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Learn the art of landscape painting in the vibrant city of Chicago, with classes available in various mediums such as oil, acrylic, and watercolor, allowing participants to hone their skills and capture the beauty of urban and natural landscapes.

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Capturing the Colors of Summer

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

Immerse yourself in the vibrant hues of summer landscapes. Explore the art of composition and color through various mediums, from gouache to oil. Elevate your painting skills and capture the essence of nature's palette with expert guidance.

(122) All levels 18 and older
$287

4 sessions

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Landscape Painting in the Studio

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Unleash your creativity and master the art of capturing the beauty of nature on canvas. Join us to immerse yourself in a world of artistic inspiration and uncover the secrets of creating breathtaking landscapes.

(83) All levels 18 and older
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$435

10 sessions

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Landscape Painting from Photographs (Ages 16+)

Evanston Art Center

Learn to create strong landscape paintings from photographs using acrylic, oil or pastel. Leveraging the advantages and avoiding the pitfalls of working from photos, we will focus on the fundamentals. Exercises and projects in value, color, and composition will strengthen your work and confidence. Skill Level: All Levels Notes: This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom prior to your first class. You will be emailed...

(83) All levels 16 and older
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Plein Air in the City

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Draw and paint outside the Caldwell Lily Pool, Lincoln Park Conservatory or Garfield Park Conservatory. Work in drawing mediums and or watercolors and watercolor pencils. Focus includes instruction on creating quick thumbnail sketches, composition, and color. Dress appropriately for changing weather, sun protection, and summer insects.

(83) All levels 18 and older
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$195

2 sessions

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Landscape Painting with Water-Based Mediums

Evanston Art Center

Water-based paint mediums allow artists the freedom to explore color; create layers, experiment; and make quick changes in their compositions.   This Winter; explore your favorite landscapes  while learning about color, gesture, form, and other elements crucial to a strong landscape painting.  Gouache; watercolor, acrylic, and other water-based mediums are welcome.  Instructor will provide photographic references or bring...

(83) All levels 15 and older
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Mixed Media Landscape Painting Ages 16+

Evanston Art Center

Learn how to develop and paint an impressionistic landscape, starting with a simple composition as a foundation, then building layers of color using watercolor and pastel underpainting techniques. Each week students will receive a landscape photo to be used for the class demo during class time and we will paint together, critique, and share the painting process in real time. Skill Level: All Levels Notes: This interactive online class is presented...

(83) All levels 16 and older
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The World Traveler

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Guided by a master landscape painter, create landscape paintings of any place around the country and world using your trips, magazines or memory as inspiration. Demos and group critiques will help you to gain confidence in this studio class. Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced Supply List: Oil Painting Tubes of Oil Paint Titanium white (a large tube) Ivory or mars black Cadmium yellow lemon Cadmium yellow light and deep Cadmium red light...

(83) Intermediate 18 and older
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$335

9 sessions

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Beyond Green: Exploring Color Through Landscape

Evanston Art Center

In this class, we will study the complex colors of nature in landscape painting. Utilizing color theory, students will study techniques such as layering, optical mixture, broken brushstroke, and glazing to break through the limitations of local color in representing the landscape. Studies in Expressionistic, Fauve, and Impressionistic landscape paintings will further augment the students understanding of color. There will be a color theory review;...

(83) Intermediate 18 and older
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Design Design Design

Ingrid's Originals Inc. @ 3729 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL

The focus of this workshop is DESIGN in WATERCOLOR. Design is deliberate and intuitive. It goes well beyond just painting a pretty picture. The mission of this workshop is to stimulate your mind through the "thinking" process, and the emphasis of this will be through landscape painting.   The following areas will be addressed:   Exploring shapes and their relationships and placement on paper;  Exploring lights and...

(1) All levels 16 and older
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$450

3 sessions

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Painting the Prairie En Plein Air

Chicago Botanic Garden

Celebrate the unique landscape that once covered great expanses of the state. It is not hard to imagine as you experience the extensive rolling hills, tall grasses, and beautiful native flowers of the prairie landscape at the Garden. Learn how to observe and simplify the shapes in nature to convey the essence of the landscape into your painting. You can complete a finished artwork during each class session.  All media welcome. Dress for the...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Landscape Painting: Realism to Expressive

Chicago Botanic Garden

Working with exploratory studies in watercolor, you will break down a landscape into its most basic shapes. Large relationships of color, value, and composition will be emphasized rather than details. You will paint the essence and the abstract quality of the scene.  This approach can be applied to all paintings. Your personal observations, interpretations, and emotional expressions are highly encouraged in your art work. You will progress...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Color in the Spring Landscape

Chicago Botanic Garden

Study the colors of nature as the Garden comes alive with the emergence of spring. You will explore painting techniques that reveal color in the landscape and review color theory to guide you to create rich, vibrant landscapes. Learn to work from photographic references and, as weather permits, work outside.  All skill levels and media welcome.  A supply list will be sent.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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