Course Description:
Individual coaching on the drawing and painting aspects of portrait painting. Focus on developing your drawing skills only or develop your abilities to render the model in color. Bring drawing and or painting materials of your choice to the first class for poses lasting 2 to 3 weeks
Skill Level: Intermediate
Course Description:
This course is designed for students interested in all aspects of lost wax casting, regardless of experience or skill level, and Advanced Students pursuing individual projects. Advanced Students need to be proficient in fabrication and finishing techniques. Assistance will be offered to all regarding design, unique bezel challenges and gemstone settings. We will cast lost wax projects at least once during each term. Lost Wax Casting Students, all skill levels welcomed. Advanced Students, Intermediate to Advanced skill levels.
Course Description:
Celebrate your pet by turning their image into a series of expressive, hands-on artworks. Each week, you’ll experiment with a new medium—print transfer, charcoal, collage, watercolor, and interpretive painting—using a different photo of your animal companion. This is a relaxed, studio-based class focused on playful exploration, personal style, and deepening your creative connection with your beloved muse.
Skill Level: All Levels
Justus Joseph is a multidisciplinary artist and writer exploring connection, memory, and presence through sculpture, illustration, painting, and story. She is based in Chicago and originally from Canada.
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Course Description:
Get outside and draw! Take advantage of Summer with this outdoor observational drawing class. You will be led on drawing excursions in and around Evanston to learn to draw the urban landscape. Elements of linear perspective, observational drawing, and color will be brought together in this unique class. Alternate indoor locations will be used in the event of inclement weather.
Skill Level: All Levels
Course Description:
This class will focus on developing individual projects. The instructors will work one on one with students. Demonstrations will be presented so students can build upon their technical skills and develop their designs for both jewelry and objects. Topics may include forming metal, hollow construction, improving soldering skills, using Argentium, and hydraulic press techniques.
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Course Description:
Start with the essentials of applying colorful glass to a metal base, and then learn several techniques to embellish the surface by layering transparent colors and imagery. The possibilities are endless! Make jewelry, bowls, tiles, and more.
Skill Level: All Levels
