Pen & Ink Plein Air in Chicago

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Course Description:

Venture outdoors to the Montrose Bird Sanctuary and the Caldwell Lily Pool and create Plein Air drawings and paintings.  Students will create artwork from nature and occasional buildings/architectural structures and elements. For materials you’ll experiment with micron pens, brush pens, gel pens, additional pens and sketching materials. After sketching, students are invited to continue with a pen and/or incorporate watercolor paints into their compositions.  

Skill Level: Intermediate

Advanced Portrait Study with Model Ages 16+

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Classes

Course Description:

In this class, we focus on colored portraits to gain a deep understanding of skin tones. We practice color combinations and values while developing our technical skills by reviewing proportions and dimensions. Students are welcome to use any dry materials such as charcoal, pastel, colored pencil,...etc!

Participants are required to have the basic understanding of portrait foundation.

Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced

Illustration History & Practice

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Classes

Course Description:

This course is going to explore a variety of artists and styles from the rise of illustration to the present and cover the various markets that illustrators work within. Students will view presentations of pivotal eras in illustration history, technique, and have ample time to work on prompts inspired by the topic of the class, along with their own practice.

This is a collaboration with Arts of Life.

Skill Level: All Levels

Painting More Freely

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Classes

Course Description:

If your paintings are getting too tightly rendered and fussy, try some techniques to loosen them up!

There are methods to help you move away from pure reality and adhering too tightly to what your photo reference is giving you. (It can be tempting to work from a photo and copy all you see into your painting.) If you want to go for something more original, there are methods to get you there.

This class will work from photo reference (of any kind of subject matter) and still life setups.

Open Figure Drawing Studio

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Classes

Course Description:

Participants must have previously completed one EAC painting or drawing class. Figure Studio offers participants the opportunity to work in their choice of media and study the nude. Poses range from one to thirty minutes. Instruction is not included; a classroom monitor will lead the class.

Skill Level: All Levels

Monitor: Samantha Younis