As part of his effort to bring more attention to the history of the P&C, Stuart Fullerton has arranged to have a tour of the Union League Club's art collection for Sunday, January 19 at 11 a.m. The focus of the tour will be on work by our former members such as Otthmar Hoffler, Walter […]
Helen will offer a Sunday afternoon Color Theory Workshop in oil or acrylic paint. The topics covered are: Complementary color mixing, simultaneous and successive contrast, form rendering with warm and cool colors and glazing. If time permits, paint making using iron-oxide pigment will be also demonstrated. Special Notes This class meets in our lower level […]
Time : 6:00PM - 8:30PM CDT on Thur --- Create and improve your sculpting skills in this class designed for the beginner and intermediate levels. Learn to apply simple drawing skills to sculpting the figure in a casual environment. Instruction is given both on an individual basis as well as the whole group. This class […]
Time : 6:30PM - 9:00PM CDT on Thur --- Unleash your inner artist with Oil Painting: Basics & Beyond! From innovations in color approaches to novel painting methods, this course is your shortcut to canvas perfection. In this six-week class, we traverse a spectrum of ideas and processes, including the ‘essence’ technique, inspired by French […]
The Palette & Chisel Scholarship Show will feature past and present winners of our scholarship competitions. The scholarships have been funded by generous donors Lenore Murphy, Ed Wentz and Jane Ellen Murray and Del and Ginger Hall. Join us for the opening on Friday, January 24, 6 - 9 pm! The show will run through […]
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 : 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 […]
Time : 6:30PM - 9:30PM CDT on Tue --- Open to all levels. Beginners welcome and encouraged! This class is designed to help you make informed color decisions, mix color faster and organize your palette better to paint the color you want. We will learn about the Munsell System and the three attributes of color; […]
Time : 1:30OM - 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 […]
10:00AM - 1:00PM --- This class is designed for anyone, from beginning level to advanced level, who wishes to systematically learn to draw and paint in their visual art making. Class will focus on the four most important fundamental elements of visual art; Drawing (form principles), Perspective (spatial relation), Design (composition), and Color (color harmony)* Class will […]
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 […]
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