Apr 1st
4–6:30pm EDT
Meets 8 Times
Learn advanced drawing techniques from the comfort of your own home in this online class, where you'll explore figure drawing, portrait drawing, and still-life drawing.
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92nd Street Y @ Live Interactive Online Classroom
Take your colored pencil skills to new heights and create dimensional drawings that come to life! Refine your technique and artistic voice in this intermediate/advanced course at the esteemed 92nd Street Y. Prerequisite: Colored Pencil for Beginners. A supplies list will be available.
Apr 1st
4–6:30pm EDT
Meets 8 Times
Apr 2nd
1–3:30pm EDT
Meets 8 Times
May 28th
1–3:30pm EDT
Meets 6 Times
Jun 3rd
4–6:30pm EDT
Meets 5 Times
92nd Street Y @ Live Interactive Online Classroom
Discover the surprising versatility of colored pencils in this beginner-friendly course at 92nd Street Y. Learn how to create vibrant drawings from life with nuance, depth, and expression using basic techniques for blending and shading. Unleash your artistic potential with this perfect medium for the home studio.
Apr 1st
1–3:30pm EDT
Meets 8 Times
Jun 3rd
1–3:30pm EDT
Meets 5 Times
Pastimes for a Lifetime @ Live Online via Zoom
Learn to create stunning gray-scale works of art using colored pencils in this unique course. Explore the three Gray Families - Cool, Warm, and French - and discover techniques for achieving rich tonal values and depth. Perfect for colored pencil enthusiasts who prefer working in tone rather than color.
Mar 30th
11:30am–12:30pm PDT
Meets 4 Times
Mar 30th
12:30–1:30pm PDT
Meets 4 Times
Apr 3rd
12–1pm PDT
Meets 4 Times
Apr 10th
12–1pm PDT
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Apr 17th
12–1pm PDT
Meets 4 Times
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Refine your observation skills in Botanical Art: Zoom in, Zoom out. Explore the intricate details of plants, from petal folds to bark texture, gaining deeper insights into form and color. Guided by expert instruction, transition seamlessly from close-up studies to capturing the broader essence of botanical beauty using your preferred medium.
Apr 30th
6:30–8pm CDT
Meets 5 Times
Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom
Experience the beauty of botanical art from the comfort of your own home with Chicago Botanic Garden's online class. Learn the techniques of creating glowing colored pencil drawings on toned paper, adding highlights to achieve luminous, vivid color. Beginners and experienced students alike are welcome to join this virtual artistic journey.
May 2nd
9:30am–12pm CDT
Meets 6 Times
Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom
Composition is the all-important arrangement of visual elements that contributes to a successful work of art. Discover the components of fine botanical composition in this online class with students of all levels. You will also explore design and execution to enhance your artwork. This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts. Registered students will receive login...
May 19th
9am–12pm CDT
Meets 6 Times
92nd Street Y @ Live Interactive Online Classroom
Learn the visceral and dynamic nature of drawing with charcoal. Each class is a deep dive into the material, with a focus on layering, reductive, and additive techniques centered around vine charcoal. Work from an array of subjects from landscape to still life, portraiture, and interiors with a medium that presents depth and volume to every drawing. For Supply List, click here
This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. If we are able to offer an in-person version of this class in the coming months, we will contact you and make both options available to you. ____________________ Working from live models, you will learn how to use pastel to create warmth and character in portrait and figure drawings. Artists will sharpen their...
Light is responsible for how we perceive objects. It not only defines shape but also creates a mood. Using colored pencils, this class will help you build a better understanding of how to use light to create a more dynamic composition. We will work with a variety of subjects that include clear and reflective surfaces, and also work with lighting a still life and using simple editing programs to enhance reference photos. Skill Level: Beginner/Intermediate...
Take a closer look at how to approach drawing birds using graphite and colored pencil. We will look at a variety of bird types, and cover how to do quick drawings from life as well as how to move into a more in-depth study. Both loose and more detailed ways of colored pencil application will be covered. Skill Level: All Levels This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom prior to your first class: www.zoom.us...
Intro to Diversity of Plant Forms: Spore Plants—BLENDED The plants around us—especially the ones that do not make flowers—can seem like an indecipherable carpet of green. The first step in making sense of plant stories is noticing individual plants. In this class we’ll observe and draw examples from the three lineages that reproduce via spores: bryophytes, lycophytes, and ferns. No art skills necessary; stick figures and basic shapes will...
92nd Street Y @ Live Interactive Online Classroom
Explore the beauty of botanical subjects as you learn the art of rendering with pencil in this captivating online course. From sketching to the finished drawing, capture the intricate patterns, colors, and designs found in plants, flowers, and vegetables. Unleash your creativity and discover the world of botanical art.
With the correct method of layering, colored pencils can look much like a painting- without the mess! Inspired by the fall bounty of gourds and pumpkins for subject matter, you will learn how to burnish, blend and add backgrounds to finish a still life ready to be framed. Students may choose to work from life, or from an instructor provided photograph. Note: This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. You will be emailed Zoom...
Create a still life of different fruits and vegetables, from life or from photos, to celebrate the variety of colors and textures found in a garden. We will work on a single drawing across all six classes, giving you a chance to either begin in colored pencils or take your understanding of the medium further. You will be emailed Zoom meeting instructions, including a unique URL and meeting ID, to join the class 1 day before the start of the class....
Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom
Celebrate spring with colored pencil and delve deeply into working with dry and wet media of colored pencil. Develop your drawing skills while exploring color relationships, layering and burnishing, plus other techniques to take full advantage of colored pencil’s unique, versatile properties. Work from live specimens, starting with tulips and then moving to the spring flowers of your choice. Composition choices in preparation for finished...
Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom
Strong drawing is the cornerstone of botanical art. In this class, we will work in pencil, covering the fundamentals of proportions, line, tone, dimensionality, and expression. We will work from live specimens, flowers, seeds, and fruit.
Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom
Discover the beauty of winter botanicals as you learn to capture their intricate details and surprising hues in this online course from the Chicago Botanic Garden. Using colored pencils, create stunning drawings of evergreens, pinecones, seedpods, and more from the comfort of your own home. Prior botanical drawing experience is recommended.
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Start with the fundamentals, then delve into working with dry and wet media of colored pencil. Develop your drawing skills through color exploration of value, intensity, and temperature. Learn dry applications, layering, washes, and color-mixing techniques. Work from live specimens. Demonstrations and individual instruction will be given. A supply list will be sent.
If you want to learn a new way of painting, try this watercolor class and learn to make abstract art and fluid botanicals! If you're on the hunt for things to do to relax and unwind, this workshop ticks all the boxes. Watercolor paint is an easy and fun medium that is ideal for everyone, from absolute beginners to skilled artists. This painting class is all about the joy that these free-flowing paints can bring and the process of creating something...
Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom
Enhance your botanical drawing skills with advanced techniques in graphite, light and dark media, and carbon dust. Join this online course offered by the Chicago Botanic Garden and continue your artistic journey. Prerequisite: Botanical Drawing 1.
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