Part I / Grade 9

Ink and charcoal

• Themes: Black and white, Dark and light, polarities, grey scale

• Drawing with ink, including line work fundamentals, basic technique, drawing people, landscapes, architecture, lettering, isometric shapes, and perspective drawing. 

• Moby Dick themed ink sketch

• Charcoal drawing, including a study on positive/negative space, basic technique, landscapes

• Comedy/Tragedy themed charcoal drawing (pulling together the black/white, dark/light theme combined with G9 study of Shakespeare)

Part II / Grade 10

Chalk, watercolor, colored pencil

• Themes: Classic color theory and Goethe's color theory

• Watercolor painting: Understanding the color wheel and color groupings; Working with tint, tone, and shade; Landscapes and color exercises 

• Chalk color blending/moods of a landscape

• Color pencil technique

• Color pencil cityscape moods based on color

Part III / Grade 11

Pencil, Charcoal, Crayon

• Themes: The human figure and the human face (ears, nose, eyes, mouth, hair, etc. and overall human body form with a focused lesson on drawing hands)

• This course moves from the parts to the whole with both the features of the face and the whole human figure. We will build the complete human being using different mediums and techniques

• The course culminates in a charcoal depiction of the famous photograph, “Migrant Mother”

Part IV / Grade 12

Acrylic paints

• Different styles and techniques including, brush types, brush strokes, mixing paint, color theory review

• Painting objects, architecture, landscapes, and abstract painting

• Working with different genres of painting

• Finding your own style and modes of expression as well how to set up your painting studio/workspace

Prepare for Success:

1. Purchase your course.

2. We'll send your supply list.

3. Gather and order your supplies.

4. Calendar your lessons (like you do for music lessons, or sports practice!)

After you enroll:

(Day of each lesson)

1. Set-up & Do

2. Art Show & Discuss (we teach you how!)

3. Ask questions, get feedback, share your work in the online classroom.

Brian Wolfe has spent his entire adult life playing music, teaching, drawing & coaching his Waldorf kids. So basically, creating a generation of grounded families with beautiful memories ;) He grew up in a musical-theater family, where he spent his childhood painting backdrops for plays & musicals, as well as playing guitar in the house-band.

Nowadays, when he's not teaching geometry, art & coaching local Waldorf students, Brian loves performing a wide range of musical styles (blues, jazz, rock, pop, etc). He has played in various blues and rock bands over the past 15 years and 8 years ago began performing as a solo, instrumental acoustic act at events such as weddings, wine tastings, gallery openings, and private parties. Brian teaches in all of our Weekly Art programs, and the G7 & G8 geometry courses.