End time
March 14th, 2025 at 11:00 AM ET
Access start time
January 3rd, 2025 at 12:00 AM ET
Access end time
December 30th, 2025 at 12:00 AM ET
Enrollment availability start time
March 19th, 2024 at 2:01 PM ET
Early enrollment discount ends
November 15th, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET
Late enrollment penalty start time
January 10th, 2025 at 12:02 AM ET
Enrollment availability end time
January 13th, 2025 at 12:02 PM ET
Relative due dates
Relative due dates are disabled for this course.

About Jackie de Laveaga

Jackie de Laveaga is the Grade School Program Developer and instructor for the 4-year Grade School Multi-Subject Unity Study series at Homeschool Connections.

She has also developed grade school, middle school, and high school courses in literature, creative writing, and art. Mrs. de Laveaga holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Secondary Education and a Master of Education degree with an emphasis in Language Arts Instruction.

Her career includes fifteen years of online course development and instruction in writing, journalism, and humanities, as well as more than thirty years of teaching live-in-person courses in literature, history, composition, and drama to students of all ages.

Mrs. de Laveaga and her husband have five children and five grandchildren. They live in Arizona.

Click here for more info about Jackie de Laveaga!

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