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Drawing Into Painting (Ages 16+)
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Learn the fundamentals of drawing before picking up a paintbrush. For the first half of the course, we will use dry media and focus on measuring, value, and perspective. During the second half, you will transition into painting with watercolor. We will cover color theory, and focus on still life and landscape. In-person class (with reduced capacity) closely following Restore Illinois guidelines. Face coverings required throughout...
Introduction to Observational Drawing
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Dive into the essentials of observational drawing with our comprehensive course. From basic geometric forms to intricate subjects, master a range of techniques using graphite, conte crayon, and ink. Receive expert guidance through weekly demonstrations and critiques, ensuring each student enhances their ability to create realistic yet artistic drawings.
Drawing as Meditation (Ages 16+)
Practice drawing and color techniques to slow down the art-making process, creating a peaceful and healing experience. Use your intuition to connect to natural, creative forces. Even if you think you cannot draw, you will be surprised to find out how, through this meditative practice, you will enjoy observational drawing immediately. Explore using tone and color to create a calm and serene mood. Colored pencils on paper will be used. In addition...
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Mechanisms Galore
Intended for students who are interested in unique ways to finish off a bracelet or necklace. Sick of store bought mechanisms? In this six week class we will focus on making our own clasps to really give the final touch to your handmade, 1-of-a-kind piece of jewelry.
Logo Design in Adobe Illustrator
General Assembly @ 444 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL
Learn the workflow of leveraging Illustrator pallets, tools, guides and file formats to produce quality art that can be deployed in numerous sizes, types and applications. Takeaways: How to find inspiration, import traceables, organize layers structure and save for legacy use. The tools to make perfect shapes, custom shapes and point adjustments. How to save for web and devices. Bonus: How to use your logo as an alpha channel...
Digitize Hand Lettering in Adobe Illustrator
General Assembly @ 444 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL
In this fun beginner-level workshop, learn how to use tools in Adobe Illustrator to digitize your lettering designs so that you can publish them on a blog, create an engaging social media post, or use them in a print project. You’ll be given step-by-step instruction on how to hand letter a simple phrase, live trace into a vector shape, and add texture and color, and export a beautiful, unique design ready for publishing on the web. Takeaways...
Intermediate Drawing
An ideal class if you already know the basics of drawing and have your favorite set of pencils/tools, but would like to further develop your skills while exploring various materials and subjects. Develop proficiency in scale, depth, proportion, texture through a concentrated study. Immerse yourself in one still life composition for the final project. Required materials Graphite, colored pencil, charcoal, pen/ink, ...
Outdoor Sketching and Perspective (Ages 16+)
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Unleash your creativity and hone your drawing skills in the great outdoors with an immersive observational drawing class. Join us in and around Evanston as we explore the urban landscape, mastering the elements of linear perspective, observational drawing, and color. Don't let the weather stop you, we have alternate indoor locations just in case.
Drawing with Charcoal
Evanston Art Center @ Interactive Online Classroom via Zoom, Chicago, IL
Learn to render different subjects with charcoal. We will use photographic references to learn about various drawing concepts: values, forms, texture, atmospheric perspective and facial proportions. Experience drawing on papers with different tonal values. Click here for the instructor's recommended supply list. Skill Level: Beginner/Intermediate This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom prior to your first...
Night Artist Studio
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
In this multi-level, multi-media studio class, the instructor will help you to define your personal artistic project and develop your creativity. You will receive personalized attention to help you find inspiration and unblock any creative block you might have. You will learn how to produce a body of work, implement ideas, and make your art deeper and stronger.
Drawing with Ink Ages 16+
Learn how to use a brush and quill to make loose, lush drawings. This medium is perfect to combine line and value, and will help you become looser and freer in your practice. Discover how to quickly create painting studies, to work faster and be more self-confident. This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom prior to your first class: You will be emailed Zoom meeting instructions, including a unique URL and...
Outdoor Sketching and Perspective
Get outside and draw! You will be led on drawing excursions in and around Evanston to learn to draw the urban landscape. Elements of linear perspective, observational drawing, and color will be brought together in this unique class. This class will only take place outdoors, and will NOT meet at the Evanston Art Center. Registered students will receive offsite meeting instructions prior to first class via email. In case of inclement...
Drawing Art History
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Throughout history, artists have trained by learning from artists that came before them. We will focus on different areas of art history with particular emphasis on technique, including composition, line quality, values, etc. and then practice these techniques firsthand.
Creative Uses for Inks
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Inks have the ability to create fluid and impressionistic effects on both porous and non-porous surfaces. Using ceramic tile, clayboard, canvas, wood, glass, metal, fabric, and rice paper, learn how to utilize and control ink to create one-of-a-kind works of art that allow you to flex your creativity. Skill Level: Beginner
From Drawing to Painting (Ages 16+)
We’ll begin each class with drawing exercises, and then use those drawings as tools to painting. Learn to see deeper, express yourself both intuitively and through observation, and simply indulge in the pleasure of making. Work from still lives you create yourself, as well as reference photos. In drawing you will work with line, gesture, cross hatch and tone. The paintings will expand upon these ideas. There will be lessons for beginners, and...
Travel Sketch
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Learn how to maximize your time as you sketch and draw the landscapes during your travels. Emphasis includes how to extract your vision from the landscape using elements of composition; how to render basic forms of the landscape and incorporate line, gesture, and value; and how to add color. Using water-based pens and colored pencils, you will begin your own travel sketchbooks using inspirational travel photos. Water-soluble sketch pens will be...
Drawing Native Plants
Learn the art of botanical drawing while honoring the beauty of our native flora. Botanical art focuses on building your observational skills and how to be accurate with proportions. We will work our way from spring to fall, using pencil and ink to cover the best ways to draw different flowers and leaves. This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom prior to your first class You will be emailed Zoom meeting...
Pastel Drawing Studio
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Soft pastel is a unique medium that combines the qualities of drawing and painting. Dry pigments look like velvet catching the light. Create pastels from nature, photographs or memories as you explore composition, color, light, shadow and perspective. An advanced studio class with significant independent work. Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced In-person class (with reduced capacity) closely following Restore Illinois guidelines. ...
Weekly Group Crit
Are you looking to discuss your work in a safe, constructive environment, while learning and growing your artistic practice? Share your work in a free and open discussion to receive both positive and constructive feedback, all with the goal of growth. Lively discussions are encouraged. All media are welcome. This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom prior to your first class: You will be emailed Zoom...
Texture in Colored Pencil Ages 16+
Evanston Art Center @ Interactive Online Classroom via Zoom, Chicago, IL
Bring more realism to your drawings by learning how to create texture in colored pencil. You will learn how to render soft, rough, fuzzy, smooth and shiny objects. The basics of colored pencil will be covered before moving into more advanced techniques. This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom prior to your first class: You will be emailed Zoom meeting instructions, including a unique URL and meeting...
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