Classes

Winter 2026 ART CLASSES In-Person & Online: EVANSTON ART CENTER

For Registration visit: Evanston Art Center

Evanston Art Center, 1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL
847-475-5300

Figure and Nature Drawing and Painting Online
Evanston Art Center
10 Week Class
Starts Thursday, January 8, 2026,  #V0159
9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Practice drawing techniques via lectures, warm-up drawings, and longer finished poses. Techniques may include: gesture and organizational line, contour line, shape-plane-volume-modeling, value, foreshortening, and anatomical studies. We will work from a clothed model, and have critiques, to provide a supportive class response. Choose to work in drawing and/or painting mediums.

Skill Level: All Levels

Member Rate $500/Regular Rate $520

Watercolors: Materials, Composition, and Technique In Person
Evanston Art Center
10 Week Class
Starts Tuesday, January 6, 2026, #0160
9:30 am- 12:30 pm

Create both vibrant and subdued paintings with strong compositions using watercolor tubes, and watercolor pencils. Instruction includes demos on watercolor techniques- applying watercolor washes, painting wet in wet, and painting without a sketch. Learn about staining and lightfast colors. The instructor will provide a variety of still-lifes. We will have individual and group critiques to receive supportive responses from classmates.

Skill Level: All Levels

Member Rate $455/Regular Rate $475

Pen & Ink & Watercolor In Person
Evanston Art Center
Starts Friday, January 9, 2025, 5-week class #0163
Starts Friday February 13, 2025, 5-week class #0164
9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Using still life and reference material students will create drawings and paintings using a variety of pens–dip pens, micron pens, brush pens; watercolors, Dr. Martin watercolors, inks, and brushes on various papers.

Skill Level: All Levels

Member Rate $230.00/Regular Rate $250.00