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Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Designed for the figurative painter who wishes to challenge their way of seeing and representing the figure beyond traditional rendering. You will be exposed to the work of Nathan Oliveira, Elaine de Kooning, Richard Diebenkorn, and Barbara Knoll, among many other contemporary abstract figurative painters. Re-interpreting figure/ground relationships, use of color, and mark-making within the context of exploring abstraction and strong design...
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Get introduced to stimulating color and design methods. Learn how to progress from idea to sketch to painting to both enrich creativity and bring a sense of order to your artwork. Personalize your color palette, and work with the principles of pictorial structure to help you develop an exciting and cohesive body of work. Acrylic or oil paint, charcoal, graphite or colored pencils will be used. Bring what supplies you have to the first class.
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Acrylics are versatile paints, and this class explores a range of techniques from traditional to contemporary. From experimenting with the lines of paints to using different mediums, we will work on projects such as layering, making gel skins for abstract landscapes, subtractive painting pouring, mono printing, and more!
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This fun and creative approach to watercolor painting is an exciting way to get started with the medium or enhance and expand what you already may know about it. Learn traditional techniques, including wet-into-wet, glazing, coloring mixing, flat washes, graduated washed, color mixing, and more. Experiment with watercolor paints and watercolor pencils (optional) on a variety of subjects, including still-life and landscape. Please bring these items...
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Design your own floorcloth, an Early American art form of floor coverings. Learn various techniques: staining, stenciling, geometric design or free hand images. Display on the floor or use as a wall-hanging. Bring on the first day of class: Any sketch pad Any pencil If the student already has acrylic paint and/or brushes, it is recommended that they come to class the first day before buying any new art materials.
Have fun learning to produce vibrant, colorful and unique sketch/drawings using watercolor pencils. Experience a new technique each week, and engage in the sharing and discussion of your artwork with fellow students. Dry pencils/wet pencils, layering of color, creating color, shading, sketching, washing, lifting, lighting and composition will be part of our weekly class. Click here for the instructor's recommended supply list. This interactive...
Evanston Art Center @ Interactive Online Classroom via Zoom, Chicago, IL
Create art inspired by nature in oil or acrylic. Learn how to translate the beauty and complexity of the natural world into drawings and paintings. We will alternate working onsite (likely Skokie Lagoons) and at home (via Zoom) while we learn ways to render skies, plant life, and water. Concepts will be explained via lectures so students have a strong grasp of the fundamentals before we head outside. This class will only take place outdoors and on...
Calling all artists! Join us from the comfort of your home for a virtual mixed media art class. We’ll explore drawing, painting, collage, sculpture and fun crafts in a variety of artistic styles in a fun, supportive atmosphere. 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 ID, to join the class at...
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Ignite your artistic journey in Teen Beginning/Intermediate Drawing and Painting. Delve into the fundamentals of drawing, from mastering line and shape to exploring shading techniques. With watercolor paints, embark on a step-by-step exploration of color and realism, creating captivating landscapes, portraits, and still lifes. Join us, whether you're a returning student or a newcomer eager to embark on new projects and refine your skills.
As an element, earth signifies the terrestrial world. As inspiration for a painting class, it is associated with rocks and soil. Create “earth” textures to incorporate into our paintings or mixed media pieces, as backgrounds or textures within landscapes. Focus on a technique, such as crackle paste, rust patina, rock surfaces, or fertile soil each week, and expand upon the possibilities into either a step-by-step painting background or...
We’ll draw and paint in either the Lincoln Park Conservatory or the Chicago Botanic Gardens. Work in watercolors and watercolor pencils, drawing mediums, or acrylics. Focus includes instruction on creating quick thumbnail sketches, composition, and color. Materials: small sketchbook Staedtler #3b pencils kneaded eraser.
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Overwhelmed by all the colors on your palette? Gain a stronger understanding of color temperature and harmony by painting with a limited palette. When you limit the number of colors you use, you focus more on color temperature and value, which define form and space in your painting. Limiting your palette helps to better understand individual pigment qualities such as transparency and tinting strength. We will work from still life setups and...
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Learn the basic principles of paint fabrication, canvas stretching and priming to deepen your knowledge of the properties of various pigments. Make a painting from the raw materials, the way painters were doing it before readymade paints were available. The session will cover acrylic, oil and other kinds of paints.
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Render flowers richly and beautifully in oil paints! Discover how to achieve vibrant, confident-looking artworks that convey a sense of light, shadow, and sculptural form. Color mixing and brush stroke application will also be a major focus, to avoid muddiness and over-blending. You will start with a paint-along demonstration and receive individual attention.
We’ll draw and paint on the grounds of the North Park Nature Center, Lincoln Park Conservatory, and the grounds of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Work in watercolors and watercolor pencils, drawing mediums, or acrylics. Focus includes instruction on creating quick thumbnail sketches, composition, and color. Materials: small sketchbook, Staedtler #3b pencils, kneaded eraser, also see posted list for all materials.
Painting Water: Reflections Transparencies Waves & Underwater Fluid, seductive, reflective. . . water is the essence of life. Paint different aspects of water: in the movement of waves, reflections and transparencies, pulling inspiration from lakes and oceans, rivers, waterfalls and marshes, and even underwater. We’ll examine abstract and representational depictions of water to understand how different artists have captured imagery: from...
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Learn the basics of acrylic painting to create beautiful landscapes while exploring a variety of color schemes and painting techniques.
Sea animals are so much fun to paint! Each week we’ll paint a new sea creature, beginning with a basic line drawing first, and then finishing it off with acrylic paints to bring your sea creature to life! 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 ID, to join the class at least 1 day before the start of the...
Create your own zoo with your lifelike paintings! Each week we'll learn how to draw a different land animal, and then bring them to life through painting. 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 ID, to join the class at least 1 day before the start of the class. Review the supply list posted. Students...
A successful painting is based in good composition and color usage. Explore color relationships and strengths. Learn how shape, positive and negative space can balance your compositions. Discover why scale and placement are so important. Course includes color theory review, lecture, projects, handouts and visuals. Skill Level: All Levels Notes: This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom prior to your first class....
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