The Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts

6:30 PM – 9:00PM CDT on Mon. & Wed. This class is designed for anyone, from beginning level to advanced level, who wishes to systematically learn to draw and paint. (Anyone can learn to draw and paint as long as they have desire and patience, and willingness to work at it!)

Time : 10:00AM – 1:00PM CDT on Thur — Oil Painting — Still Life introduces layered painting techniques perfected by Dutch and Italian masters of the 17th century. Each session begins with an instructor’s demonstration of form rendering, warm and cool color applic

Join us on Sunday, August 9 from 2 to 5 pm for the opening reception and awards ceremony for the Chicago Pastel Painters! The show will run through August 23.

Time : 1:30PM – 4:30PM CDT on Sat — This drawing class is designed to empower students stepping outside their comfort zones and unlocking new levels of artistic expression by learning how to demystify their subjects. My approach emphasizes movement, capturing the emotion

Time : 5:30PM – 7:30PM CDT on Mon — This 8-week Zoom drawing class will focus on individual features of the face: the eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and hair. We’ll meet once a week and spend 1-2 sessions per feature. We will work on toned paper with pencil and chalk and explore their a

Time : 10:00AM – 1:00PM CDT on Tue — Copying master paintings has long been considered one of the best ways to learn drawing and painting. Throughout history, this practice has helped artists to build their visual memory, gain insight about the painter’s intention and understand

Time : 2:00PM – 5:00PM CDT on Tue — For millennia, artists have delighted in drawing the human face and head. It is infinitely challenging and compelling to capture the unique combination of large and small, fixed and mobile forms that combine to produce the sitter’s likeness. Th