What are you Looking for?
SHOPPING CART

No Products in the Cart
TOTAL:
$0.00
PROCEED TO CHECKOUT
VIEW CART
img

title

  • details
qty X
price
Kids Art Tour

Welcome to the KAT Classroom!

Please log in with your subscriber account to access your classes and recordings.

Log In

Kids' Art Tour Classroom

Homeschool Reporting'26-'27 Calendar

NO CLASSES November 5th, 6th & 9th 

Book Cover Design • Lesson 1
November 12th & 13th

JOIN THE ZOOM MEETING
(live online students only)

Supplies from Your Box 

Coming soon 

Supplies from Home 

Coming soon

Class Times

Live Online:
9:30am - 10:45am
11/12, 11/19, 

In-Person:
A: 9am - 10:30am
B: 11am - 12:30pm
11/13, 11/20

On-Demand:
Recordings posted
11/16, 11/23

**BONUS •  LESSON 3 for all students: Recorded lesson posted by 11/23 
I felt we needed a 3rd lesson to better tie the lessons together but we will be out of town which is why I only scheduled 2 lessons for November. I will record myself teaching and the kids will do a fun excercise during class. 

Book Recommendations

This is a great time for your kids to start enjoying the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books. See below for more suggestions.

This Week's Class

Class 1 • Beatrix Potter • Creating a Scene 

Watercolor Landscapes Kid Art Tour.jpg__PID:993dc797-fd74-4e91-b03d-3492dd8ab740

Lesson 2 • Heads up

Online and On-Demand:
For Lesson 2, your child needs various small found nature or garden type items.  For instance:

Rocks
Feathers
Leaves
Berries
Flowers
Sticks
Mushrooms
Fruits or veggies

The Boy's King Arthur NC Wyeth.jpg__PID:cd347d85-9736-4358-b8d2-7c62532472b3

November Class Recommendations

We'll be looking at book cover design while also enjoying the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys mystery books. So this is great time to head to the library for some books to read.

We also love listening to the audio books. You can borrow them through the Libby and Hoopla apps with your library card number.  (Laura Linney's narration for the Nancy Drew Books is our favorite).

Have fun! 

Facebook Group Banner856 (7).png__PID:e5f05f74-4e97-4e0c-be2d-d8a6f4265777

Facebook Group

Join our private Facebook group!
Feel free to post pictures of your kids with their boxes and your kids' artwork. I'll post student work and classroom images from my in-person classes and anything I find that I think your kids will enjoy.  

Join our private Facebook group
IMG_9596 2.jpg__PID:2ebb47d8-4b7b-4edb-85d4-30d34bac352e

In-Person Location  

343 Day Street, Horseheads, NY 14845
(the only two-story house on Day street).

Students may come into my house 5 minutes before class starts to get settled and chat. They can come right in the door without knocking and at the end of class I will send them out when they see your vehicle.

FYI, we do have a dog, Zoe, who will give sniffs and licks and usually sleeps during class. (Yorkie/Schnauzer breed)

online bts.jpg__PID:cc99993d-c797-4d74-8e91-b03d3492dd8a

Live Online Guides 

If your child will be live on Zoom with us either taking the online class regularly or joining due to a missed in-person class, please be familiar with these online guidelines so our classes run smoothly for everyone. Thank you!

 Download

Lesson 1
Beatrix Potter • Create a Scene

Supplies from Your Box 

(Online and on-demand)
test

• Lesson 1 pages from notebook
• All contents from sleeve behind lesson 1
• Paint set
• Brushes
• Ruling Pen
• Black Gel Pen

Supplies from Home 

(Online and on-demand)

• Pencil
• Scissors
• Elmer's Glue* 
• Glue Stick*
• Ruler
• Cup of water and paper towels if we're painting (we are for these 3 lessons)

*If you don't have glue yet, don't worry, they can do the glue part during the week. 

I suggest you have a bin just for this class that has these supplies as well as all supplies from the box I've sent. This can be with your child during class so they don't need your assistance to find everything.

IMG_0899 3.jpg__PID:0ec52dd4-9433-4787-afbc-a1abb9f40610

I forgot to mention...

In your supplies for this class there was some fabric. I forgot to let the kids know during class that the fabric was for putting clothes on the characters if they wanted. 

Lesson 2
Beatrix Potter • Nature journals

IMG_0974 2.jpg__PID:2afd1187-f726-46fd-b6a3-4351e09d611d

Supplies from Your Box 

(Online and on-demand)

• Lesson 2 pages from notebook
• Accordion Watercolor Booklet in the sleeve behind lesson 2.
• Paint set
• Brushes
• Ruling Pen
• Black Gel Pen

Supplies from Home 

(Online and on-demand)

• Various nature objects found outside (rocks, sticks, feathers, flowers, leaves, grass, deceased insects if desired... etc)
• Pencil
• Cup of water and paper towels

Lesson 3
Beatrix Potter • Finishing our Projects

Supplies from Your Box 

Online and on-demand
This week, we'll add a frame to our scene, add front and back covers to our nature journal and have time to add any finishing touches to both projects.

• Lesson 3 pages from notebook
• Sleeve behind lesson 3: Paper with printed lines, fabric, board, batting, glue dots.
• Any other supplies needed to keep working on both projects to bring them to finish. (Paint set, Brushes, Ruling Pen, Black Gel Pen)

Supplies from Home 

Online and on-demand

• Elmer's Glue - to add the frame and covers
• Scissors
• Ruler or straight edge to help them fold their paper frame.

• Any supplies needed to finish up their two projects from Lesson 1 & 2

Lesson 4
N.C. Wyeth • Dynamic Figures

Supplies from Your Box 

Online and on-demand
This week, I'll introduce the amazing illustrations of N.C. Wyeth, we'll look at his dynamic figures, I'll show your kids how to draw from life and your kids will choose a book except to illustrate for the month.  

• Wyeth Lesson 1 pages from notebook (I JUST realized that I numbered the lessons just for the unit, not for the calendar. So instead of 4-7, I accidentally put 1-4 on them. My brain...)
• Book Excerpt Sleeve (You'll see "Treasure Island" on the first page. They'll need the whole sleeve)
• "Text Observations and Illustration Plan" Sleeve
• Tracing Paper Pad
• Sketchbook
• Posable Figure (woohoo!)
• Pencil and eraser

Supplies from Home 

Online and on-demand

No additional supplies needed. 

Lesson 5 
N.C. Wyeth • Guiding the eye

Supplies from Your Box 

Online and on-demand
This week, we'll look at how artists can control the viewer's attention throughout an illustration, sketch some and have time to work on the illustration for the month.

Also, I forgot that you all wouldn't be able to see Maple while we were gushing over her. I will be sure to change the view next time. 

• Wyeth Lesson 2 • Guiding the Eye pages from notebook 
• Sleeve with all their book excerpts
• "Text Observations and Illustration Plan" Sleeve
• Tracing Paper Pad
• Sketchbook
• Posable Figure
• Pencil and eraser

Supplies from Home 

Online and on-demand

No supplies needed this lesson that aren't already in your box. 

Lesson 6
N.C. Wyeth • Dynamic Lighting
** At Minute 55, I show students how to transfer their drawing to tracing paper.

IMG_1017 2.jpg__PID:fa6793e0-ad04-40f1-aa34-924db8ed9b63

Supplies from Your Box 

Online and on-demand
This week, we'll  sketch, analyze Wyeth's use of figures, lighting and guiding the eye and have time for working on illustrations. 

Your child's goal (either by the end of class or before next week) is to get their drawing finished and transfered to the painting paper. I walk them through that process during this lesson at minute 55.

This wil ensure they get some painting done on their illustration during our last (!!!) Wyeth lesson. 

• Wyeth Lesson 6 (or possibly "Lesson 3" on your handouts, sorry) • Dynamic Lighting pages from notebook 
• If needed still, their book excerpts and illustration plan sheet they fill out. 
• Tracing Paper Pad/drawing they're working on
• Sketchbook
• Posable Figure
• Pencil and eraser

For transfering their drawing:
• Black transfer paper 
• White painting paper
• Clipboard
• Blue tape

Supplies from Home 

Online and on-demand

No supplies needed this lesson that aren't already in your box. Woohoo!

Lesson 7
N.C. Wyeth • End Papers

IMG_1017 2.jpg__PID:fa6793e0-ad04-40f1-aa34-924db8ed9b63

Supplies from Your Box 

Online and on-demand
This week is our final class on N.C. Wyeth and we're finishing up our illustration by painting.

The goal is to be painting during this class so drawings should be done and either transfered onto the painting paper or ready to be transfered first thing this class. (At minute 55 during the last class, lesson 6, I walked the kids through transfering).

• Wyeth Lesson 7 handouts • End Papers from notebook 
• Drawing transfered to painting paper which is taped to their clipboard.
• All painting supplies: paints, brushes (from previous box), painting tray, sponge, etc. 

Supplies from Home 

Online and on-demand

• Brushes from previous box
• Aside from water or papertowels, nothing else should be needed. 

BACK TO TOP