Time : 5:30PM - 7:30PM CDT on Mon --- This 8-week 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, simplification, […]
Time : 5:30PM - 7:30PM 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 : 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 […]
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 : 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 […]
We will start by studying the head (portrait) and the neck. See you soon then. We will discuss their form and function from the theoretical perspective of phenomorphology of the human body. Join us for this wonderful human drawing adventure at the start of 2025.
We will start by studying the head (portrait) and the neck. See you soon then. We will discuss their form and function from the theoretical perspective of phenomorphology of the human body. Join us for this wonderful human drawing adventure at the start of 2025.
We are proud to present MSC's premiere exhibition: "The Feminine in Focus: Photographic works by Bunny Yeager from the M.S. Collection" curated by Andrea A. Guerrero and Michelle Strassburger. "The Feminine in Focus" features work predominantly from the 1950s and 1960s by iconic U.S. Pin-Up and Glamour photographer Linnea Eleanor "Bunny" Yeager. This exhibition explores […]
6:00PM - 9:00PM --- For the joy of getting your hands in the clay! Come learn how to sculpt from life. I have just returned from 3 months of extended study in gorgeous, inspiring, Florence, Italy! And I cannot wait to share all my knowledge. In this class you will learn the basics, and more. […]
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 Sat --- 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 : 9:00AM - 12:00PM CDT on Sat --- This course focuses on the essentials of rendering 3D volume, weight-bearing, and balance, when drawing the figure. In long poses, students will construct convincing and expressive form in life drawings. Each session begins with the instructor's demo. Students will work with various media, including pencil, charcoal, […]
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 : 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 […]
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