Art class

[Artbeaucoup]

Hi ks_me,

would you prefer a centre which is nearer? Does location matter?

[KS_me]

Artbeaucoup:

Hi ks_me,

would you prefer a centre which is nearer? Does location matter?

Hi Artbeaucoup,

Nearer to my location of course a plus! I've just visited a centre at Bishan during the weekend and I think most likely I'll settle DS1 there as the centre provide flexi hour for both SAT & SUN which quite suite my need.

Thanks for asking ya! :love:

[metz]

I used to think of Art Class as a waste of time too. But my perception changed after enrolling my kids in http://kidsart.com.sg/Programs.htm. Unlike most arts classes, Kids Art's main focus is on the fundamentals basics of drawing instead of creativity. The kids are taught pencil shading, lines, tones and perspective. And some of the teachers are really great. When my 4 year old got bored with just drawing straight lines, her teacher taught her to a new way to practise drawing straight lines. And this is the drawing she did a couple of weeks ago.


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She did most of the parts (except the fingers, handbag, and ponytails) under the teacher's verbal guidance.

I'm not sure what Art Classes or Art will do for their future (maybe not much, I think. No art genes in us), but it's good that my daughter is enjoying it. And for my 6 year old, it has been great for training his fine motor skills and patience.

[mintcc]

Qtownmum:

KS_me, you need to change the mindset of your husband. There are many many benefits from learning drawing and painting. I have personally benefited from such classes.


When I was 13, my mum hated how I idled away my time in front of the tv and sent me to this art teacher. He was then about 30 and he taught in his home. Kids go to his home and sit on the floor with folded legs and draw/paint with paper on a drawing board. The beginners get to draw and color with basic medium starting from color pencils then to crayons to water color to poster colors. In the advance stages, children or young adults go on to more sophisticated medium like acrylic paints, charcoal and oil paints to paint scenaries, portrait and nudes. I eventually stopped when the uni schedule caught on. But when I graduated and started working, I went back to assist this teacher during the weekend for a couple of years.

Taking art lessons has taught me to see things/objects and views from different perspective, appreciate the effects of light on objects, given me the knowledge of colors. My latter years of doing technical drawing in uni was a breeze. I have seen during those years teaching young children (as young as 3 year old) that drawing improves their motor skills. Many people who pick up art lessons, learnt to be more patient and appreciate the beauty around them. Even when we take photos, we find special angles to portray the view or object better.

Today, I am a mother of 2 boys (k1 and p2). I have looked up my teacher and let them learn from him. My elder boy was 6 when he started. From a boy who from time to time still colors out of the line, he is now handling poster + water colors and churning out scenary paintings. My younger boy was only 3 when he started, hardly could handle a pencil then. He now uses crayons to color an object with 3 different colors from light to dark in accordance to the light source.

Frankly I do not expect or wish my kids to grow up to be a painter or make a living out of drawing (like our art teacher, btw, he is making good money - lives in a condo with 3 kids in the uni). I just want them to have the skills and hopefully develop the patience.

Wow Qtownmum...your art teacher...and the group setting you describe sounds like one the art teachers I went to when I was in primary school. He was really good and the group setting help the younger ones aspire to reach the standards of the older kids. Unfortunately, the art teacher shifted house during my upper primary and my lessons stop. Will it be okay to share his contact?

As for people who fills that visual arts like drawing and painting and sketching are not useful... on the contrary it is actually quite useful in many professions. One do not have to be an artist to rip benefits of a art training. Engineers, doctors, architects all need a certain amount of sketching skills in their daily jobs. Beyond vocation, any one can benefit from observation skills, an eye for detail, patience and visualization skills which training in art can help to sharpen.

[csb]

Hi Qtownmum, may I know which area your art teacher is staying in? I’m looking for an art class for my 6yr old son. Thank you.

[buds]

chamonix:

Unlike most arts classes, Kids Art's main focus is on the fundamentals basics of drawing instead of creativity. The kids are taught pencil shading, lines, tones and perspective. And some of the teachers are really great. When my 4 year old got bored with just drawing straight lines, her teacher taught her to a new way to practise drawing straight lines. And this is the drawing she did a couple of weeks ago.

Heyya chamonix, great review here of Kids Art! I love it!
I agree with you, if it's just based on children's creativity
it's like an open ended question and no specific time as
to when exactly the child is considered good in art.

With Kids Art systematic lesson plan, parents can observe
when the children work up their skills periodically and we
will know if there are obvious improvements to their
drawing/painting skills.

I am interested to give my girls a chance to try out Kids
Art. Can you share the centre's rates as well?

[metz]

Hi buds,


It's nice to find someone who shares the same view.

For the fees, it's $60 for registration (comes with a Kids Art T-shirt, crayons and paint sets) and $90 for every 4 (1.5hrs) lessons. If you can, bring your girls down to the Bukit Timah Branch on either Tuesday or Sunday, Teacher Kasey will be there. There's a free carrot trial for the kids. (Not eating the carrot :lol: but colouring it.) The kids will be asked to colour a carrot using crayons. Try it and they will learn how they can improve their work easily.

Have fun!

[foreverj]

chamonix:

Hi buds,


It's nice to find someone who share the same view.

For the fees, it's $60 for registration (comes with a Kids Art T-shirt, crayons and paint sets) and $90 for every 4 lessons. If you can, bring your girls down to the Bukit Timah Branch on either Tuesday or Sunday, Teacher Kasey will be there. There's a free carrot trial for the kids. (Not eating the carrot :lol: but colouring it.) The kids will be asked to colour a carrot using crayons. Try it and they will learn how they can improve their work easily.

Have fun!

hi chamonix

thanks for sharing abt kids art. is there a website i can go to? where is the bukit timah branch? i m considering this vs kinderart offered in school but its more exp than kids art although more convenient to sign up the one in school.thanks

[metz]

hi foreverj,


Here's the website - http://kidsart.com.sg/Programs.htm .

Kids Art is located on the second floor in Bt Timah Plaza. Art Zone is just nearby. So, be sure to look out for the correct school. Currently Kids Art is sharing the premise with a Chinese Language School (it is moving out soon) and is nearer to CS montessori.

Try talking to the teacher to understand if the programme is a good fit for your child. And the works on the walls will also give you an idea what the kids do in the Bridge Program.

PS: There's also another bigger branch at Tiong Bahru.

[foreverj]

many thanks! i just saw pg 1 and saw u have posted the website too. sorry my internet connection here is a bit too slow, been trying to check pg 1 unable to load. that's y asked u the same question. appreciate your patience with me :oops: