Your child needs art. Homeschool art classes are here!

We’re always asked—do you offer art classes for homeschool students? The answer is now yes!

Horst Arts Classroom

Horst Arts Classroom

We understand that teaching art can be intimidating—but that it’s something you want to take seriously.

We’re here to help. Beginning in the fall of 2022, Horst Arts will offer four art courses for homeschool students that run from Sep/Oct to Oct/Nov. These courses are:

Drawing | Collage | Graphic Design | Watercolor

All courses are a total of eight hours and are for students in grades 8 through 12. Classes run the same day of the week for four consecutive weeks, with each class being two hours long. To sign up, call Katherine Horst at (717) 419-4025.

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Instructor, Jason Jolda

Drawing

Course Overview: Fundamentals of drawing with a focus on developing technical and perceptual skills in hand-eye coordination, and the ability to draw from observation using a variety of media including pencil and charcoal. Conceptual and expressive possibilities of drawing are explored within a range of subject matter including still-life, value (light and shadow), perspective, and portraits. Other topics of discussion include composition, negative space, scale and proportion.

Instructor: Jason Jolda attended The Columbus College of Art and Design where he received his BFA in Illustration. He furthered his education at The Savannah College of Art and Design receiving his MFA in Visual Communication. From there he began his career as a Drawing Instructor at several colleges over the years. He has been a professional Artist for over 20 years. His contracted work spans the markets of advertising agencies, design studios, and children’s books. Most recently, his art has expanded to portrait art, and started his own business “Picture Perfect Portraits”. Whether he’s working on a business logo, designing and fabricating props, or illustrating a personalized portrait, everything he does is done with passion and love. To learn more about Jason’s portrait work, visit his website or follow him on Facebook.

Details:

  • The price for this course is $150, to be paid in full before the class begins.
  • This course is for students in 8th–12th grades.
  • The minimum number of students for this course is five. If the minimum is not met, the course may be canceled.
  • Sign up for this class by calling Katherine Horst at (717) 419-4025.

Dates: The Drawing course includes eight hours of class time, with four two-hour blocks on four consecutive Mondays:

  • Mon, September 26, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Mon, October 3, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Mon, October 10, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Mon, October 17, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Supply List

  • Graphite pencil kit / including a full range of pencils from 4H–6B
  • Hard eraser
  • Pencil sharpener
  • 18 x 24 drawing pad
  • Charcoal sticks
  • Kneaded eraser
  • Ruler
  • Drawing board with clamps

Instructor, Katherine Horst

Collage

Course Overview: Collage is “an artistic composition of materials and objects pasted over a surface, often with unifying lines and color.” Interact with this exciting medium and leave with something uniquely beautiful. This four-week instructional class gives you the opportunity to create from observation and finish with one or more projects for your art porfolio.

Instructor: Katherine Horst is a graduate of Pennsylvania College of Art & Design. She is a mixed media artist that has focused on the medium of paper-based collage for the past twelve years. Her love of impressionistic painting and texture led to her fascination with this style. She sees the toned paper scraps as brush marks on her surfaces. The variety of weights and textures in her papers adds depth to the layers. There is a lot of freedom in the genre of collage and Katherine enjoys the resulting challenges of her ever-changing process. Katherine and her husband own and operate Horst Arts in Manheim, Pennsylvania.

Details:

  • The price for this course is $150, to be paid in full before the class begins.
  • This course is for students in 8th–12th grades.
  • The minimum number of students for this course is five. If the minimum is not met, the course may be canceled.
  • Sign up for this class by calling Katherine Horst at (717) 419-4025.

Dates: The Collage course includes eight hours of class time, with four two-hour blocks on four consecutive Wednesdays:

  • Wed, September 21, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Wed, September 28, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Wed, October 5, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Wed, October 12, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Supply List

  • All materials are included in the price.

Instructor, Jason Horst

Graphic Design

Course Overview: The Graphic Design course will focus on the various elements of design, including balance, space, line, and value. We will discuss approaches to design and how they can be used to communicate message clearly, such as simplification, hierarchy, and scale. While these concepts will absolutely be useful in computer-based design, this course will not make use of computers. Various in-class exercises will be used to explain and instill the basic concepts of design that will be a strong foundation for those pursuing careers in design. Even students not pursuing graphic design will use these concepts in common, everyday tasks—from designing social media posts to writing letters to organizing spaces.

Instructor: Jason Horst graduated from Grace College with a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design. After graduation he worked for four years as a typesetter and book designer for a publishing company. He then spent six years working for an advertising agency, where he honed his design and programming skills in the area of website design and development. In 2003, Jason launched a graphic design business named Piksl Design, which morphed into Horst Arts in 2019. Jason specializes in graphic design and website development for small and large businesses. He has worked with clients such as Coca-Cola, HGTV, Simpson Strong-Tie, Fuse, and Paste Magazine.

Details:

  • The price for this course is $150, to be paid in full before the class begins.
  • This course is for students in 8th–12th grades.
  • The minimum number of students for this course is five. If the minimum is not met, the course may be canceled.
  • Sign up for this class by calling Katherine Horst at (717) 419-4025.

Dates: The Graphic Design course includes eight hours of class time, with four two-hour blocks on four consecutive Fridays:

  • Fri, October 7, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Fri, October 14, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Fri, October 21, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Fri, October 28, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Supply List

  • All materials are included in the price.

Instructor, Tori Phillips

Watercolor

Course Overview: Watercolor is known as an “artists’ paint made with a water-soluble binder such as gum arabic” which is “thinned with water rather than oil, giving a transparent color.” It can typically be found as dry cakes or in tubes of concentrated wet paint. Join us as we focus on using the dry paint method, where we will learn the basic techniques of watercolor and an overview of what it offers, enabling the student to learn and create simultaneously. As we progress through our class we will not only learn techniques, but the art of storytelling with this medium and the flexibility one has when using it. Students will finish the four-week course with two or more projects completed.

Instructor: Tori is a recent graduate of Summit International School of Ministry in Grantville, PA. She was born and raised in the suburbs of Milwaukee, WI, with art being a big part of her childhood. It wasn’t until her later teen years that she realized the gift it held and how much she loved to create and give it to others. What began as making thank-you cards moved to custom art for weddings and events and has now become a passion for her to create for others. While most of her art has been commissioned using various mediums, she truly feels at home with neutral and earthy watercolor palettes. Recently she has created a place for commissions and more at Tori-Anne Creative. And while she loves creating meaningful art, she also enjoys any opportunity to help others learn the simplicity and gift of art, firmly believing that learning something new doesn’t have to be boring!

Details:

  • The price for this course is $150, to be paid in full before the class begins.
  • This course is for students in 8th–12th grades.
  • The minimum number of students for this course is five. If the minimum is not met, the course may be canceled.
  • Sign up for this class by calling Katherine Horst at (717) 419-4025.

Dates: The Watercolor course includes eight hours of class time, with four two-hour blocks on four consecutive Thursdays:

  • Thu, October 20, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Thu, October 27, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Thu, November 3, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Thu, November 10, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Supply List

  • 1 - 9x12" Canson Watercolor Paper Pad, (140lb, 30 sheets)
  • 3 - Synthetic Watercolor Brushes (sizes 2, 8, and 12)
  • 1 - Watercolor Confections: The Classics by Art Philosophy
  • 1 - Kneaded Eraser
  • 1 - 2B Pencil (mechanical or regular)
  • 1 - Black Gel Ink Rollerball Pens 0.35mm Extra Fine
  • 1 - Drawing Board with Clip

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17 N Main St, Manheim, PA 17545
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