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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 : 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!
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 : 5:00PM - 7:00PM CDT on Mon --- 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 […]
We're so excited to welcome back Nancy Guzik to the Palette & Chisel for a flower painting demo! Seats are limited, so don't delay! "At the beginning of a still life painting, an idea is born, but arranging the elements, lighting and perspective are all important. Color harmony, composition, value pattern, the foreground and background, can […]
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 […]
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: 6:00 - 8:30 PM CDT on Thu --- 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 […]
Sunday, June 1st Face-Off Demonstration | 10:00am-2:00pm Award Reception | 3:30pm-6:30pm Presentation with Judge Adrian Gottlieb Based in Urbana, Illinois, Adrian Gottlieb is best known for his figurative pieces and portraiture, both official and personal, and is also admired for an uncanny ability to integrate radiant figures into realistic landscapes. Gottlieb often works directly from […]
Time : 9:00AM - 12:00PM CDT on Sat --- Working from the model, students are introduced to proportions of the head, facial structure and measuring techniques to capture the particulars of each model. Covered topics include skin tone and color theory. Emphasis is placed on observation and the impactful use of limited colors on tone […]
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 The class will meet […]
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