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Portable Flower Press Workshop

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Preserve the beauty of summer with a hands-on botanical crafting workshop. Create and decorate your own wooden pocket flower press, add botanical drawings and names to custom mounting pages, then explore the prairie to collect flowers and plant samples. All supplies are included, and you'll leave with a personalized press and preserved pieces of nature to enjoy at home.

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Botanicals in Ink

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  • 18 and older
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  • Interactive Online Classroom via Zoom, Chicago, IL
  • 10 hours over 5 sessions

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Class Description

Description

Get started in botanical drawing to capture the bounty of the summer season! You will work your way from drawing and shading into the classic ink techniques of stippling and hatching. We will also explore looser styles of ink drawing, as well as touch upon making your own natural inks.

Skill Level: Beginner

  • This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom prior to your first.
  • You will be emailed Zoom meeting instructions, including a unique URL and meeting ID, to join the class at least 1 day before the start of the class.
  • Review the supply list posted. Students are responsible for purchasing all necessary supplies except where indicated.
  • Many of the supply lists for specific EAC classes are available online at Blick U.
  • Classes that do not meet enrollment minimums will be cancelled three days prior to the start of the class.

Supply List

  1. Drawing paper
  2. Tracing paper (optional but really useful)
  3. Drawing pencils
  4. Smooth bristol paper (sometimes also called “plate”). Strathmore brand is recommended.
  5. Micron pens in black. Sizes 01 and 005. Other sizes optional. Other brand pens are acceptable. Sizes are consistent across brands.
  6. Black drawing ink. There are numerous brands that make this: Higgins, Speedball, Winsor & Newton.
  7. Small paint brush (acrylic or watercolor are ok) Don’t grab one of your good ones.

Instructor will provide a selection of reference photos to work from. On some weeks you may be asked to bring a piece of fruit or something else easily accessible. If you garden you are welcome to use your own flowers as your subject matter.

Refund Policy

Tuition is refundable for Adult and YFA (Youth Fine Arts) classes, minus a processing fee for each class dropped, only if we are notified by or on the next working day after the first class has met.

Workshop fees (minus a processing fee) are refundable up until one week prior to the program. If we are notified at least business days prior to the scheduled start date, a processing fee of $50 is charged for dropping adult classes, YFA classes, or workshops costing $100 or more or a $25 processing fee is charged for dropping programs costing under $100. A processing fee equal to 50% of the tuition is charged for adult or YFA classes and camps that are dropped during the period from six days before the first class meets and the next working day after the first class has met (workshop fees are not refundable during this period). Please refer to the chart below.

Students are responsible for notifying us that they wish to drop a class or workshop; not attending class does not constitute an official withdrawal from courses or cancellation of tuition or fees. If you must drop a class or workshop after the deadline, no refunds will be given. There is no deferred, reduced or pro-rated tuition. Membership is non-refundable. Refunds will be processed within three weeks of notification of intent to drop.

There are no exceptions to the this refund policy.

Please contact us at [email protected]

Refund Schedule for Dropped Classes or Workshops


Type Dropped 8 business days or more before the 1st Session* Dropped between 7 business days before the 1st Session & the 1st Working day after the 1st Session Dropped after the 1st Working day after the 1st Session*
Adult & YFA Classes & Camps Tuition refunded minus $50 processing fee** Tuition is refunded minus a processing fee equal to 50% of the Tuition No Refund or Credit
Workshops costing $100 or more Tuition refunded minus $50 processing fee** No Refund or Credit No refund or credit
Workshops under $100 Tuition refunded minus $25 processing fee** No Refund or Credit No Refund or Credit

*The first session is defined as the first day a class or workshop meets (not the first class or workshop attended).

**To avoid paying the processing fee, students may elect to receive a full tuition credit for classes or workshops dropped seven days or more before the first session. Tuition credit will expire one year from the date the class or workshop is dropped and must be used in full for EAC class and/or workshop tuition. After the credit is redeemed, no further refund options will be available.

Tuition credits are not redeemable for cash under any circumstances. Credits may be transferred to another individual only with written notice.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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Evanston Art Center

The Evanston Art Center, a non-profit visual arts organization in Evanston, IL, has been a cultural cornerstone for over 80 years. Established in 1929, its mission is to integrate visual arts into community life through education, outreach, and events, fostering a vibrant cultural environment for all ages. EAC's extensive offerings include classes, exhibitions, lectures, and youth outreach, embodying its commitment to nurturing creativity and cultural enrichment.

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