Time : 2:00PM - 5:00PM CDT on Sun --- How can one improve pictorial ideas and techniques? What are essential tools and concepts employed by visual artists? This course covers […]
Time : 5:30PM - 7:30PM CDT on Mon --- This 8-week Zoom drawing class will focus on individual features of the face: the eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and hair. We'll […]
Time : 5:00PM - 7:00PM CDT on Tue --- This 8-week Zoom class is for beginner students who want to learn a structural and form-based approach to drawing portraits. We […]
6:00 PM - 9:00PM CDT on Wed. Class activities include: Art anatomy presentations with: active learning through quick sketch drawing from live models, video presentations, & muscle and skeletal models. […]
Time : 9:30AM - 12:30PM CDT on Sat --- If you have never tried oil or want to improve your abilities to handle this beautiful but complex medium, this course is for […]
Time : 1:30PM - 4:30PM CDT on Sat --- Discover the pleasure of drawing! This course introduces essential ideas and processes used by artists working from observation. Students investigate the […]
In this class, students can choose between drawing one cast the entire 6 weeks or painting 6 still lives (1 per week). Cast drawing instruction will focus on the principles […]
Program Description Open to all levels, this class will introduce painting materials including: surfaces, grounds and oil painting media. Students will learn about the essentials for creating dimensional, life-like paintings […]
Time : 10:00AM - 1:00PM CDT on Wed --- This is a class designed to help with painting the portrait in Oil and Pastel, although other media are welcome. Different […]
Time : 6:30PM - 9:30PM CDT on Wed --- The purpose of this class will be to develop your confidence and a way of seeing the figure as a whole, […]
Time : 10:00AM - 1:00PM CDT on Thur --- Oil Painting — Still Life introduces layered painting techniques perfected by Dutch and Italian masters of the 17th century. Each session […]
Time : 6:30PM - 9:00PM CDT on Thu --- This course explores the observation and painting of specific surface textures in oil, including water, wood grain, marble, and glass. Through […]
Unlock your creativity and master the art of watercolor sketching – where transparency meets bold expression. In this course, we explore watercolor techniques from medieval manuscripts to striking contemporary pieces. […]
Working from the model, students are introduced to proportions of the head, facial structure, and measuring techniques to capture the particulars of each model. Covered topics include skin tone and […]
1:30 PM - 4:30PM CDT on Sun. The course will focus on drawing with perspective and finding a likeness, beginning at a fundamental level and increasing in complexity as the student […]
In this class, students will draw four different nude figures or portraits from life in graphite (one drawing per week). Students can decide whether they wish to draw the figure or […]
1:30 PM - 4:30PM CDT on Sat. Take a big step up in your portrait and figure studies by studying both! The class will be devoted to solving some of […]
6:30 PM - 9:00PM CDT on Mon. & Wed. This class is designed for anyone, from beginning level to advanced level, who wishes to systematically learn to draw and paint. […]
Time : 10:00AM - 1:00PM CDT on Tue --- Copying master paintings has long been considered one of the best ways to learn drawing and painting. Throughout history, this practice […]
Time : 2:00PM - 5:00PM CDT on Tue --- For millennia, artists have delighted in drawing the human face and head. It is infinitely challenging and compelling to capture the […]
3:00 PM - 5:30PM CDT on Wed. • This is a general watercolor class—as opposed to one specific genre of portrait, landscape, still life etc.—designed for both beginning watercolor painters and […]
Time : 10:30AM - 1:00PM CDT on Thur --- In this online class, you will learn to implement key concepts and watercolor painting techniques that will allow you to have […]
6:30 PM - 9:00PM CDT on Tue. This class is designed for anyone, from beginning level to advanced level, who wishes to draw a portrait in convincing realism. (Anyone can […]
Join us for the opening reception of the Plein Air Painters Chicago on Friday, December 4, 6 - 9 pm. The show features landscapes and cityscapes throughout Chicago from nearly […]