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 you! Basic Oil Painting introduces the essentials: laying out a palette, best ways to mix colors, matching the colors you see, applying paint with a […]

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 use of freehand drawing to capture proportion, communicate form, and express emotion. Essentials of shading, composition, and color are considered through various drawing media, including […]

Time : 1:30PM - 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 the recurring drawing issues that come up in portraiture and figure drawing, using gesture and comparative measurement to capture the solid aspect of […]

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 will meet once a week and work from photos and masterworks and discuss how to set up a linear block-in and how to render the […]

Time : 6:30PM - 9:30PM CDT on Tue --- Open to all levels, this class will introduce painting materials including: surfaces, grounds & oil painting media. Students will learn about the essentials for creating dimensional, life-like paintings including: Luminous flesh tones, composition & design, values, edges, color harmony, color temperature for lighting conditions, and paint […]

Time : 6:00PM - 9:00PM CDT on Wed --- A first in Chicago! Comparative anatomy classes at the Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts. During this series of classes, we'll study the skeleton of the foot and then their muscles and tendons with an anatomical, morphological and phenomenological approach. The course is equally theoretical […]

Time : 10:00AM - 1:00PM CDT on Thur --- A first in Chicago! Comparative anatomy classes at the Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts. During this series of classes, we'll study the skeleton of the foot and then their muscles and tendons with an anatomical, morphological and phenomenological approach. The course is equally theoretical […]

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 a deeper understanding of the medium. Each art lesson includes one-on-one guidance with focus on the top principles of creating a solid painting: • How […]

Time : 9:00AM - 3:30PM CDT on Fri --- 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 portrait each week. Instruction will include demonstrations and individual critiques, and will focus on understanding the gesture, […]