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Acrylic Pours for Jewelry (Ages 16+)

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Make cabochons for jewelry using the fun and unpredictability of acrylic pours. Week one will be creating pours, and week two will be the completion of the cabochons. Skill Level: All Levels

(83) All levels 16 and older
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$155

2 sessions

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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

(83) Beginner 18 and older
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$195

5 sessions

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Watercolor In The Abstract Ages 16+

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Take a stab at this fluid and spontaneous medium. If acrylics are your first love, learn how to merge the two. If watercolor is your thing, learn how to produce more expressive work. Experiment and learn to be fearless in your painting.  Create exciting shapes and textures not achievable with oils or acrylics. If you are new to watercolor, fear not, the instructor will demonstrate how to work with a variety of tools and materials including...

(83) All levels 16 and older
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$195

5 sessions

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The Art of Portrait: From Drawing to Painting

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Gain confidence as you draw and paint portraits by exploring all its aspects in this studio class. The first approach will be through drawing, learning the morphology and anatomy of the face and the head, progressively building skills of portrait representation. Eventually you’ll learn how to shift from drawing into painting, discovering shading, tone and color applied to portrait.  Through examples taken from different artists you’ll...

(83) All levels 18 and older
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$160

5 sessions

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Pen and Ink Exploration: Color and Texture (Ages 16+)

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Learn how to combine the contrast and detail of pen and ink and the vibrancy of watercolor to create bold, exciting illustrations full of color and texture! We'll start off playing around with basic texturing techniques in both watercolor and ink, and then experiment with how we can combine those techniques to create realistic textures such as skies, soil, trees, fur, glass, metal, water, and more. Demos of specific textures will be open to student...

(83) All levels 16 and older
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$190

4 sessions

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Plein Air in the City

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Draw and paint outside the Caldwell Lily Pool, Lincoln Park Conservatory or Garfield Park Conservatory. Work in drawing mediums and or watercolors and watercolor pencils. Focus includes instruction on creating quick thumbnail sketches, composition, and color. Dress appropriately for changing weather, sun protection, and summer insects.

(83) All levels 18 and older
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$195

2 sessions

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Painting I, Acrylic

Aartwerk Studio @ 1141 W Granville Ave, Chicago, IL

Painting I, Acrylic is the introduction to the fundamentals of painting. We warmly recommend taking this course prior to any other painting course, even if your ultimate medium of choice is oil. Acrylics are fast drying, water-based paints, and will allow for quicker exploration of various approaches to painting.  Because of this, technical rules and planning process are (unlike with oils) virtually nonexistent in this course. This said, the...

(12) Beginner 16 and older
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$260

8 sessions

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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...

(83) Intermediate 18 and older
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$190

6 sessions

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Landscape Painting with Water-Based Mediums

Evanston Art Center

Water-based paint mediums allow artists the freedom to explore color; create layers, experiment; and make quick changes in their compositions.   This Winter; explore your favorite landscapes  while learning about color, gesture, form, and other elements crucial to a strong landscape painting.  Gouache; watercolor, acrylic, and other water-based mediums are welcome.  Instructor will provide photographic references or bring...

(83) All levels 15 and older
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Lighting Effects Workshop

Evanston Art Center

Bring a painting you are struggling with and Didier will help you think about light? Working in your choice of medium (oil, acrylic, charcoal, graphite, or pastel) Didier will show you how to create correct light. Bring a piece that you had started or start a new piece from scratch using a photo reference. Light gives a sense of dimension, mood, and life.  Didier Nolet is an artist who has perfected the use of light in his art. He will share...

(83) Beginner 18 and older
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From Drawing to Painting (Ages 16+)

Evanston Art Center

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...

(83) All levels 16 and older
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Intro to Acrylic Landscape Painting

Evanston Art Center

Learn the basics of acrylic painting by painting beautiful landscapes from photographs, while exploring a variety of color schemes and painting techniques. Explore color mixing, blending, highlighting, and creating visual texture. This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom and register your email address prior to your first class. You will be emailed Zoom meeting instructions, including a unique URL...

(83) Beginner 18 and older
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Paint Your Heart Out

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Awaken your creative insticts and collaborate with a group of kindred spirits while working in the EAC studio environment. Learn to access you uncensored voice and free yourself from limiting opinions of what is considered acceptable artmaking. In this class, students elevate painting skills by exploring paint application methods and mediums. Develop personal imagery and invent on a 2D surface. Bring acrylics, oils, watercolors or gouache. Supply...

(83) All levels 18 and older
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$330

9 sessions

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Beginning Acrylic Painting (18yrs +)

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Learn fundamental acrylic painting skills while practicing the art of expression, line, gesture, rhythm, tone and color. Achieve an understanding of acrylic materials and techniques as you work with both observational and imaginative painting methods, becoming familiar with acrylic painting in stylistic periods in art history and contemporary art.  Required Materials This is a suggested list for class. Blick will give you a 10% discount if...

(83) Beginner 18 and older
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$330

9 sessions

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Color As an Object: Painting with Color

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Want to grow your practice with color in either oil or acrylic? We’ll begin with the basics of color theory, and progress through creating color swatches and learning about our materials, ultimately creating two paintings that demonstrate the main principles of color theory. Paintings will either be abstract or from references you bring.  To expand on these foundational building blocks, we will begin to experiment with color as an object,...

(83) All levels 18 and older
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$190

3 sessions

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Acrylic Pour Paintings

Evanston Art Center @ Interactive Online Classroom via Zoom, Chicago, IL

Who needs brushes when you can pour acrylic paint and create unique and unpredictable works of art? Experiment with acrylic pours learning new techniques and approaches to create either stand-alone abstract paintings or backgrounds for further development. Supply List: Flood Floetrol (gallon) is available through Home Depot in the paint section (also Lowes and Menards)  Paints, canvases, and pins are available through Blick’s Officemate Giant...

(83) All levels 18 and older
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$150

5 sessions

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Pastel for Beginners

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Explore fun and traditional ways to apply pastels and charcoal to achieve realistic effects with still-life, flora and landscape as subjects. Start with a draw-along demonstration, focusing on the fundamentals of line and tone with individualized instruction.  No prior experience or drawing ability necessary.

(83) Beginner 18 and older
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$195

5 sessions

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Mixed Media: Flora and Landscape in Watercolor

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Mixed Media: Flora and Landscape in Watercolor and Soft Pastel Ages 16+ Mixed media using watercolors and soft (dry) pastels offers wonderful ways to construct textural, 3D looking artworks, while enjoying the relaxing, meditative, therapeutic aspects of art-making. Explore fun, traditional and experimental ways to apply these materials to achieve interesting effects. We start with a paint-along demonstration, then branch into individual choices...

(83) All levels 16 and older
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$195

5 sessions

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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...

(83) All levels 18 and older
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$180

4 sessions

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Painting Vibrant Flora & Landscapes in Oils

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Render flowers and landscapes richly and beautifully in oil paints! Discover how to achieve vibrant, confident artworks that convey a sense of light, shadow, and sculptural form. Color mixing and brush stroke application will also be a major focus.  You will start with a paint-along demonstration, then work on your own choice of subject. Supply List *Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Colours: all 37 ml size tubes except for white, which...

(83) All levels 18 and older
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$195

9 sessions

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