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Pen & Ink & Watercolor
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Unleash your creativity with Pen & Ink and Watercolor techniques! Join us for a hands-on artistic journey where you'll learn to create stunning drawings and paintings using a variety of pens and watercolor mediums. Get ready to explore new techniques and unlock your artistic potential.
Fri, Mar 29th, 9:30am–12:30pm CDT
(15 hours over 5 sessions)
Watercolors: Materials, Composition & Technique
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Unlock the secrets of watercolor mastery as you explore techniques, compositions, and materials in this immersive art experience. Discover the art of vibrant washes, wet-in-wet painting, and sketch-free creations. Join a supportive community of artists for critiques and unleash your creativity with the guidance of a skilled instructor.
Tue, Jul 26th, 9:30am–12:30pm CDT
(18 hours over 6 sessions)
Childen's Picture Books (Ages 16+)
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Choose a classic children’s picture book or bring your own picture book story and learn about making sequential scenes and creating a picture book dummy. We’ll cover thumbnail layouts, storyboarding, and using a scanner/computer to create book dummies. Skill Level: All Levels
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About Faces & Independent Study
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Learn to sculpt a portrait from a live model. Improve your observation skills and clay techniques while learning strategies for placing proportional features, anatomical differences and surface modeling in this fun and challenging course. Finished sculptures will be hollowed out, dried and fired. The class will include presentation of contemporary and old master sculptors, demonstrations and individualized instruction. Work representationally...
Pen & Ink & Dr. Martin Watercolor
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Explore the dynamic fusion of pen, ink, and vibrant Dr. Martin watercolors in this engaging workshop. From intricate studies to a final masterpiece, experiment with a variety of tools to bring your artistic vision to life. Join us and unleash your creativity with expert guidance and inspiring still life compositions.
Painting With Watercolors: Tubes & Pencils
Join this guild style watercolor class and work independently on your paintings while under the guidance of the instructor. Create vibrant compositions using watercolor tubes and pencils. The instructor will work individually with you on composition, watercolor techniques and the use of transparent verses opaque watercolor.
Oil Painting Studio: Still Life & Figure
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Create paintings in oils using non-toxic mediums as the Renaissance painters did. Choose to paint from still life arrangements or material you bring in. We will also paint from a clothed model for two sessions. We will have 1:1 and group critiques. Some prior drawing recommended. Bring Materials to the first class: Brushes: 2-4 Flats, Brites, or Rounds-bristle brushes, synthetic/mix #2, 4, 6, 10, or 12 Utrecht, Winsor & Newton ...
Watercolors for All Levels - Online
Create both paintings with strong compositions using watercolor tubes, and watercolor pencils. Instruction includes demos on watercolor techniques: applying watercolor washes, painting wet in wet, and painting without a sketch. Learn about staining and lightfast colors. The instructor will provide a variety of still-lifes, and these will also be available online. We will have individual and group critiques to share your work and support your...
Watercolors: Materials, Composition & Technique
Evanston Art Center @ Interactive Online Classroom via Zoom, Chicago, IL
Create both vibrant and subdued paintings with strong compositions using watercolor tubes, and watercolor pencils. Instruction includes demos on watercolor techniques- applying watercolor washes, painting wet in wet, and painting without a sketch. Learn about staining and lightfast colors. The instructor will provide a variety of still-lifes, and these will also be available online. We will have individual and group critiques– a critique is for...
Pens, Watercolors and Dr. Martin Dyes
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Create a series of small pen sketches or 1 large art piece beginning with permanent pens. Complete the art with Dr. Martin permanent Dyes (intense inks) and/or watercolors. Bring in still life material and references to make your own unique composition. The instructor will also set up a still life that can be used.
$155
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.
Poetry & Art
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Unleash your creativity at the Evanston Art Center as you dive into the enchanting world of poetry and art. Discover the beauty of haiga, cherita, and ekphrastic poetry while exploring various forms of poetic expression. Let your imagination soar in this unique fusion of words and visuals.
Sat, May 23rd, 9:30am–12:30pm CDT
(3 hours)
Fall Plein Air: Nature in Chicago
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.
Pen & Ink & Watercolor
Evanston Art Center @ Interactive Online Classroom via Zoom, Chicago, IL
Using still life and reference material, students will create drawings and paintings using a variety of pens–dip pens, micron pens, brush pens, watercolors, Dr. Martin Watercolors, and brushes on various papers. Material list NOTE: You do not need to purchase all here. Select a few penholders; nibs; India ink; regular watercolors: primary colors and earth tones by Holbein, Winsor & Newton; a few bottles of Dr. Martin watercolors- primaries:...
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