LALIT KALAKSHETRA

What for Grading System?

Our educational systems lay stress only on academic syllabus and do not promote the other extra-curricular activities. Unlike in foreign countries the Indian students do not have options to pursue their extra or co-curricular activities like Art & Design, Music, and Dance, etc., along with their academics.

Any form of Art, being versatile is difficult to evaluate, hence, we need a system which can make it acceptable by the practitioners and experts alike. Children tend to put in serious efforts when they are faced with the prospect of being examined. This gradation system will certainly make them to work harder and inspire them to practice with sincerity.

The ‘Gradation Certificates’ will make room for healthy competition among the talented students that will lead to more practice and better learning by them.

In the absence of Gradation system even a child with years of learning experience fails to get recognised. Parents are unable to understand or estimate the talent levels of their own children.

The continuity of learning Fine Arts is influenced by their academic goals in the competitive world. The children need their own liberty in identifying their interests and pursuing them along with academics.

Lalit Kalakshetra is the first Institution in India which has formed Grade system for children from yearly 90’s in a successive manner according to their competence levels.

What is Grade Examination?

Today the teachers are chosen by the parents mostly based on their popularity. The process of gradation of students trained by the teachers will stand testimony to the teaching skills of the individual teacher or the teaching institution.

Our Grade Examination is 10 Grade systems.

This Grade Exams is divided into 3 Levels:

Basic Level (Grade: 1 to 4).
Intermediate Level (Grade: 5 to 7).
Advanced level (Grade: 8 to 10).

How to Apply?

Children’s who wish to be graded should send in their application along with the exam fees to Lalit kalakshetra. (Students from other Institutions who wish to be graded should send their application along with the exam fees to Lalit kalakshetra, through their teachers)
Separate Grade Exams are available for Art & Design, and Music & Dance
The application will be processed, and candidates will be sent Hall Tickets through their Institution / School / teacher.
Grade Certificate will be issued only for those who have cleared the grade
Grade Examinations will be conducted twice in a year (July and January) Application with fees should reach on or before June and December every year.

Eligibility

There is no age limit for any grade.
Any student pursuing Art & Design, Music and Dance course can apply. No academic Qualification needed.
Gradation scales are from 1 to 10. (However a student can apply for any grade directly based on their level of competence.)
The grade to which the student can appear will be decided by respective teachers (approval by the authorities of Lalit Kalakshetra.)
Examination will be conducted at our Lalit kalakshetra Centers only.

But outstation institutions examination will be conducted through online or offline with our invigilators only.

Assessment of Grade Exam:

The exam is conducted with Theory & Practical’s and will be adjudged by a panel of examiners
Instead of Theory, Oral exam component is also built in wherever required
Grade Examinations will be conducted twice in a year (July and January)

Pre Grade for ART, MUSIC & DANCE

During the previous examinations, it was observed that fear of exams; anxiety and lack of preparation were the primary reasons for less than expected performance. We are glad to inform you that pre grade is being introduced in all the subjects which will be before Grade I.

Pre Grade will benefit in the following:

To identify prodigies
To increase confidence level.
To overcome fear and anxiety associated with exams in fine & performing arts
To give sense of pride in parents
Pride of earning certification at a very young age
To create interest in the respective subject
To showcase latent talents
To help children prepare better for Grade - I

Pre Grade Exams will have No age limit and there will be no theory, Fees INR. 500/-

EXAM FEES
LEVEL	GRADE	(INDIA)	(OTHER COUNTRIES – In US $)
Basic Level	Grade (I to IV)	INR 1000	25
Intermediate Level	Grade (V to VII)	INR 2000	50
Advanced Level	Grade VIII to X	INR 3000	75

Candidates who skip the lower grades and apply directly to a higher grade shall pay additional INR 1000, for each grade skipped. subject to a maximum of Indian INR. 3000 (for other countries US$ 25, subject to a maximum of US$ 80)

Grade Exam Subjects

Drawing and Painting
Dance ( Bharathanatyam and Mohiniyattam )
Music (Carnatic / Western)
- Carnatic: Vocal, Violin.
- Western: Guitar and Keyboard

Grade Exam Pattern

Music & Dance

There will be Two Papers (Theory and Practical) :

Practical - 80%

Grade 1 - 4 will be for 5 to 10 minutes
Grade 5 - 7 will be for 15 minutes
Grade 8 - 10 will be for 30 minutes

Theory - 20%

(Written or Oral)
Grade 1 - 5 will be for 30 minutes
Grade 6 - 10 will be for one hour

Drawing & Painting

( 2 Hours for Theory and Practical)

CHILDREN’S DIVISION

The ARTS are all about your imagination! Anything you can dream of you can create with some type of Art! And Art is everywhere! From when you wake up in the morning until you go to sleep at night, art is a part of everything you do! What kind of Artist would you like to be? One of the most basic forms of VISUAL ART is DRAWING!

ART EDUCATION

(Art Integrated Education Programme (AIEP) for School Children) Syllabus revised and prepared for professional course of study! – Strictly Not for Hobby classes!

Aim:

To promote Observational Skills; Critical Thinking; Imagination; Creativity; Self Expression; Aesthetic Sense, Problem Solving Approach, Self-Direction, and 21st Century Skills!
Curriculum covers stage by stage (considering their age group) for their future studies in Art & Design like B.Des., Fine Art, NID, NIFT, CEED, NATA – General Ability(GA) and Creative Ability(CA) – in entrance examinations and for other Fine Art and Design related courses!
Main objective of our Art Integrated Education Programme (AIEP) is to make our students aware of the vast and diverse Cultural Heritage of our Country!

Dear Parents, Art & Craft Teachers!

Having 31 years of experience in teaching art to the children, we structured a new innovative world class curriculum designed by the nationally renowned Artist Mr. Raviraj, for the 21st century kids – The pedagogy, Theme, Style, Creativity, Medium, Projects and Assessments are carefully curated and prepared perfect lesson plans for different age groups. A special Refresher course also for Art Teachers to upgrade their skills!

Now, we also offering LIVE interactive online art classes for young Artists! Exactly as in-studio sessions, focused projects with fun. Each session children will create new masterpieces!

We classified 3 different ways of teaching and syllabus for Visual Art Education courses

HOBBY ART COURSES – Online Art Classes! (In Studio and Virtual Studio)
FOUNDATION COURSES FOR CHILDREN (Professional Standard) – (In Studio)
GRADE EXAMINATIONS FOR CHILDREN (Art & Design, Music & Dance)

HOBBY ART COURSES

Online Art Classes! (In Studio and Virtual Studio)

ART STUDIO

ART FUNDAMENTALS -(Age Group 5 and above - In Studio and Virtual Studio – 10 Classes) Line, Shape and Colours, Nature, Birds and Animals by combining with line, shape and colours simplified. Fun with Colours…….

CLAY STUDIO

(Age Group 10 and above - In Studio only – 10 Classes) Clay Shapes & Forms, Animal Faces, Clay pendants, Painted bird hangings, Manual clay bowls, and pots, bowl and mugs using an electric potter’s wheel etc.,

CRAFT STUDIO

- (Age Group 5 and above - In Studio and Virtual Studio – 10 Classes) Gift wrap and tags, Spotty animal cards using templates, Paper hand bag, Paper frieze, paper spiral decoration, Origami, Decoupage, … etc

PRINT STUDIO

(Age Group 10 and above - In Studio only – 10 Classes) Leaf and vegetable prints, Cream Marbling, Sun print, Mono Prints, Screen Prints, woodcut prints etc.,

FOUNDATION COURSES FOR CHILDREN

(Professional Standard)

(Duration: Six Months) - In Studio only

SKETCHING AND DRAWING TECHNIQUES

Introduction, Drawing Materials & Techniques, Making Marks – using HB, B, 2B, 4B & 8B pencils; the effect of the paper surface on the marks.
Exploring other dry media.
Marks with Colour Media – Soft Pastel, Pastel pencil, Oil pastel, Coloured pencils, Water soluble colour pencils, and Crayons.
Mixed Media.
Drawing Practice – using construction lines
Drawing leaves, Fruits, and Vegetables.
Birds and Animals.
Negative Spaces
Contour Drawing – object and group of objects.
Expressionistic Drawing.
Rendering Tone – Tonal Scale, Hatching and Crosshatching with pencil
Blending shading with charcoal pencil
Stippling.
Working on a Large Scale.
Light and Shadows.
Texture and Pattern
Pen and Brush Drawing.
Line and wash
Composition.
Still Life (from artificial or natural objects);
Painting from Nature.
Coloured Pencils /Pastels
Perspective and Buildings.
Imaginative Composition
Portraits

BASICS OF DRAWING & PAINTING

Introduction, Getting to know the Materials, Making Marks – using HB, B, 2B, 4B & 8B pencils; the effect of the paper surface on the marks.
Controlling the Form – Learning by doing – Sketch Book practice.
Geometric Approach.
Proportion.
Establishing Measurements.
Composition – Choosing interesting compositions.
Analysing composition and layout.
Simultaneous points of view – Fragment the Image.
Light and Contrast – Drawing Shadows.
Block Shading – Values.
The Tonal range of Drawing – Gradations.
The effect of Volume – Modeling.
Detailed chiaroscuro drawing.
The Third Dimension – Mathematical Perspective and Intuitive Perspective.
Model and Background in a Still Life.
Atmospheric Perspective – Perspective Tricks.
Introduction to Painting – Materials and Methods.
The World of Colour - Colour theory – Exercises.
Earth Colours.
Colour and feelings.
Painting Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables.
Painting Nature.
Feeding your Imagination ( Hidden Ideas, Creative Doodling, Anything is possible, Fantasy creatures, Composition based on few lines from a famous lyrics, Resources for pictures and Collecting for a theme.

DRY MEDIA TECHNIQUES

Introduction- Dry Media : Sketching Media, Dry Media and Oil-based media. – Drawing tools, Papers and other surfaces.
Coloured Pencil Basics – Single uniform tone, Tonal Gradation, Overlap and blending.
Lines – Straight and Curved lines, Diagonal lines, Crosshatching (colour mixing).
Colours & Tones: Colour Wheel- Primary, Secondary, Complementary, Tonal values.
Transparent Layering.
Burnishing and wax blooming.
Sgraffito
Impressed Lines.
Coloured pencil with Graphite.
Rendering with Water-soluble coloured pencils.
Flowers/Fruits
Birds/Domestic Animals.
Nature
Working on Black Paper.
Mixed Media.
Project.

EXPRESSIONS IN WATER COLOUR

Introduction – Water colour Materials and Techniques
WaterColour Props, Extenders and Retarders
Start with Detail study sketches
Basic Washes: Plain washes, washes applied on one another (Overlap Wash), Flat Wash, Graded wash and variegated wash
Exercises: Basic Colour Wheel
Basic Techniques: Warming up, Proportion of water in watercolour painting.
Flowers.
Fruits.
Foliage: Paint Shrubs &Trees with the Study of Basic Shapes & Washes.
Monochrome or Dual Tone painting.
Wet into wet.
Wet on Dry.
Masking out
Pen and Ink.
Different Techniques: Scraping, Using Salt, Sponges, Spatter, Wax resist, Masking Fluid.
Landscapes
Projects

RENDERING WITH PEN & INK

Introduction- Papers & Boards: Illustration Boards, Bristol Boards, Stippled Board (Leather), Matt Art Board, Tracing papers, Scratch Boards; Designers Indian Ink; Coloured Drawing Inks;
Pen Textures- Experiments with Ballpoint pen (Vertical, Horizontal, Quick short vertical, quick diagonal, Crosshatching, Short curved form lines, continuous form lines, circular patterns, vertical plus short lines, dots, dots and solid);
Rendering with Quill pen/Dip pen/Metal pen/Pen holders; Copy works of Albrecht Durer’s – Six Pillows drawing, Young hare and praying hands.
Brush Techniques – Basic brush strokes and textures.
Rendering a Tree (Pen-Brush & Wash)
Brush, Ink & Litho Crayon on stippled board;
Scratch Board Techniques;
Spatter Technique;
Dry brush and chalk on toned paper.
Pen and Ink Cartoons.
Line and Tone – washes over pen lines;
Pen & Ink using transparent photo colours;
Lettering & logo design
Using Bamboo pen/Felt pen/fibre tipped pen/wedge shaped marker;
Illustration Techniques: Rendering with Brush pen /Pigma Micron pen /Uni-ball eye/Pilot Sign pen/ IDenti pen;
Projects.

DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS

Introduction to Design; Importance of Design; Free-arm exercises; Symmetrical, Asymmetrical, Enlarging and reducing;
Common Objects drawn with straight lines;
Cylindrical and conical objects; Objects based on the cone;
Perspective; Colour Theory
Drawing from Nature;
Mechanical Drawing using geometrical instruments;
Pattern Drawing using pen & Ink;
Leaf & Floral forms in geometry, leaf curvature;
Rose with decorative treatment; Birds and Animals forms;
Pattern in Nature;
Silhouette treatment of natural forms;
Simple units for use in design (Motif);
Elements and Principles of Design;
Border Patterns; Design in Textile, Jewellery, Wood Carving, Interior and Fashion Industry;
Skeleton and Panel fillings based on plant forms;
Motif, Repeat, Pattern, Texture and Design Portfolio.

MIXED MEDIA TECHNIQUES

Introduction – Materials: Paints, Brushes, Cardboard, Bubble wrap, Modelling paste, CDs, Hair combs, Old toothbrushes, Rubber cement, Tissue papers, Sand, Plaster of Paris, Old Magazines, Waxed paper, Tin foil sheets, Metallic markers, Toothpicks, Permanent markers etc.
Line and Wash Techniques;
Rendering with Drawing ink and Watercolour;
Indian Ink illustrations with transparent photo colours;
Combination of Ballpoint pen and watercolour;
Collage
Painted Mosaic
Using modeling paste, Tissue paper, on cardboard.
Crumpled foil techniques
Drawing on Newspaper;
Monoprints
Vegetable printing
Pencil and Watercolour
White ink on Black paper
Charcoal over watercolour
Projects

CREATIVE DRAWING & ILLUSTRATION

Introduction
Copying Picasso’s – Five lithographed versions of a Bull
Still Life – Perspective and distortion
Simultaneous points of view – Fragment the Image.
Many ways of seeing and saying
Painting on Collage
Illustrative processes – Thumbnails, roughs;
Decorative Illustration;
Metamorphosis
Beyond reality
Anthropomorphism
Caricature
Invented figures
Inspirations from Nature
Fabric paint and Paper collage
Drip Technique
Relief Technique
Using Newspaper as a background
Print and Stamp Techniques
Coloured paper and pastels
Pattern Printing
Sandpaper Technique

LIFE STUDY TECHNIQUES

Facial Features
Principles of drawing the head
Drawing head in various angles
Women’s Head
Expression
Anatomy
Drawing Hands
Drawing leg and feet
Vitruvian Theory
Ideal Proportion for a male figure; Ideal Proportion for a female figure
Various standards of proportion
Understanding Perspective
Figures in Perspective
Block forms, Planes, Foreshortening
Light and shade
Figure in action; Drawing a life model

OIL PAINTING FOR BEGINNERS

Introduction- Equipment’s
Oil Painting – I
Oil Painting – II; Oil Painting – III; Oil Painting – IV; (Colour Theory; Colour Mixing; Glazing; Impasto; Alla Prima )

ACRYLIC PAINTING FOR BEGINNERS

Introduction: Brushes, Supports, Paint and Boards, Easel, Gesso, Latex, Retarder, Glossy and Matt Medium, Gels, Modeling paste, Varnish; Acrylic Paint and its properties; Colour Theory; Colour Mixing; Glazing; Impasto; Alla Prima; Spattering and Spraying. Collage and Acrylics.
- Still Life
- Flowers
- Landscape
- Student Choice

SPECIAL COURSES

ENTRANCE COACHING for - NATA, NID, NIFT, DJ, SRISHTI, DSK, CEED, PEARL
PORTFOLIO PREPARATION
FASHION ILLUSTRATION TECHNIQUES
PHOTOGRAPHY
ABACUS
VEDIC MATHS
CALLIGRAPHY
ART & CRAFTS
YOGA
KARATE

PERFORMING ARTS

DANCE – BHARATHANATYAM & MOHINIYATTAM
MUSIC – VOCAL (CARNATIC & HINDUSTANI),
INSTRUMENTAL ( KEYBOARD, GUITAR
VIOLIN, MRIDHANGAM & FLUTE)

Children'S Division