Individualized instruction in a group setting to maximize learning. Each
class at Green Forest Art Studio begins with the instructor introducing
the subject matter and materials to the entire class. Students
then receive individualized instruction tailored
to their own skill level, learning new techniques and exploring
concepts in greater depth as their understanding improves. This
approach maximizes the total amount of instruction time for each student
while also allowing students to learn from one another.
One must first learn to see before one can learn to draw or paint. Students
are taught how to directly observe objects in their surroundings and
the techniques required to accurately render qualities such as form,
color, lighting, shadow, reflection, texture, proportion, and
perspective.
Students should be allowed to experiment with a variety of art materials. At
Green Forest Art Studio, students explore a variety of art materials
including charcoal, ink, oil pastels, soft pastels, watercolors,
acrylics, and oils. This variety expands the artistic possibilities and
allows a child to explore different media and how they behave. No child
is expected to become the master of any or all of these media, but the
experience with each helps them expand their artistic voice and opens
up greater appreciation for artwork by others found in museums or
created by their fellow classmates.
Artwork is an expression of how and what each artist sees. Teachers
at Green Forest Art Studio encourage artistic expression by allowing
children to use the media they have experimented with in ways that are
truly unique. Our instructors make sure that children know that
drawings are not always supposed to look like photographs, but are each
person's view of the world. Children's drawings become expressions of
how and what each child sees. Artistic risk taking, experimentation,
and the development of meaning are intrinsic to making art, and
children can begin to understand these concepts through their own
artistic efforts.
Art History enhances student's enjoyment of art in everyday experience. Our
students develop a historical understanding of great artists, works,
movements, and art from different cultures. Our program also covers the
vocabulary of art, different elements of art and principles of art
design.
Our Director
Emma Peng, Green
Forest's Art Director, has over 10 years of professional experience as
a children's art teacher and art director.
Her passion for
children's art education led her to study with full scholarships at
both the National Taiwan University of Art (Fine Art Major) and Taipei
University of Education (Masters in Art Education).
Since then, Emma
founded 4 fine art studios in Taiwan. The studios have grown to over 1,000
students, employing 18 instructors.
