Jun 13th
1–4pm CDT
Meets 9 Times
Learn the art of capturing the essence of individuals through portraiture in the bustling city of Chicago, with classes ranging from beginner's techniques to advanced lighting and composition.
1 class in-person in Chicago has spots left, and 1 class live online is available.
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Refine your portrait painting skills with personalized coaching focusing on drawing and painting techniques. Explore rendering models in color or honing your drawing abilities in this dynamic class. Unleash your creativity with poses lasting 2 to 3 weeks and bring your preferred drawing and painting materials to the first session.
Jun 13th
1–4pm CDT
Meets 9 Times
92nd Street Y @ Live Interactive Online Classroom
Unlock the secrets of capturing the essence of a model through anatomy, proportion, and color-mixing. Embrace the challenge of painting different views of the head with live models, as you explore the art of portrait painting. Join us on this artistic journey and bring your portraits to life.
May 22nd
10am–12:30pm EDT
Meets 7 Times
May 22nd
1–3:30pm EDT
Meets 7 Times
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
From Head to Toe: Contemporary Portrait Making and Figure Study Explore figure drawing fundamentals: proportions, gesture, anatomy, line, shape, composition and mass/value, while working in dry media such as graphite, charcoal, and pastel. Study both classical and contemporary examples that range from Durer to Diebenkorn. We work with the live models during all sessions. Supply List please click here
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Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Refine your portrait drawing and painting skills with personalized guidance and the freedom to work in color or focus solely on drawing techniques. Unleash your creativity in capturing the essence of the model through poses spanning 2-3 weeks. View the instructor's recommended supply list for a head start on this artistic journey.
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Gain confidence as you draw and paint portraits by exploring all its aspects in this studio class. The first approach will be through drawing, learning the morphology and anatomy of the face and the head, progressively building skills of portrait representation. Eventually you’ll learn how to shift from drawing into painting, discovering shading, tone and color applied to portrait. Through examples taken from different artists you’ll...
Aartwerk Studio @ 1141 W Granville Ave, Chicago, IL
In this course we shall concentrate on portrait, working from a live model. Students are free to use mediums of their choice, but will be encouraged to follow suggested assignments and approach the subject in different ways. Homework: Students are strongly encouraged to do assigned homework regularly, as continuous practice is crucial to your development. Please be advised: you are welcome to come to Open Studios and work on your homework...
Evanston Art Center @ Interactive Online Classroom via Zoom, Chicago, IL
Working from photos compose and develop portraits in color using paint or pastel. Learn to enohasize the light and form aspects of your portraiture. Previous drawing and painting experience highly recommended. Skill Level: Advanced Supply list for first class: We will be working in monochrome for the first class. For those painting in oil or acrylic bring white and black paint, brushes, a 11x14 (exact size...
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