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 : 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 : 6:00PM - 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 : 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 : 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, […]
Time : 10:00AM - 1:00PM CDT on Sat --- Your artistic journey starts with fundamentals of watercolor painting: the art of expressing nuanced form through both transparent and opaque techniques. Whether working from your own photographs, found images, or directly from still life, you’ll develop a keen eye for detail and compositions. As the course […]
Time : 9:00AM - 12:00PM CDT on Sat --- The course introduces approaches to drawing the half figure, focusing on the face, upper body, and hands. The course provides concepts and techniques that assist the student in improving their ability to capture a likeness and graceful figure movement. This is done by annotating the anatomical […]
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 : 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 […]
Time : 6:30PM - 9:30PM CDT on Tue --- Open to all levels, this class will introduce various oil painting materials and analyze great paintings from the past and present. With an emphasis on chiaroscuro painting (the dramatic distribution of light and shadow in a picture), students will learn the essentials for creating dimensional, life-like […]
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 techniques and procedures will be demonstrated throughout the class and close, hands on instruction will be given. Drawing is an important component of painting as […]
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, utilizing basic anatomical landmarks and a sense of comparative proportion. Together, we will examine the physical landmark relationships inherent in the human subjects we choose […]
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 Sun --- Individual instruction aimed at improving the draftsmanship of the experienced and beginning artist. Line, gesture, proportion, construction, light and shade are explored as we attempt to represent the human form. Any drawing or water-based media is welcome in this class. Special Notes
Time : 6:30PM - 9:30PM CDT on Mon --- Individual instruction aimed at improving the draftsmanship of the experienced and beginning artist. Line, gesture, proportion, construction, light and shade are explored as we attempt to represent the human form. Any drawing or water-based media is welcome in this class. Special Notes
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 : 6:30PM - 9:30PM CDT on Tue --- For centuries, artists have utilized toned papers for both their aesthetic qualities as well as a shorthand means toward representing the wide spectrum of values observed in nature. Students will learn the basic construction and landmarks of the head. Then they will quickly move on to […]
Time : 2:00PM - 5:00PM CDT on Wed --- I’m so excited to be starting an oil painting 5-week painting workshop at the Palette and Chisel. I’ve been asked to do this for several years now. This year is the year. My teaching approach is very relaxed and encouraging. We’ll be showing one to […]
Time : 6:30PM - 9:30PM CDT on Wed --- Design is essential to help your art communicate and connect. It surpasses all other techniques and tools, color and yes, even value. Intent maybe the only thing more important than design. This class will help you understand and recognize the value of great design. Great design […]
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 […]
Time : 1:00PM - 4:00PM CDT on Thur --- For centuries, artists have utilized toned papers for both their aesthetic qualities as well as a shorthand means toward representing the wide spectrum of values observed in nature. Students will learn the basic construction and landmarks of the head. Then they will quickly move on to […]
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 […]
Time : 6:30PM - 9:30PM CDT on Thur --- Sargent, Wyeth and Zorn have shown watercolor to be an ideal medium for figure painting. Students gain experience working directly from a live model for both short and more extended poses. Learning to "see" in masses, utilizing a limited palette and the fundamental techniques of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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