AS2- BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE DRAWING
with Jesse Howard
Tuesday, 10am - 12pm Advanced Registration Required.
Learn fundamental drawing techniques and expand existing skills in a variety of media to discover individual drawing style. The focus will be on constructing composition and linear perspective with an emphasis on value plane and the use of line. Students will learn how to bring clarity and consistency to their subject matter.
AS2- EXPLORING MIXED MEDIA
With Jackie Lakely
Tuesdays, 5pm - 7pm. Advanced Registration Required.
This class focuses on ways to use different mixed media materials and techniques in your work, such as mark making with all kinds of tools, acrylic paint and ink, collage, image transfer, gel plate printing, stitching, and ways of creating texture.
AS2- WATERCOLOR BASICS
with Tony Armendariz
Wednesday, 10am to 12pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Appropriate for all levels of students, learn various techniques using wet and dry pigments.
AS2- PASTEL PAINTING
with Mike Barrett Kolasinski
Wednesday, 1pm-3pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Join us to learn the basics behind using soft pastels as a way to create pastel paintings with detail and depth.
AS2- BEGINNING TO ADVANCED DRAWING
with Jesse Howard
Wedesday, 7pm - 9pm Advanced Registration Required.
The focus will be on constructing composition and linear perspective with an emphasis on value plane and the use of line. Students will learn how to bring clarity and consistency to their subject matter.
AS2- BASIC OIL PAINTING
with Julie Sulzen
Thursday, 1pm - 3pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Students will explore the fundamentals of oil painting with an introduction to materials and by practicing skills of observation, methods of drawing, explorations of color theory, and techniques of brushwork. Utilizing carefully designed still life arrangements, fundamentals of painting such as light, shape, value, and edges will be covered. Demonstrations and discussions are designed to encourage individual progress as well as general painting guidance.
AS2- BASIC OIL PAINTING
with Julie Sulzen
Thursday, 6pm - 8pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Students will explore the fundamentals of oil painting with an introduction to materials and by practicing skills of observation, methods of drawing, explorations of color theory, and techniques of brushwork. Utilizing carefully designed still life arrangements, fundamentals of painting such as light, shape, value, and edges will be covered. Demonstrations and discussions are designed to encourage individual progress as well as general painting guidance.
SUNDAY Figure Drawing Non-Instructional with Model
Sunday May 19th, 10am - 1pm
Model: DeEric (male)
This is the traditional OPAL Sunday figure session for drawing from a live model. These are 3-hour, non-instructional figure drawing sessions. Work on your figure-drawing skills at your own self-directed pace!
SUNDAY Figure Drawing Non-Instructional with Model
Sunday, May 26, 10am - 1pm
Model: TBD
This is the traditional OPAL Sunday figure session for drawing from a live model. These are 3-hour, non-instructional figure drawing sessions. Work on your figure-drawing skills at your own self-directed pace!
SUNDAY Figure Drawing Non-Instructional with Model
Sunday June 2, 10am - 1pm
Model: TBD
This is the traditional OPAL Sunday figure session for drawing from a live model. These are 3-hour, non-instructional figure drawing sessions. Work on your figure-drawing skills at your own self-directed pace!
ASu1- BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE DRAWING
with Jesse Howard
Tuesday, 10am - 12pm Advanced Registration Required.
Learn fundamental drawing techniques and expand existing skills in a variety of media to discover individual drawing style. The focus will be on constructing composition and linear perspective with an emphasis on value plane and the use of line. Students will learn how to bring clarity and consistency to their subject matter.
ASu1- WATERCOLOR BASICS
with Tony Armendariz
Wednesday, 10am to 12pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Appropriate for all levels of students, learn various techniques using wet and dry pigments.
ASu1- PASTEL PAINTING
with Mike Barrett Kolasinski
Wednesday, 1pm-3pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Join us to learn the basics behind using soft pastels as a way to create pastel paintings with detail and depth.
ASu1- BEGINNING TO ADVANCED DRAWING
with Jesse Howard
Wedesday, 7pm - 9pm Advanced Registration Required.
The focus will be on constructing composition and linear perspective with an emphasis on value plane and the use of line. Students will learn how to bring clarity and consistency to their subject matter.
SUNDAY Figure Drawing Non-Instructional with Model
Sunday June 9, 10am - 1pm
Model: TBD
This is the traditional OPAL Sunday figure session for drawing from a live model. These are 3-hour, non-instructional figure drawing sessions. Work on your figure-drawing skills at your own self-directed pace!
SUNDAY Figure Drawing Non-Instructional with Model
Sunday June 16, 10am - 1pm
Model: TBD
This is the traditional OPAL Sunday figure session for drawing from a live model. These are 3-hour, non-instructional figure drawing sessions. Work on your figure-drawing skills at your own self-directed pace!
SUNDAY Figure Drawing Non-Instructional with Model
Sunday June 23, 10am - 1pm
Model: TBD
This is the traditional OPAL Sunday figure session for drawing from a live model. These are 3-hour, non-instructional figure drawing sessions. Work on your figure-drawing skills at your own self-directed pace!
SUNDAY Figure Drawing Non-Instructional with Model
Sunday, June 30, 10am - 1pm
Model: TBD
This is the traditional OPAL Sunday figure session for drawing from a live model. These are 3-hour, non-instructional figure drawing sessions. Work on your figure-drawing skills at your own self-directed pace!
SUNDAY Figure Drawing Non-Instructional with Model
Sunday May 12th, 10am - 1pm
Model: Ana (female)
This is the traditional OPAL Sunday figure session for drawing from a live model. These are 3-hour, non-instructional figure drawing sessions. Work on your figure-drawing skills at your own self-directed pace!
Plexiglass Printmaking: Dry-point Intaglio & Monoprints
Friday May 10th 1pm - 5pm
This workshop explores printmaking utilizing a plexiglass matrix, with focuses on dry-point mark making and experimental monoprint processes. Students will learn a variety of techniques to produce editions and monoprints, as well as processes that can shape their art practice at large. This is a process-based workshop with no limitations placed on subject matter or content, but students are encouraged to work from their own lexicon of imagery and interests; our focus is on finding new ways to make an impression or reinvent an image.
All levels welcome.
SUNDAY Figure Drawing Non-Instructional PAIRED MODELING SESSION WITH ROFMAA
Sunday May 5th, 10am - 1pm
Model Pairs with ROFMAA
The Registry Of Figure Models And Artists is conducting a Paired Figure Model Workshop at the Oak Park Art League on Sunday, May 5th, from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm. This will take the place of the usual "Sunday Figure Drawing Non-Instructional With Model" session.
SUNDAY Figure Drawing Non-Instructional with Model
Sunday April 28th, 10am - 1pm
Model: Jason (male)
This is the traditional OPAL Sunday figure session for drawing from a live model. These are 3-hour, non-instructional figure drawing sessions. Work on your figure-drawing skills at your own self-directed pace!
Relief Printmaking: Hand-printed Notecards
Friday April 26th, 1pm-4pm
Learn how to cut, carve, and print linoleum blocks to make a set of notecards. This three hour workshop will cover the basics of relief printmaking, a reductive form of printmaking wherein negative space is removed from a block, and only the image positive remains. Topics include translating your ideas to a block and carving techniques, as well as proper inking and how to print by hand. Students will leave with 4 notecards. All levels welcome.
SUNDAY Figure Drawing Non-Instructional with Model
Sunday April 21st, 10am - 1pm
Model: Joshua (male)
This is the traditional OPAL Sunday figure session for drawing from a live model. These are 3-hour, non-instructional figure drawing sessions. Work on your figure-drawing skills at your own self-directed pace!
SUNDAY Figure Drawing Non-Instructional with Model
Sunday, April 14 10am - 1pm
Model: Luisa (female)
This is the traditional OPAL Sunday figure session for drawing from a live model. These are 3-hour, non-instructional figure drawing sessions. Work on your figure-drawing skills at your own self-directed pace!
SUNDAY Figure Drawing Non-Instructional with Model
Sunday, April 7 10am - 1pm
Model: Tony Lentini (male)
This is the traditional OPAL Sunday figure session for drawing from a live model. These are 3-hour, non-instructional figure drawing sessions. Work on your figure-drawing skills at your own self-directed pace!
Kintsugi for Beginners
Sunday March 31st, 1:30pm-3:30pm
Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese art form in which gold is used to repair broken ceramics. The practice of Kintsugi highlights the break rather than erasing it and emphasizes that the break is what makes the ceramics more valuable and beautiful. In this beginner’s workshop, participants will learn the basic technique of Kintsugi on a small porcelain plate or a small ceramic plate to understand the fundamentals of this process.
SUNDAY Figure Drawing Non-Instructional with Model
Sunday April 21st, 10am - 1pm
Model: Teresa Meza (female)
This is the traditional OPAL Sunday figure session for drawing from a live model. These are 3-hour, non-instructional figure drawing sessions. Work on your figure-drawing skills at your own self-directed pace!
AS1- Figure Drawing Sessions (Non-instructional-with Model)
Saturday, 1pm - 4pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Work on your figure drawing skills! Easels or benches/boards provided. Bring your own materials - whatever you want to work with, drawing materials, pastels, paint, modeling clay, etc.). These are 2-hour non-instructional figure drawing sessions- from a model. Open to adults only (Must be at least 18 yrs. old.) Our facilitator sets up the model. Otherwise, these are self-directed. Work at your own pace.
AS1- EXPLORING MIXED MEDIA
With Jackie Lakely
Saturdays, 10am - 12pm. Advanced Registration Required.
This class focuses on ways to use different mixed media materials and techniques in your work, such as mark making with all kinds of tools, acrylic paint and ink, collage, image transfer, gel plate printing, stitching, and ways of creating texture.
Creative Content Production: Using Social Media to Amplify Your Art
Friday March 22nd, 10am - 2pm
Creative Content Production is an introductory workshop to inspire and engender confidence for artists to use social media platforms to elevate and amplify their work. Learn modular creative production skills like composition and social media posting best practices in addition to content strategy to create your own social media posting plan. Attendees are encouraged to bring their phones, laptops, and creativity to this fun and informative course.
AS1- BASIC OIL PAINTING
with Julie Sulzen
Thursday, 6pm - 8pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Students will explore the fundamentals of oil painting with an introduction to materials and by practicing skills of observation, methods of drawing, explorations of color theory, and techniques of brushwork. Utilizing carefully designed still life arrangements, fundamentals of painting such as light, shape, value, and edges will be covered. Demonstrations and discussions are designed to encourage individual progress as well as general painting guidance.
AS1- BASIC OIL PAINTING
with Julie Sulzen
Thursday, 1pm - 3pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Students will explore the fundamentals of oil painting with an introduction to materials and by practicing skills of observation, methods of drawing, explorations of color theory, and techniques of brushwork. Utilizing carefully designed still life arrangements, fundamentals of painting such as light, shape, value, and edges will be covered. Demonstrations and discussions are designed to encourage individual progress as well as general painting guidance.
AS1- FIGURE DRAWING (with Model)-Instructed Curriculum
with David Kohan
Thursday, 10m -12pm. Advanced Registration Required.
The key to successful figure drawing is to capture the expressive essence of the form through attentive mark-making and convincing structure.
AS1- BEGINNING TO ADVANCED DRAWING
with Jesse Howard
Wedesday, 7pm - 9pm Advanced Registration Required.
The focus will be on constructing composition and linear perspective with an emphasis on value plane and the use of line. Students will learn how to bring clarity and consistency to their subject matter.
AS1- PASTEL PAINTING
with Mike Barrett Kolasinski
Wednesday, 1pm-3pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Join us to learn the basics behind using soft pastels as a way to create pastel paintings with detail and depth.
AS1- WATERCOLOR BASICS
with Tony Armendariz
Wednesday, 10am to 12pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Appropriate for all levels of students, learn various techniques using wet and dry pigments.
AS1- EXPLORING MIXED MEDIA with Jackie Lakely
With Jackie Lakely
Tuesdays, 5pm - 7pm. Advanced Registration Required.
This class focuses on ways to use different mixed media materials and techniques in your work, such as mark making with all kinds of tools, acrylic paint and ink, collage, image transfer, gel plate printing, stitching, and ways of creating texture.
AS1- Figure Drawing Sessions (Non-instructional-with Model)
Tuesday, 1pm - 4pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Work on your figure drawing skills! Easels or benches/boards provided. Bring your own materials - whatever you want to work with, drawing materials, pastels, paint, modeling clay, etc.). These are 2-hour non-instructional figure drawing sessions- from a model. Open to adults only (Must be at least 18 yrs. old.) Our facilitator sets up the model. Otherwise, these are self-directed. Work at your own pace.
AS1- BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE DRAWING
with Jesse Howard
Tuesday, 10am - 12pm Advanced Registration Required.
Learn fundamental drawing techniques and expand existing skills in a variety of media to discover individual drawing style. The focus will be on constructing composition and linear perspective with an emphasis on value plane and the use of line. Students will learn how to bring clarity and consistency to their subject matter.
AS1- PERSPECTIVE: DRAWING FUNDAMENTALS
Mondays, 1pm - 3pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Do you draw or paint and wish you had a better understanding of the perspectival structure of your subject matter? This course will cover the basic concepts and methods of linear perspective.
AS1 - DRAWING FUNDMENTALS with David Kohan
Mondays, 10am - 12pm
This is an introduction to the basic concepts of observational drawing, suitable for beginning students as well as those with some working experience who want more in-depth exposure to these fundamental concepts and practices.
Mixed Media Accordion Sketchbook Workshop
with Jackie Lakely
March 10, 10am - 2pm
This workshop is for anyone wanting to have fun exploring and experimenting in an accordion sketchbook format, using many tools and mixed media. Whether you are new to mixed media or have lots of experience, or if you have a current sketchbook practice or not, if you are looking for new ways to be inspired, and if you are curious about what an accordion sketchbook is and how to use it, this is a great opportunity to dive in!
SUNDAY Figure Drawing Non-Instructional with Model
Sunday, March 3 10am - 1pm
Model: DaLawn Simpson (male)
This is the traditional OPAL Sunday figure session for drawing from a live model. These are 3-hour, non-instructional figure drawing sessions. Work on your figure-drawing skills at your own self-directed pace!
Mixed Media Accordion Sketchbook Workshop
with Jackie Lakely
February 25, 10am - 2pm
This workshop is for anyone wanting to have fun exploring and experimenting in an accordion sketchbook format, using many tools and mixed media. Whether you are new to mixed media or have lots of experience, or if you have a current sketchbook practice or not, if you are looking for new ways to be inspired, and if you are curious about what an accordion sketchbook is and how to use it, this is a great opportunity to dive in!
**BEGINNING TO ADVANCED DRAWING - AW1 - 2024
Wednesday, 7pm - 9pm. Advanced Registration Required.
Learn fundamental drawing techniques and expand existing skills in a variety of media to discover individual drawing style. The focus will be on constructing composition and linear perspective with an emphasis on value plane and the use of line. Students will learn how to bring clarity and consistency to their subject matter.
+(Non-instructional-with Model) Figure Drawing Sessions - EYSC -2023 **THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Saturday, 1pm - 3pm.
**THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Advanced Registration Required.
Work on your figure drawing skills! Easels or benches/boards provided. Bring your own materials - whatever you want to work with, drawing materials, pastels, paint, modeling clay, etc.). These are 2-hour non-instructional figure drawing sessions- from a model. Open to adults only (Must be at least 18 yrs. old.) Our facilitator sets up the model. Otherwise, these are self-directed. Work at your own pace.
+(Non-instructional-with Model) Figure Drawing Sessions **THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Friday, 1pm - 3pm.
**THIS IS A 3-WEEK COURSE**
Advanced Registration Required.
Work on your figure drawing skills! Easels or benches/boards provided. Bring your own materials - whatever you want to work with, drawing materials, pastels, paint, modeling clay, etc.). These are 2-hour non-instructional figure drawing sessions- from a model. Open to adults only (Must be at least 18 yrs. old.) Our facilitator sets up the model. Otherwise, these are self-directed. Work at your own pace.