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Pen and Ink Illustration
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Learn how to draw and paint with ink, from line-drawing and shading with pens to creating rich ink washes. We’ll cover different value-building techniques, such as cross-hatching and stippling, practice rendering complex textures and patterns, and work to develop your own individual illustration style. Supply List please click here
Watercolor & Ink Illustration: Textures (Ages 16+)
Learn how to combine and contrast the detail of pen and ink with watercolor's vibrancy to create bold, exciting, and realistic textures. Begin by experimenting with basic texturing techniques in watercolor (such as scraping, spattering, stamping, and blotting) and ink (such as cross hatching, stippling, and more). Use these techniques to mimic specific textures such as clouds, trees, fur, glass, metal, water, and more. Class time will include a...
Drawing Animals
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Learn how to draw realistic animals in graphite, pen and ink, and watercolor. Each class we’ll explore a different animal group, including mammals, birds, and reptiles, starting off with a discussion of their basic anatomy, before diving into how to render complex textures such as fur, feathers, and scales.
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Botanical Illustration
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Learn the skills of careful observation and realistic drawing in graphite pencil to capture the intricacy and beauty of your favorite plants! Week by week, accumulated techniques such as sighting, line drawing, and shading will help you render accurate perspective, texture and detail. Emerge from this class with the skills to draw anything!
Painting with Gouache
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Explore the versatile world of gouache painting in this beginner-friendly course. Discover the techniques of layering, blending, and brushwork as you create stunning works of art. Perfect for watercolorists wanting to expand their palette or newcomers seeking a forgiving medium.
Drawing in Graphite
Learn how to create detailed, realistic graphite drawings using just pencil and paper! We will start from the very beginning with proportional drawing and building up value before moving on to mark-making, blending and finally explore more advanced graphite techniques such as using graphite dust. A great way to get started with a new artistic hobby that requires few supplies and can be done anywhere! Skill Level: All Levels Important Notes: ...
Field Skething (Ages 16+)
Fill your sketchbook with observations of the natural world surrounding you! We’ll improve our observational drawing skills with basic drawing exercises, color mixing, and guided practice, while exploring a different location around Evanston or Chicago each class. No experience necessary, although a car is recommended to get to the different class locations. Please note that our first class will take place online, via Zoom, in order for us...
Pen and Ink Exploration: Color and Texture (Ages 16+)
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Learn how to combine the contrast and detail of pen and ink and the vibrancy of watercolor to create bold, exciting illustrations full of color and texture! We'll start off playing around with basic texturing techniques in both watercolor and ink, and then experiment with how we can combine those techniques to create realistic textures such as skies, soil, trees, fur, glass, metal, water, and more. Demos of specific textures will be open to student...
Spring Botanical in Watercolor
Explore using watercolor to render botanical subjects with fellow plant lovers! We will begin by exploring and getting comfortable with the medium, before diving into specifics of how to use watercolor to render botanical subjects. Enjoy the changing spring flora surrounding us, and learn the skills needed to render plants beautifully and realistically! Note that you will be responsible for supplying your own botanical subjects (i.e., flowers and...
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