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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
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...
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...
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Explore Art Private Group EventsEvanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, 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...
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...
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Unleash your creativity and explore the world of art in an immersive experience where you can unleash your inner artist and bring your imagination to life through captivating and expressive artwork.
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...
Fold three awe-inspiring origami tessellations: Spread Hexagon, Square Weave, and Waterbomb, created by noted origami designers. A tessellation is repeated folds that form geometric patterns. Get familiar with origami terminology and techniques, and explore how your folds can be used in compound designs using materials found in your home. Skill Level: Beginner This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom prior to...
Evanston Art Center @ Interactive Online Classroom via Zoom, Chicago, IL
This one-day workshop will introduce everyone to the soak/stain techniques of Helen Frankenthaler. Over the course of one day we will make our paints and pour our first steps onto the canvas. By the end of the session, learners will have the confidence to complete their paintings on their own. Skill Level: All Levels Click here for the instructor's recommended supply list.
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
Social media is changing the way the art world does business. Market directly to your collectors. Learn more about Facebook and Instagram to become more marketing savvy. Bring a fully charged smartphone, charging cord, Facebook and Instagram usernames and passwords, a flash drive with photos of your art. Note: Mac laptops will be provided, but you may bring your own if you prefer.
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
Create patterns on fabric with various shades of indigo blues using the Arashi Shibori technique. Arashi Shibori is a resist dye technique that yields diagonal patterns. We'll begin with basic Arashi wrapping on small PVC poles, then creating more complex variations of pattern including zig-zag and bo-maki shibori. Review the supply list online.
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.
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
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 of subject. Reference photos (and drawing transfers for those who...
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Take the next steps in developing your photographic practice! Experiment with tools like Adobe Bridge and Photoshop and begin to understand photography on a conceptual level. Create a more developed portfolio of images and prints and form a better understanding of your own style. Bring a DSLR camera, a hard-drive or large thumb drive for transporting digital files, notebook, file or folder for holding and carrying prints (optional). Recommended...
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Interested in expanding your personal art practice, work on independent projects, and/or explore new material combinations with the support of an instructor? Come to the first class with a general idea of what you would like to work on, and well as materials they would like to work with. Best suited for students with experience in 2D arts practices.
Explore ways of using surface, image, and text within woven forms as you focus on an independent project under instructor guidance in this course designed for intermediate students. Delve deeper into the construction of fabric, and apply these skills to your own artistic practice. Weekly presentations on contemporary weavers will complement this studio course. Bring your own frame loom or use a provided loom.
Art City @ 1400 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL
Unleash your inner artist in the heart of Chicago. Join us for an evening of creativity and relaxation with our BYOB painting class. Gather your friends for a memorable experience guided by talented instructors.
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