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Feedback on this schedule is welcome. Please note that there is a change from last year's after-school starting time. We're moving from the old time of 4:15 up to 4:00 PM - on the hour. there is also detail in the descriptions below for existing students, explaining what the 2nd and 3rd year students will be taught. Look for several new classes. Other changes:

• New Realistic Cartooning class on Friday afternoon.
• Age ranges are slightly modified. See Levels below.
• We begin two weeks after Williamson Co. schools, on Aug. 24th
• Tuition is $855, or 9 payments of $95 for 35 classes.

Email Dennas with questions. Thanks!

Level 1 -Younger Kids 6 & 7
Level 2 -Older Kids 8-10
Level 3 -Preteen & Teens 11 & up
Level 4 -Adults
Level H -Homeschool ages 8 to 14

List of classes by day of the week follows, with a brief overview. Please click on the class name to go to the full class page with detailed descriptions and all the information you'll need.
scroll to bottom for a weekly chart, but using the online class planner is the best way to go.

Monday

2:00 - 3:45 Art 1 & 2
Level H: Homeschoolers ages 8 to 14
Overview: First and second year artists will be doing similar projects, but second year students will have more choices, more self-expression, and will build on the first year curriculum. Color journals, for instance, will be different, completing the pages. 2nd year students get to hear reviews of the first year, while they apply that knowledge to their own projects.

4:15 - 5:45 KidsART
Level 1: ages 6 & 7
Overview: Fun class that is good to take for two years, depending on the student. This year it will be an hour and 30 minutes and cost $75/month

6:00 - 7:30 Toons 2 & 3
Level 3: ages 11 and up
Overview: Second/third year cartooning class for classic cartoons. Stylized versions of people, animals and robot characters. Curriculum will include TV show preparation, comic books, illustration for advertising, story boards, daily comic strips, and 3-D character development in clay sculpture using both oil clay and baked permanent polymer clay.


Tuesday

4:15 - 6:00 Art 1 & 2
Level 3: ages 11 and up
Overview: First and second year artists will be doing similar projects, but second year students will have more choices, more self-expression, and will build on the first year curriculum. Color journals, for instance, will be different, completing the pages. 2nd year students get to hear reviews of the first year, while they apply that knowledge to their own projects.


6:15 - 7:45 Toons 1 & 2
Level 3: ages 11 & up
Overview: First and second year cartooning includes the basics and review of the basics. Students learn how to develop characters, create strong images, draw from reference material, create a TV show concept, and make a short comic book.


Wednesday

10:00 - 11:45 AM Adult Art 1
Overview: A wonderful time with other adults, learning and creating art in a super-encouraging atmosphere.

1:00 - 2:45 Adult Art 2 & 3
Overview: A wonderful time with other adults, learning and creating art in a super-encouraging atmosphere.

4:00 - 5:30 Toons 1 & 2
Level 2: ages 8 - 10
Overview: First and second year cartooning includes the basics and review of the basics. Students learn how to develop characters, create strong images, draw from reference material, create a TV show concept, and make a short comic book.


Thursday

4:15 - 6:00 Art 1 & 2
Level 2: ages 8 - 10
Overview: First and second year artists will be doing similar projects, but second year students will have more choices, more self-expression, and will build on the first year curriculum. Color journals, for instance, will be different, completing the pages. 2nd year students get to hear reviews of the first year, while they apply that knowledge to their own projects.

6:15 - 8:00 Art 2 & 3
Level 3: ages 11 and up
Overview: An advanced class for pre-teens and teens, who are in their Second and Third-year at Firstlight. This is for students who are very stong creatively, and mature in their artistic thought processes. The focus is on self-expressive projects, with attention to higher-level curriculum, such as color schemes and content. Some assignments are commercial, but most are in the fine arts category.


Friday

4:15 - 5:45 Real Toons 1
Overview: Level 3: ages 11 and up - Toons 1 must be taken previously.
This is a second year cartooning class for students who want to learn realistic, human-based cartooning such as you see in comic books with hero characters and japanese style comics like Manga. It is also good to have had a year of Art 1, but is not required. We'll work on heads, hands, arms & legs, as well as body stance and action poses.