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 […]
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. (Anyone can learn to draw and paint as long as they have desire and patience, and willingness to work at it!) Class will focus on […]
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 begins with an instructor's demonstration of form rendering, warm and cool color applications, and use of scumbling and glazing. Working from the instructor's still life […]
Join us on Sunday, August 9 from 2 to 5 pm for the opening reception and awards ceremony for the Chicago Pastel Painters! The show will run through August 23.
Time : 1:30PM - 4:30PM CDT on Sat --- This drawing class is designed to empower students stepping outside their comfort zones and unlocking new levels of artistic expression by learning how to demystify their subjects. My approach emphasizes movement, capturing the emotion, and keen observation that extend beyond traditional portrait drawing techniques. I am excited to share […]
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 meet once a week and spend 1-2 sessions per feature. We will work on toned paper with pencil and chalk and explore their anatomy, form, […]
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 has helped artists to build their visual memory, gain insight about the painter's intention and understand the work within a historical context. Rubens, Degas, and […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 learn to draw as long as they have desire and patience and are willing to work at it!) Main emphasis of the class is to […]
Join us on Friday, August 28 from 6 to 9 pm for the opening reception and awards! Chicago’s Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts is pleased to announce an annual art exhibition and competition dedicated to showcasing and awarding upcoming talent in the world of representational art. Our goal is to select work by […]
Time : 2:00PM - 3:30PM CDT on Sat --- Experience a practical artist-materials session focused on color, handling, pigment behaviour and professional painting materials. Join Michael Harding at the Palette […]