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The LGAL provides artists an opportunity to create, exhibit and continue a fine arts education, no matter where you are on your creative path.

Our instructors are working professionals including pastel artists, oil painting artists, watercolor artists, designers, and photographers. They mentor and train students to develop a diverse set of skills that foster imagination, concentration, leadership, teamwork, and creativity.

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You can register online, by mail, in person at the gallery or over the phone with a credit card by calling the gallery at 708.352.3101

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Summer Classes, Camps and Workshops

Summer Camps and Workshops

Procreate Tutoring With Angela Lim

$30.00

Tuesdays 12:00 - 1:30 pm July 5, 12, August 9, 16

$30 per session

Instructor: Angela Lim

Don't know what you don't know on Procreate? Need to brush up on techniques or have a "how do I?" questions? Angela will guide you through the steps to answer your questions including how to expand your skill in Procreate.

Angela is a published artist. She is entering her junior year at Hinsdale Central and looking forward to sharing what she has learned since she began using procreate in 2019 but has been doing digital art since 2017. Angela paints in many styles from anime to realism.

Students ages 12 and up. Must have downloaded the procreate program to their apple IPad and have an apple pencil.

Monday

Monday Fundamentals of Acrylics with Mark Tobin - Summer Sessions

$84.00 - $96.00

Monday FUNdamentals of Acrylics

Instructor: Mark Tobin

Day/Time: Mondays10am - 12:30pm

Summer Sessions:

June Session: June 6, 13, 20. 27

July Session: July 11, 18, 25, August 1 (no class July 4)

August Session: August 8, 15, 22, 29

Ages 18+

Paint your own personal masterpiece using the basic fundamentals of painting, including composition, value, color, lights, and shadows. Painting made easy using these guidelines while developing your own style.

Take advantage of member pricing. Membership starting at $25 annually. Learn more or sign up here:

Maximum: 12 Students

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Monday Portrait Drawing- Summer Sessions

$84.00 - $96.00

Portrait Drawing

Instructor: Tony Crnkovich

Dates:

June Session: June 6, 13, 20, 27

July Session: July 11, 18, 25 August 1 (no class July 4th)

August Session: August 8, 15, 22. 30

Time: 10am - 12:30pm, downstairs studio

Ages 18+

Max: 10 Students

With the portrait drawing class, students will be helped to understand and execute the basic principles involved in capturing a likeness on paper. These principles include hand/eye coordination, gesturing, and shading to achieve solidity of form. Students must supply a photo of someone of their choice to draw from.

Max: 10 students

Take advantage of member pricing. Memberships starting at $25 annually. Learn more or sign up here:

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Tuesday

Wednesday

Afternoon Watercolor Painting Summer Sessions

$84.00 - $96.00

Afternoon Watercolor Painting

Instructor: Carmelo Schifano

Sessions:

June Session; June 8, 15, 22, 29

July Session: July 6, 13, 20, 27

August Session: August 3, 10. 17, 24

Time: 1-3:30pm, first floor studio

Ages 18+

Feel you may be intermediate or advanced in watercolors? Dive in and create simple compositions from your own references. See how a limited color palette can give you beautiful translucent results. Develop simple Value Studies. Having to struggle with the Principles and Elements of Art? See how you can manipulate these simple guidelines in your own work. Leave fear at home and come have fun creating watercolor paintings.

Take advantage of member pricing. Memberships start at $25 annually. Learn more or sign up here:

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Wednesday Portrait Drawing- Summer Sessions

$84.00 - $96.00

Portrait Drawing

Instructor: Tony Crnkovich

Dates:

June Session: June 8, 15. 22, 29

July Session: July 6, 13, 20, 27

August Session: 3, 10, 17, 24

Time: 10am - 12:30pm, upstairs studio

Ages 18+

Max: 8 Students

With the portrait drawing class, students will be helped to understand and execute the basic principles involved in capturing a likeness on paper. These principles include hand/eye coordination, gesturing, and shading to achieve solidity of form. Students must supply a photo of someone of their choice to draw from.

Max: 10 students

Take advantage of member pricing. Memberships starting at $25 annually. Learn more or sign up here:

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Watercolor without Fear Evening Class with Carm: August

$84.00 - $96.00

Watercolor without Fear

Instructor: Carmelo Schifano

Date:

August 3,10,17,24

Time: 6-8:30pm, first-floor studio

Ages 18+

Have fun and eliminate your fears. Anyone can do it! Create a colorful, suggestive, and loose painting. No experience is needed with this step-by-step approach. The focus of this class is to have fun creating and exploring with the use of brush strokes and color.

Take advantage of member pricing. Memberships start at $25 annually. Learn more or sign up here:

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Wednesday Night Art Club - August

$120.00

Instructor: Nicole Pedone

Wednesday 6:30 - 8:30pm

August 3, 10, 17, 24

Come to a safe, relaxing space and creative place to hang out while doing art on Friday nights. Students will have access to the upstairs studio art supplies (including illustrator markers, paints, and all other supplies) or are welcome to bring their own supplies including iPads with apple pens, and procreate. The picture for this class was done in procreate.

Age 8th grade up.

Thursday

Thursday Fundamentals of Acrylics with Mark Tobin - Summer Sessions

$84.00 - $96.00

Thursday FUNdamentals of Acrylics

Instructor: Mark Tobin

Day/Time: Thursdays/10am - 12:30pm

June Sessions: June 9, 16, 23, 30

July Sessions: 6, 13, 20, 27

August Sessions: 4, 11, 18, 25

Ages 18+

Paint your own personal masterpiece using the basic fundamentals of painting, including composition, value, color, lights, and shadows. Painting is made easy using these guidelines while developing your own style.

Take advantage of member pricing. Membership starts at $25 annually. Learn more or sign up here:

Maximum: 12 Students

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Drawing and Sketching for Youth July/August Session

$180.00

Instructor: Christina Angelo

Day: Thursday, July 14, 21, 28 August 4, 11, 18

Time: 10am - 11:30 am

Ages 10 - 15

This class is an enjoyable way to start your sketch practice. Students will learn to draw through observations, discerning values, and drawing skills. Most importantly, Christina will teach students to "think like an artist" while making it fun to learn and explore their own style.

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Friday

Acrylic/Alcohol Pour for Youth and/or Adult

$120.00

Instructor: Rolanda Hudson

Dates: August 5, 12, 19, 26

Time: 5:30 - 7pm

Ages: 8+

Min 4/Max 12 students

This class is a fun and entertaining introduction into Acrylic Pour Painting! Try out this new art medium. It's great for families as well as those just interested in learning something new. Every participant will leave with a finished piece each week.

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How To Draw a Comic Book

$120.00

How to Draw a Comic Book

Instructor: Moses Hudson

Time: Fridays, 5:30 - 7:30

Dates: August 5, 12, 19, 26

Ages 9+

Do you enjoy reading comic books? Do you find the storylines interesting? Do you like the creative artwork used to help the story flow? How is all this done?

This course will show you how much work goes into creating a comic book. We will discuss how comic books are initially designed, how characters are created, and how a comic could be written and drawn to tell the story. You will then create a superhero*, learn how to create strong action pages and keep the story flowing. You will color the pages and then ink them.

*No previous drawing experience is necessary; this applies even if you have never drawn people in your life. You will be given help to do your portion of the artwork.

Fall Classes and Workshops:

Paper Printing Alchemy: an intro to eco-prints

$115.00 - $125.00

Paper Printing Alchemy: an intro to eco-prints

Instructor Sarah Rehmer

1-day workshop

9 am to 4 pm

Limit 8 students

Date: 10/16,

This workshop is for the artist who loves the unexpected alchemy that can happen when a little time and some heat are applied to plants, flowers, and papers to make a unique eco-dyed print. We will explore the use of various prep methods for printing, as well as modifiers to change the colors of our final prints. Students will come away from the workshop with a treasure trove of papers that can be

used in collage, book making, or even stand on their own as a beautiful finished botanical print.

Supply List

Supply fee $15/each collected with registration

Per head fee: $115m/$125nm

Photo Encaustic: October '22 Ethereal Markings and Monochrome Workshop

$450.00 - $480.00

Photo Encaustic: Ethereal Markings and Monochrome

October 21st-23rd, 2022

LaGrange Art League

9 am to 4pm each day

Limit 5 students

Intermediate level class

Student Cost: $450 m/ $480 NM

Supply fee to per student: $50

This workshop will explore ways to further alter our photographic images through a series of markings and underpainting combined with monochromatic imagery. We will focus on incorporating embedded photo prints on thin papers such as tissue and Japanese papers, as well as image transfers to create final work that is both ethereal and richly detailed in its layers. We will start off utilizing various methods of underdrawings to bring in pattern and additional detail to our work – with wood burning tools, inks, oil paints, and encaustic. Students will learn to finely hone their fusing skills to keep the integrity of their background markings, while adding layers that require both direct and indirect fusing in perpetration for embedding a print or transferring an image. Various printing methods and best practices will be covered while we are in the studio.

Students must have a working knowledge of encaustic, as this is an intermediate level class and basics will not be covered. We will be limiting registration to 5 students to give everyone a safe distance to work. $50 supply fee due at first day to cover encaustic paints/medium, printing and paper, oil sticks, etc. See supply list for additional items needed for the workshop.

We will be limiting the workshop to 5 students at this time, if the situation with Covid-19 greatly improves, a max of 8 students may be permitted. Register early to reserve your spot.

Monday

Encaustic Mixed Media: luminous layers and pattern

$257.00 - $285.00

Encaustic Mixed Media: luminous layers and pattern

10 weeks

6-8:30pm

Limit 8 students | Advanced beginner and above

Mondays

9/12, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14, 11/28

In this class we explore working with encaustic paints, pigment (oil) sticks, collage applications, and other forms of mixed media with encaustic. Taking cues from the natural world around us, we will draw inspiration from patterns appearing from everything from leaves to shadows. Each class will build upon the skills from the prior week – so students should be prepared to work on paintings over multiple sessions. Each class will include ample one on one time to talk about layout, composition, and color. A $50 supply fee will be due at the first class to cover shared materials, tools, and paints, students will need to supply their own medium and substrates. See supply list for details.

Fee $257m/$285 nm

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Monday Portrait Drawing- Fall Sessions

$126.00 - $168.00

Portrait Drawing

Instructor: Tony Crnkovich

Fall 7 week class

(no class labor day)

September 12, 19, 26

October 3, 10, 17, 24

Member $147 / Non-member $168

Late fall

(6 week class)

October 31

November 7, 14, 28

December 5, 12

Member $126 / Non-member $144

Time: 10am - 12:30pm, downstairs studio

Ages 18+

Max: 10 Students

With the portrait drawing class, students will be helped to understand and execute the basic principles involved in capturing a likeness on paper. These principles include hand/eye coordination, gesturing, and shading to achieve solidity of form. Students must supply a photo of someone of their choice to draw from.

Max: 10 students

Take advantage of member pricing. Memberships starts at $35 annually. Learn more or sign up here:

SUPPLY LIST

Monday Fundamentals of Acrylics with Mark Tobin - Fall Sessions

$126.00 - $192.00

Monday FUNdamentals of Acrylics - Fall Sessions

Instructor: Mark Tobin

Day/Time: Mondays 10am - 12:30pm

Fall Sessions: 7 week

September 12, 19, 26 (labor day off)

October 3, 10, 17, 24

Member $147/$168

Late Fall Sessions: 6 week

October 31

November 7, 14 ,28

December 5, 12

Member $126/$144

Ages 18+

Paint your own personal masterpiece using the basic fundamentals of painting, including composition, value, color, lights, and shadows. Painting made easy using these guidelines while developing your own style.

Take advantage of member pricing. Membership starts at $35 annually. Learn more or sign up here:

Maximum: 12 Students

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Watercolor Workshop- Studio Fall

$126.00 - $192.00

Watercolor Workshop

Instructor: Marie Murrell

Dates: Mondays

Fall: September 5, 12, 19, 26 October 10, 17. 24. 31 (class on Labor Day/Halloween)

Member: $168/$192

Late Fall November 7, 14, 28, 5, 12, 19

Member: $126$144

Time: 6-8:30pm, first-floor studio

Ages 18+

The objective of the workshop course is for intermediate and advanced painters to focus on the intention of the painting, how to tell the visual story, and to have fun. Along the way, the basics of technique, composition, color, value, and other elements of design will be reviewed. Classes will include demonstrations, with emphasis on the figure and portrait. Students are welcome to paint subjects of their choice.

Take advantage of member pricing. Memberships start at $35 annually. Learn more or sign up here:

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Tuesday

How to Sculpt a Dragon, Monster and more - 8 Week Class

$240.00

Instructor: Jan Reagan

Day/Time: Tuesdays 4:30 - 6:30

Dates: September 6, 13, 20, 27 October 4, 11, 18, 25

Ages: 12+

Class Limit: 8

Dragons, monsters, and more! This 2-month (once a week) 80-step class teaches all the basics of sculpting: building armatures with wire, foil, and tape, sculpting with paper and plaster, sculpting with fabric and plaster, sculpting with clay for eyes, fangs, claws, and learning how to create balance so the sculpture stands. Your student will receive instructions each week for a sculpting binder. If extra time permits, we may be able to squeeze a snowman or two Please dress for mess! Supplies provided $240 per student

Printmaking Tuesday Nights

$84.00 - $96.00

Printmaking

Instructor: Heidi Peters

Tuesday Evenings, September 6, 13, 20, 27

Lower Studio

6 - 8:30 pm

Youth also welcome

ages 12+

Explore the art of relief printmaking with carved linoleum blocks. Printmaking is a wonderful medium who feel they "aren't good at drawing". And if you ARE good at drawing, printmaking forces you to think in reverse which is a great creative exercise. You will follow several steps including transferring a design, carving, inking, and making multiple prints from a block. We will explore many techniques during the session including reduction printing, jigsaw printing and key block printing. Ink and inking equipment will be provided. Other consumables are brought in by participants.

See supply list: https://www.dickblick.com/myaccount/wishlist/33FTD1R8GBYEZ/ Please note that the Flexcut tools on this list are optional but recommended. Other tools will be supplied if you do not have your own.

Wednesday

Wednesday Portrait Drawing- Fall Session

$126.00 - $192.00

Portrait Drawing

Instructor: Tony Crnkovich

Fall: (8 week class)

September 7, 14, 21, 28

October 5, 12, 19, 26

Member $168 / Non-member $192

Late Fall: (6 week class)

November 2, 9, 16, 30

December 7, 14

Member $126 / Non-member $144

Time: 10am - 12:30pm, upstairs studio

Ages 18+

Max: 12 Students

With the portrait drawing class, students will be helped to understand and execute the basic principles involved in capturing a likeness on paper. These principles include hand/eye coordination, gesturing, and shading to achieve solidity of form. Students must supply a photo of someone of their choice to draw from.

Max: 12 students

Take advantage of member pricing. Memberships start at $35 annually. Learn more or sign up here:

SUPPLY LIST

Afternoon Watercolor Painting Fall Sessions

$84.00 - $192.00

Afternoon Watercolor Painting

Instructor: Carmelo Schifano

Fall Sessions:

September 7, 14, 21, 28

October 5, 12, 19, 26

Late Fall Sessions:

November 2, 9, 16, 30

December 7, 14

Time: 1-3:30pm, first floor studio

Ages 18+

Feel you may be intermediate or advanced in watercolors? Dive in and create simple compositions from your own references. See how a limited color palette can give you beautiful translucent results. Develop simple Value Studies. Having to struggle with the Principles and Elements of Art? See how you can manipulate these simple guidelines in your own work. Leave fear at home and come have fun creating watercolor paintings.

Take advantage of member pricing. Memberships start at $25 annually. Learn more or sign up here:

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Studio Class Pastel with Julie Skoda - Afternoon and Evening

$126.00 - $144.00

Studio Classes with Julie Skoda

Wednesdays 1-3:30pm and 6-8:30pm

limit- 10 students

Sept 7, 14, Oct 5, 19, 26, Nov 2

6-week session

Julie will work with you to take your paintings beyond the reference photo by emphasizing composition, color, stroke, and texture. Learn to take advantage of the pastel medium for more expressive paintings. Bring your reference photos, but life setups will also be available. Weekly short demos will emphasize value, shape, color and mark-making techniques. Lots of individual attention to help you develop your own personal style. Class is open for beginners through advanced painters.

Member $126/Non-Member $144

Take advantage of member pricing. Membership starts at $35 annually. Learn more or sign up here:

Supply Supply

Watercolor without Fear Evening Class with Carm: Fall Sessions

$84.00 - $192.00

Watercolor without Fear

Instructor: Carmelo Schifano

Date:

August

Fall:

September 7, 14, 21, 28

October 5, 12, 19, 26

Late Fall:

November 2, 9, 16, 30

December 7, 14

Time: 6-8:30pm, first-floor studio

Ages 18+

Have fun and eliminate your fears. Anyone can do it! Create a colorful, suggestive, and loose painting. No experience is needed with this step-by-step approach. The focus of this class is to have fun creating and exploring with the use of brush strokes and color.

Take advantage of member pricing. Memberships start at $25 annually. Learn more or sign up here:

SUPPLY LIST

Thursday

Thursday Fundamentals of Acrylics with Mark Tobin - Fall Sessions

$126.00 - $192.00

Thursday FUNdamentals of Acrylics - Fall

Instructor: Mark Tobin

Day/Time: Thursdays/10am - 12:30pm

Fall Sessions: (8 weeks)

September 8, 15, 22, 29

October 6, 13, 20, 27

Member: $168/$192

Late Fall Sessions: (6 weeks)

November 3, 10, 17

December 1, 8, 15

Member: $126/$144

Ages 18+

Paint your own personal masterpiece using the basic fundamentals of painting, including composition, value, color, lights, and shadows. Painting is made easy using these guidelines while developing your own style.

Take advantage of member pricing. Membership starts at $35 annually. Learn more or sign up here:

Maximum: 12 Students

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Watercolor Collage Class - September

$84.00 - $96.00

Instructor: Carole Wilson

September 1, 8, 22, 29

Thursdays, Upper Studio

1:30 -4pm

Watercolor and Collage are fabulous mediums. When we marry them in a Watercolor Collage, we create a painting that celebrates their beauty and unique characteristics. In this class, watercolor will provide the foundation for the painting ... and ... adding a variety of collage materials can contribute texture and vibrancy. This class will focus more on watercolor techniques and feature more challenging class projects than the regular Watercolor Collage Class.

Experience working in watercolor and collage materials will be helpful

All materials will be provided

$15 materials fee will be collected at the start of class.

Take advantage of member pricing. Memberships start at $35 annually. Learn more or sign up here:

Fall Thursday Evening Oil & Acrylics with Donna

$168.00 - $192.00

Instructor: Donna Skonning

Thursdays: Sept 8, 15, 22, 29 October 6, 13, 20, 27

5-7:30 pm

Adult

Join this relaxing class painting in oil or acrylic. Bring in your own reference and ask Donna any questions on composition, color, and process. Open to beginners or intermediate painters.

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Friday

Drawing Made Easy

$168.00 - $192.00

Drawing Made Easy

Instructor: Robert Pennor

Day: Fridays, Sept 9, 16, 23, 30 October 7, 14, 21, 28

Time: 9:30 - noon

This class will cover the basics of pencil drawing including line, form, values, design, and perspective. Photos will be supplied by the instructor as he guides you step by step to complete a finished drawing. Drawing subjects will include: still life, landscapes, birds, animals, and barns,

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Friday Night Art Club - September & October

$120.00

Instructor: Nicole Pedone

Fridays 6:30 - 8:30pm

September 2, 16, 23, 30

October 7, 14, 21, 28

Come to a safe, relaxing space and creative place to hang out while doing art on Friday nights. Students will have access to the upstairs studio art supplies (including illustrator markers, paints, and all other supplies) or are welcome to bring their own supplies including iPads with apple pens, and procreate. The picture for this class was done in procreate.

Age 8th grade up.

Gift Card

$10.00 - $250.00

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