Sun, May 22
5:00pm - 7:30pm Central Time
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at Color Cocktail Factory - Pilsen 917 W 18th St, Chicago, Illinois 60608
2.5 hour mosaic course with experienced artists, for all levels of experience including beginners. Come and learn the direct method of making a mosaic suitable for indoors or outdoors by laying tiles directly onto a durable surface. This can be a mixed media mosaic if you wish- and you can bring your own material to include in your work. Our studio...
2.5 hour mosaic course with experienced artists,...
Read moreSunday May 22nd, 5pm - 7:30pm Central Time
at Chicago Botanic Garden - Glencoe 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, Illinois 60022
Explore the building blocks to create a vibrant summer landscape painting. You will learn to extract your vision from the landscape, beginning with black and white sketches and progressing to full color compositions. Emphasis will be on color, composition, gesture, form, value, and line. Color mediums can include oil, acrylic, pastel, gouache,...
Explore the building blocks to create a vibrant summer...
Read moreWednesday Jun 1st, 10am - 1pm Central Time
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at Evanston Art Center - Evanston 1717 Central St, Evanston, Illinois 60201
Draw and paint inside or outside the Lincoln Park Conservatory and the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Work in watercolors and watercolor pencils, drawing mediums, or acrylics. Focus includes instruction on creating quick thumbnail sketches, composition, and color.
Draw and paint inside or outside the Lincoln Park...
Read moreSaturday May 28th, 9:30am - 12:30pm Central Time
(2 sessions)at Chicago Botanic Garden - Glencoe 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, Illinois 60022
Pique assiette, or “broken plates,” incorporates a blending of color, form, and texture. This folk art can be found in many cultures and is popular today as a way to recycle a favorite piece of china or broken heirloom. Complete a unique mosaic from shards of china, ceramic, or glass. A supply list is given at the first class, but...
Pique assiette, or “broken plates,” incorporates...
Read moreThursday Jul 14th, 1:30pm - 3:30pm Central Time
(8 sessions)at Chicago Botanic Garden - Glencoe 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Chicago, Illinois 60022
Why seek out short-lived flowers for your photographic images when leaves can be so much more interesting? Foliage plants exhibit design, texture, and pattern. Learn to work with light and focus to create dramatic photos. DSLR camera (no phones); tripod and close-focusing lens strongly suggested.
Why seek out short-lived flowers for your photographic...
Read moreThursday Jun 2nd, 9am - 12pm Central Time
(4 sessions)at Sew Anastasia - West Town 2041 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60612
Learn how to drape with starting at the beginning. This is a fast paced class that takes you through all of the basics of draping in 6 weeks. We meet once a week for 3 hours. You need to know the basics of sewing and be able to sew a dart and put in a zipper to attend this class. Week 1: The Dress Form, Elements of Fabric,...
Learn how to drape with starting at the beginning....
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2:30pm - 5:30pm Central Time
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Sun, Jul 10
12:30pm - 3:30pm Central Time
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Sun, Jul 24
12:30pm - 3:30pm Central Time
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Sun, Aug 7
2:30pm - 5:30pm Central Time
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Sun, Aug 21
2:30pm - 5:30pm Central Time
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Sunday May 22nd, 2:30pm - 5:30pm Central Time
(6 sessions)at TLD Design Center & Gallery - Berwyn 2619 Ridgeland Ave, Berwyn, Illinois 60402
Beginners and seasoned felters are invited to come and play with this fun, unusual, magical process that by-passes knitting and sewing capitalizing on the natural attributes of animal hair to turn yarn and roving into this sculptural neck "ruff". This is a wet felting technique that delivers a stabilized fabric which won't pill or become hairy...
Beginners and seasoned felters are invited to come...
Read moreTuesday Jun 7th, 10am - 1pm Central Time
at TLD Design Center & Gallery - Westmont 26 E Quincy St, Westmont, Illinois 60559
Using the natural properties of wool and the laminating (Nuno) technique, students will create a light, summery scarf. Wool felt is generally thick, stiff and sculptural, but by using smaller quantities of wool and the luxurious drape of silk satin, a unique light and airy felt can be created. During this 4 hour class students will explore color...
Using the natural properties of wool and the laminating...
Read moreFriday May 27th, 10am - 1pm Central Time
at TLD Design Center & Gallery - Westmont 26 E Quincy St, Westmont, Illinois 60559
Beginners and seasoned felters are invited to come and play with this fun, unusual, magical process that by-passes knitting and sewing capitalizing on the natural attributes of animal hair to turn yarn and roving into this sculptural neck "ruff". This is a wet felting technique that delivers a stabilized fabric which won't pill or become hairy...
Beginners and seasoned felters are invited to come...
Read moreFriday May 27th, 2pm - 4:30pm Central Time
at TLD Design Center & Gallery - Berwyn 2619 Ridgeland Ave, Berwyn, Illinois 60402
This class is perfect as a beginner's introduction to wet-felting for the first time. During this 3-hour workshop, each student will learn how to layer several color and surface design pattern techniques together with wool roving (unspun fiber) for a uniform fabric in the creation of an envelope style purse. An added skill to this class is...
This class is perfect as a beginner's introduction...
Read moreSunday May 29th, 3pm - 6pm Central Time
at Chicago Botanic Garden - Glencoe 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, Illinois 60022
Using the beautiful Georgia O’Keeffe flower paintings as a template, broken and cut art glass will be glued to an acrylic panel to form a realistic or abstract version of an O’Keeffe flower. This process takes into consideration color, shape, and shading using gorgeous transparent glass as the medium. All supplies are included.
Using the beautiful Georgia O’Keeffe flower paintings...
Read moreThursday Jun 2nd, 10am - 1pm Central Time
(2 sessions)at Evanston Art Center - Evanston 1717 Central St, Evanston, Illinois 60201
Pinch, slab and coil techniques will be demonstrated to create a variety of projects from functional vessels to sculptural forms, figures and tiles. Explore carving and painting with slips and glazes. For more experienced students explore altering your pieces and honing your skills. Historical and contemporary artist will be introduced for inspiration....
Pinch, slab and coil techniques will be demonstrated...
Read moreTuesday Jun 14th, 1pm - 4pm Central Time
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at Chicago Botanic Garden - Glencoe 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, Illinois 60022
Capture the colorful world of the Butterflies & Blooms exhibition. This intermediate to advanced level class meets before the exhibition opens to the general public. Close-focusing/macro lens and tripod are strongly suggested. Prerequisite: Participants should have a working knowledge of camera controls and lens settings.
Capture the colorful world of the Butterflies &...
Read moreWednesday Jun 22nd, 8am - 10am Central Time
at Chicago Botanic Garden - Glencoe 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Chicago, Illinois 60022
Learn the techniques and principles of photography. You will explore the basics of photography, including image composition rules, how the camera works, proper exposure, and the functions of lens aperture and shutter speed. The course requires a digital SLR camera. No previous experience is required.
Learn the techniques and principles of photography....
Read moreTuesday Aug 23rd, 9am - 12pm Central Time
(4 sessions)at Chicago Botanic Garden - Glencoe 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, Illinois 60022
When you stop for a moment to examine the world, the extraordinary can be found in the mundane. Explore the ways you can open up the world by using depth of field, lighting, camera angle, and, most of all, your imagination. Come find out what your environment looks like through a macro lens. FPC required course, nature & landscape track
When you stop for a moment to examine the world, the...
Read moreTuesday Jul 12th, 9am - 12pm Central Time
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