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Explore a variety of drawing techniques and styles in Chicago with classes that cover topics like figure drawing, perspective, and still life. Learn how to bring your imagination to life on paper with expert guidance from experienced instructors.

2 classes in-person in Chicago have spots left, and 6 classes live online are available.

Mushrooms and Fungi in Colored Pencil

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, Chicago, IL

Explore the intricate world of fungi through colored pencil art at the renowned Chicago Botanic Garden. Learn how to capture the unique forms and vibrant colors of mushrooms using various techniques such as layering and burnishing. Develop your composition skills and create stunning finished works that showcase the beauty of these fascinating organisms.

(122) All levels 18 and older
$449

6 sessions

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Finding the Elusive Morel (Onsite)

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Embark on an adventure to uncover the secrets of the elusive morel mushroom in this immersive course. Learn the early indicators, habitat clues, and precise timing to successfully locate the treasure trove of this cherished spring fungi.

(122) All levels 18 and older

Colored Pencils (Intermediate/Advanced)

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.

(1061) Intermediate 18 and older
$330

8 sessions

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Colored Pencils for Beginners

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.

(1061) Beginner 18 and older
$330

8 sessions

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Online Gray Colored Pencil 101

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.

(19) Intermediate 7 and older
$160

4 sessions

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Botanical Art: Zoom in, Zoom out

Evanston Art Center

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.

(83) All levels 16 and older
$145

5 sessions

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Drawing with Colored Pencils

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.

(122) All levels 18 and older
$349

6 sessions

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Composition: Online

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...

(122) All levels 18 and older
$449

6 sessions

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Color Pencil Drawing on Copper (Ages 16+)

Evanston Art Center @ Interactive Online Classroom via Zoom, Chicago, IL

Discover an unconventional alternative for adding color to metal. Copper is a great foundation for your art. Learn how to apply and layer color pencil to copper. Use texturing tools, gesso and chemical patina to create striking images. Explore drawing landscapes, portrait and colorful design work. Produce complex and subtle color effects through process and experimentation. No metalsmithing experience is necessary. Click here for the instructor's...

(83) All levels 16 and older
No upcoming schedules
$130

4 sessions

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Meditative Drawing in Stressful Times

Evanston Art Center

Drawing is a medium that can help you reflect on, make sense of, and document the stressful and isolating times we are experiencing. Use drawing as both a meditative practice, and a way of developing artistic ideas, as you explore different media and approaches to sketching. Please Note: This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom prior to your first class: (www.zoom.us) You will be emailed Zoom meeting instructions,...

(83) All levels 16 and older
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Tangle Time: Zentangle Art Method (Ages 16+)

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Relax and have fun drawing structured patterns with step-by-step instructions.  We will use easy-to-learn, repetitive strokes that create beautiful and unique pieces of art.

(83) All levels 16 and older
No upcoming schedules
$130
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Lines Curves and Symbols (Online)

Chicago Botanic Garden

Landscape architects, landscape designers, and gardeners often use a graphic palette and symbols to produce a master landscape plan that conveys their ideas. Enhance your plan-development skills and dive into more detail with drafting, lettering, and freehand drawing when preparing a document for client presentation.  A supply list will be sent.  The first class session will be taught online via Zoom. Registered participants will receive...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Botanical Drawing: Basics and More - Master Class

Evanston Art Center

Botanical drawing requires keen observation, precision, and attention to detail. Learn fresh ideas and tips from acclaimed wildflower painter Heeyoung Kim to take your drawing and pencil work featuring botanical subjects to the next level.  All supplies included. Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced

(83) Intermediate 18 and older
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Colored Pencil: Exotic Plants

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

The Chicago Botanic Garden’s Greenhouses contain many exotic plants, displayed in facsimiles of their native habitats, which students will use as subjects. Draw from life in the Greenhouses, making studies of the intricate plant structures and colors, then return to the studio to translate studies into compositions. Work in graphite leading to finished work in colored pencil, using all the techniques introduced in earlier colored pencil courses....

(122) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$312

6 sessions

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Botanical Drawing in Colored Pencil

Evanston Art Center

Through layering, blending and color mixing, colored pencil allows you to create vibrant works of art featuring flowers and plants.  In this workshop, you will learn the basics of colored pencil techniques with specifically with botanical subjects as your inspiration. Lyndsay is certified in botanical art; she serves as a co-president for a local botanical art group, and is an active member of the American Society of Botanical...

(83) All levels 18 and older
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Botanical Drawing: Fruits and Vegetables (Ages 16+)

Evanston Art Center

Working from life, study the textures and patterns of different fruits and vegetables in order to create realistic graphite drawings. Learn how to portray the variety of bumps, ridges, roots and leaves found in nature. Though we will work mostly in pencil, we will move to ink in the last few classes. Notes: This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom prior to your first class: www.zoom.us You will be emailed...

(83) All levels 16 and older
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Cultivate your Creative Color Practice (Ages 16+)

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Do you ever struggle deciding which colors to use when creating, or end up with the same color combinations in your work? Work with a special palette of paper hues to expand and explore your own inner sense of color through guided exercises, discussion, and play. You will leave with a new understanding of color, a collection of samples built on different approaches to color and theories, and the skills to apply these new ideas to your work with...

(83) All levels 16 and older
No upcoming schedules
$170
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Spring Botanicals in Colored Pencil (Ages 16+)

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Spring brings bright and beautiful subjects for botanical drawing. Through careful study of various flowers, you will work your way from loose sketching to detailed colored pencil drawings. We will be covering essential pencil techniques such as layering and burnishing, as well as the basics of color mixing and composition. Required Materials: Please bring the first day: Drawing pencils and erasers. Sketchbook of your preferred paper and type. ...

(83) Beginner 16 and older
No upcoming schedules
$195

5 sessions

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Colored Pencils Basics (Ages 9-13)

Evanston Art Center

Begin exploring the medium of colored pencil. We will begin with the basics techniques of using colored pencil, including how to choose and mix colors. You will choose your own subject matter and we will walk through finishing your work of art with the aim of developing the skills you need to use colored pencils in your own style.  This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom prior to your first class: (www.zoom.us(link...

(83) Beginner 9 - 13 years old
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Theatrical Orchids in Colored Pencil

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, Chicago, IL

Unleash your creativity in this whimsical celebration of the Orchid Show of Wonders. Discover the theatrical qualities of orchids and learn how to accurately depict them with non-traditional compositions and vibrant colored pencils. Immerse yourself in the world of theatrical orchids at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

(122) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$499

3 sessions

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More Drawing Classes in Chicago are rated 4.5 stars based on 1,285 verified reviews from actual CourseHorse.com purchasers.

  • Colored Pencils for Beginners

    Anonymous review on 2/13/2024
    Loved the class! This was my first colored pencil class so I really wasn’t familiar with how to approach making an image using colored pencils. I learned a lot about layering colors, blending, and about color theory. It was great!
  • Colored Pencil: Exotic Plants

    Reviewed by Mary P. on 5/13/2017
    Great class learned a lot

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