Jo Ridge Kelley, an internationally collected landscape painter, will be teaching a children's art class beginning Sept. 18.

Kelley, working through the Inspired Art Ministry, Inc. will offer "Fine Art Basics for Children — Unleash Your Child's Talent and Creativity."  This course will run every Tuesday from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. for five weeks.  Tuition is $75 and includes all materials.

Students will be drawing and sketching from still life set-up arrangements and from life.  They will learn how to properly hold a pencil to sketch and compare and measure relationships of shapes within the composition.

Students will create a color wheel and learn color mixing.  Elements and principles of design will also be discussed.  Simply dynamic paintings will top off the five week session.

Kelley has ...