Art & Design through Mirror Image for Grades 9-12 (9:00)

Course: Art & Design through Mirror Image for Grades 9-12
Instructor: Florbela Nienaber
Email: Naturalliving4us@gmail.com
Price: $290
Class Description: This class will be based learning and taught in mirror image technique and more, using line of symmetry through high school level projects. Art and design based projects that are fun and challenging. Students will be instructed how to find simple objects from home and encouraged to bring them to class for creating art (I will have objects available if they forget); still life observation, shading, shadow, design, patterns, positive and negative space; and a simple printmaking project. A variety of media can be used and explored if they choose to have multi mediums to create with. Principles of design, terminology and art history may be included in this class; observation, exploration of subject matter, technique, use of media, and project based art will be the focus. If student is taking multiple classes, they will do a different project.
Curriculum: Instructor developed
Homework Requirements: none
Duration: 28 weeks
Books and Supplies required for purchase by families: 
9x12, Canson 90-140lb weight, mixed media pad-with perforated pages; Drawing pencils (variety of sizes, HB, 2B, 4B), eraser; glue stick; scissors; Zig Writer Black ink round tip; Watercolor Pencils/water cup/ size 2, 4, 6 watercolor brush, or Crayola Twistable Color Pencils; markers, scissors. Note: If you choose to explore watercolor pencils, choose a heavy weight mix media paper 140lbs or higher
8X10 portrait of student printed on printer paper or photo paper for mirror image/symmetry study.
Oil pastels
Zig Writer Link
Plastic tool boxes or plastic craft boxes with handles are great to hold art supplies. Plastic binders with separate dividers are great to hold art work.
Grading: n/a
Teacher Bio: Florbela Nienaber attended Valencia Community College in Florida pursuing an education in Fine Arts. In addition she attended local community schools expanding her art skills and mediums. A mentorship with Disney Imagineer kickstarted her career in sculpting for Disney and Universal Studios. Since then she's explored other art forms while raising her children. Inspired by children's literature, she took to creative writing. She got her start writing puppet scripts for her church, which later transitioned to short stories. Florbela has attended children's literature writing & illustration conferences and has participated in writing critique groups. Over the years she’s taught art to budding artists in the community and homeschool groups. On weekdays she homeschools her two girls, then opens her Kernersville studio to art and pottery classes for both children and adults. Florbela appreciates real life experiences and exploring art on a personal level, without pressure just opportunity and meeting people wherever they are on their art journey. She enjoys inspiring students by encouraging them to try something new, and to learn to observe. Through her visual art classes students will start to see how they can use their skills in the real world, as they explore different styles. The skills they learn in art class and the topics covered in class, can help them get a better understanding of what it means to be an artist. Whether art to them is a means of relaxation from a stressful world. Art as a spiritual observation of God’s creation through their God given gifts. How fabric and textiles are made, teaching, art historians, life as a studio artist, book illustrators, sculptors, or a platform for graphic art; are just some ways students may make a connection to professions in the arts.