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Plein Air Painting and Sketching
Evanston Art Center @ Interactive Online Classroom via Zoom, Chicago, IL
Create art inspired by nature in oil or acrylic. Learn how to translate the beauty and complexity of the natural world into drawings and paintings. We will alternate working onsite (likely Skokie Lagoons) and at home (via Zoom) while we learn ways to render skies, plant life, and water. Concepts will be explained via lectures so students have a strong grasp of the fundamentals before we head outside. This class will only take place outdoors and on...
Teen Beginning/Intermediate Drawing and Painting (Ages 13-18)
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Ignite your artistic journey in Teen Beginning/Intermediate Drawing and Painting. Delve into the fundamentals of drawing, from mastering line and shape to exploring shading techniques. With watercolor paints, embark on a step-by-step exploration of color and realism, creating captivating landscapes, portraits, and still lifes. Join us, whether you're a returning student or a newcomer eager to embark on new projects and refine your skills.
Art Mash-Up with Miss Sam (Ages 7-12)
Calling all artists! Join us from the comfort of your home for a virtual mixed media art class. We’ll explore drawing, painting, collage, sculpture and fun crafts in a variety of artistic styles in a fun, supportive atmosphere. This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom prior to your first class You will be emailed Zoom meeting instructions, including a unique URL and meeting ID, to join the class at...
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Nature as My Muse: Painting Earth Ages 16+
As an element, earth signifies the terrestrial world. As inspiration for a painting class, it is associated with rocks and soil. Create “earth” textures to incorporate into our paintings or mixed media pieces, as backgrounds or textures within landscapes. Focus on a technique, such as crackle paste, rust patina, rock surfaces, or fertile soil each week, and expand upon the possibilities into either a step-by-step painting background or...
Beginning Watercolor in American Sign Language
Watercolor is fun and easier than you would think! Learn various techniques and color theory while exploring different ways to combine light, composition, color, and textures in watercolor painting. Using American Sign Language (ASL) the instructor will teach you how to create your own watercolor paintings, through step-by-step demonstrations. In ASL only. Supply List: Sargent Art Supreme Series Watercolor Cake Sets Strathmore® 400...
Tropical Plein Air
We’ll draw and paint in either the Lincoln Park Conservatory or the Chicago Botanic Gardens. Work in watercolors and watercolor pencils, drawing mediums, or acrylics. Focus includes instruction on creating quick thumbnail sketches, composition, and color. Materials: small sketchbook Staedtler #3b pencils kneaded eraser.
Color Simplified
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Overwhelmed by all the colors on your palette? Gain a stronger understanding of color temperature and harmony by painting with a limited palette. When you limit the number of colors you use, you focus more on color temperature and value, which define form and space in your painting. Limiting your palette helps to better understand individual pigment qualities such as transparency and tinting strength. We will work from still life setups and...
Making Paint from Scratch
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Learn the basic principles of paint fabrication, canvas stretching and priming to deepen your knowledge of the properties of various pigments. Make a painting from the raw materials, the way painters were doing it before readymade paints were available. The session will cover acrylic, oil and other kinds of paints.
Painting Vibrant Flora in Oils
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Render flowers richly and beautifully in oil paints! Discover how to achieve vibrant, confident-looking artworks that convey a sense of light, shadow, and sculptural form. Color mixing and brush stroke application will also be a major focus, to avoid muddiness and over-blending. You will start with a paint-along demonstration and receive individual attention.
$130
Fall Plein Air: Nature in Chicago
We’ll draw and paint on the grounds of the North Park Nature Center, Lincoln Park Conservatory, and the grounds of 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. Materials: small sketchbook, Staedtler #3b pencils, kneaded eraser, also see posted list for all materials.
Painting Water: Reflections, Transparencies, Waves
Painting Water: Reflections Transparencies Waves & Underwater Fluid, seductive, reflective. . . water is the essence of life. Paint different aspects of water: in the movement of waves, reflections and transparencies, pulling inspiration from lakes and oceans, rivers, waterfalls and marshes, and even underwater. We’ll examine abstract and representational depictions of water to understand how different artists have captured imagery: from...
Intro to Acrylic Painting Through Landscapes
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Learn the basics of acrylic painting to create beautiful landscapes while exploring a variety of color schemes and painting techniques.
Learn to Paint: Sea Animals (Ages 5-9)
Sea animals are so much fun to paint! Each week we’ll paint a new sea creature, beginning with a basic line drawing first, and then finishing it off with acrylic paints to bring your sea creature to life! This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom prior to your first class You will be emailed Zoom meeting instructions, including a unique URL and meeting ID, to join the class at least 1 day before the start of the...
Learn to Paint Land Animals (Ages 5-9)
Create your own zoo with your lifelike paintings! Each week we'll learn how to draw a different land animal, and then bring them to life through painting. This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom prior to your first class You will be emailed Zoom meeting instructions, including a unique URL and meeting ID, to join the class at least 1 day before the start of the class. Review the supply list posted. Students...
Color & Composition (Ages 16+)
A successful painting is based in good composition and color usage. Explore color relationships and strengths. Learn how shape, positive and negative space can balance your compositions. Discover why scale and placement are so important. Course includes color theory review, lecture, projects, handouts and visuals. Skill Level: All Levels Notes: This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom prior to your first class....
Nature as My Muse: Painting Water
Fluid, seductive, reflective. . . water is the essence of life. Paint different aspects of water: in the movement of waves, reflections and transparencies, pulling inspiration from lakes and oceans, rivers, waterfalls and marshes, and even underwater. We’ll examine abstract and representational depictions of water to understand how different artists have captured imagery: from Japanese printmaking to Homer as inspiration. Learn several...
Natural Dyes Color Mixing
Students will learn how to make a range of colors by mixing just six different natural dyes that are both light- and wash-fast. We will begin by reviewing the mordanting process and then learn about the properties of each of these dyes and how to combine them in the dye bath. Students will work with their own materials to create a color book of samples. A supply list will be sent to students two weeks before the beginning of class. Open to all l...
Create Painterly Watercolors
Ingrid's Originals Inc. @ 3729 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL
This three-day studio workshop is for those who wish to loosen up their watercolor paintings! Painting techniques and philosophy of design will encourage bold, loose paintings. Eric believes that most painting problems are the violation of an elementary painting principle. Eric's lectures will be easily understood and helpful, and his daily painting demonstration may include subject matter of land, marine, streetscapes, florals and interiors....
Express Yourself with Mood and Atmosphere
Ingrid's Originals Inc. @ 3729 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL
Take advantage of this great opportunity to study with Keiko right here in Chicago! This workshop is designed for those who want to create a painting strong in composition filled with light and atmosphere. During the three days, simplification, mood, atmosphere and composition will be shown in step-by-step demonstrations each day. Landscapes, cityscapes, waterscapes, interiors and figures may be included in the three days. A class...
Beginning Acrylic Painting in American Sign Language
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Discover the possibilities of acrylic painting! Create vibrant, quick-drying works of art on canvas for yourself or to give as gifts, and learn more about composition, color mixing, and textures. Using American Sign Language (ASL) the instructor will teach you how to create your own paintings, through step-by-step demonstrations. In ASL only. Click here for the instructor's recommended supply list. Please Note: This interactive online class...
$95
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