Drawing and Painting Classes in Chicago, IL

In this class we will do a graphite still life drawing. I will go over hatching and cross hatching techniques to build value to create depth, and use basic shapes to build our objects. We will review how to create a dynamic composition to make a beautiful drawing! The techniques you will learn are foundational skills that can be applied to a variety...

In this class, students will learn a range of approaches and strategies to create drawings customized specifically to help their painting. Students will create a tone drawing translating color to value, a trompe l’oeil drawing from a collage, and a shaped contour drawing that address complimentary colors through a schematic. Supply list:  ...

Nurture your family’s creativity together. Parents and kids 11+ work on various art projects. Explore art through painting and drawing. Structured projects will be given to create original pieces of art. Please note: Flat fee of $200.00 per family

Translate the three-dimensional world onto a two-dimensional surface. Discover perceptual and aesthetic awareness and improve technical skills through the creation of fine art. Students will use different drawing and painting techniques, media, and subject matter to create a body of work.

This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. ___________________ Create beautiful drawings and paintings from the comfort of your own home! Learn new techniques and discover the work of master artists through lectures, demonstrations and lively class discussions....

This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. Sketchbooks can capture so much more than your cell phone — let us show you how! Explore the sketchbook as journal and laboratory for recording and investigating the world around us. Dive into the sketchbooks kept by...

This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. _________________________ Through sustained poses, students will be guided through the process of completing an accurate painting or drawing of the live model via online video conferencing. Students will learn to paint...

Discover the beautiful medium of soft pastel! Learn the fundamentals of color theory and develop your drawing skills in this online course. Classes include demonstrations, lectures, and real time individual feedback. This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. Supply...

Using at-home props and your imagination, students will create a series of landscapes and draw or paint their invented world, a. a bucolic landscape; b. a nighttime landscape; c. an urban or fantasy landscape. Students can use a variety of materials from the most basic (pen or pencil and pad) to markers, watercolor etc., even collage. The assignments...

In the figure drawing classes, you will be able to draw or paint a professional nude live model. We recommend participating in the figure drawing sessions, no matter your skill level. Our instructors will show you techniques to make the human figure more approachable and help you draw the figure in easy steps. The poses range from sitting, standing,...

Experiment with a variety of mediums in combination with various types of surfaces. Students can use Graphite, Gouache, Watercolor, Oil paint and Colored Pencils in this class. The surface directly influences mark making whether your style is traditional or contemporary. Many different artists used mixed media such as Degas, Romare Bearden, Jasper...

Painting and Drawing the Figure and Portrait (Beginner/Intermediate) Learn principles of figure drawing including proportion, chiaroscuro, and basic anatomy to draw the human figure from life. Convey gesture with essential lines and shape to capture quick poses. Employ both subtractive and additive approaches to develop values (light and shadow) and...

Explore your talents and enjoy an evening focused on figure drawing from one of our carefully selected, professional live models.  No need to be a pro! Enjoy an evening of putting pencil to paper. Required Materials:  You need to bring your own materials like pencil, marker, ink, charcoal, etc. (no fumes, please). Single...

New students will be introduced and continuing students refreshed while practicing drawing techniques via lectures, warm-up drawings, and longer finished poses. Techniques may include: gesture and organizational line, contour line, shape-plane-volume-modeling, value, and foreshortening. We will work from a clothed model, and have critiques, which will...

New! Art Class Videos! Learn how to make classical art at home in a virtual way!  Artists of all Ages are encouraged to Join Us for instruction in Fine Art or just to unwind! Either way, engage in the relaxing and enlightening activity of making Classic Art with no embarrassment. In response to the current restrictive health crisis, ArtClassBrooklyn...