Class #204: Cast Drawing & Still Life with Addison Xu

Time : 9:00AM - 12:00PM CDT on Sun --- 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 of proportion and value as well as the mechanics of form, light, and shadow. Students will […]

$250.00

Class #327: Foundations of Drawing & Painting with Andrew Conklin

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 the basics of composition, perspective drawing, and color theory and application. Through a series of short projects, students investigate ideas and techniques used by painters […]

$425.00

Class #101/102: Fundamentals of Visual Art with Don Yang

6:30 PM - 9:00PM on Mon. & Wed. This class is designed for anyone, including complete beginners, who would like to learn how to draw and paint in a systematic way, beginning with the most important and fundamental principles of visual art; how to Draw (light and form principles), how to create a convincing sense […]

$450.00

The Feminine in Focus: Photographic works by Bunny Yeager from the M.S. Collection

Opening Reception: Friday, May 2, 6 - 9 pm Linnea Eleanor "Bunny" Yeager (1929–2014) was an American photographer and model from Wilkinsburg, PA. She is best known for her pioneering work in Glamour, Pin-Up, and Cheesecake photography, a genre popularized by the prominence of commercial imagery featuring semi-nude women in the United States during the […]

Class #236: Figure & Portrait Drawing with Addison Xu

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, […]

$265.00

The Old Summer Camp

Come learn about the P&C's Fox Lake summer camp--the club's long-ago base for rural painting and sketching. P&C president Stuart Fullerton will introduce you to this charming topic in Palette history with many illustrations. Special Notes The talk will take place at The Palette and Chisel Club located at 1012 North Dearborn Street in Chicago […]

$25

Class #225: Portrait Drawing with Helen Oh

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 unique combination of large and small, fixed and mobile forms that combine to produce the sitter’s likeness. This drawing course introduces the essentials of proportion, […]

$260.00

Class #147: Anatomy of the Human Body with Dr. Said Bouftass

Time : 10:00AM - 1:00PM CDT on Thu During this series of classes, we will study the skeleton of the shoulder, arm, forearm and the hand, then their muscles and tendons with an anatomical, morphological and phenomenological approach. See you soon!

$300.00

Memorial Day Model Marathon

The Memorial Day Model Marathon is Monday, May 26, from 7 am to 7 pm. It will feature 12 hours of quick sketch in multiple studios with live models. A BBQ lunch and refreshments are included. There will be a long pose from 1 to 4 pm in the coach house. There will be paired […]

$35