Champaign Park District offers a wide variety of Visual Art classes. Register online now or scroll down to view this season’s selections.
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- Beginning Watercolor Supply List >>
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GROWN UP AND ME PAINT
Ages 7+, Adult & Child must both register
Bring out your creativity at the Martens Center, with the ladies from Unveiled Creations. They will guide you to create beautiful canvas creations to take home. Each parent and child participant will create a canvas that will combine to make a larger picture.
- June 11 | “A Whaley Good Time” paintings | 1-3p | Deadline: June 2
- July 9 | “Flip Flop Fun!” paintings | 1-3p | Deadline: June 30
- August 6 | “By the Light of the Moon” paintings | 1-3p | Deadline: July 28
Day: Sunday
Fee: $60/$90
Location: Martens Center
Instructor: Kim Burcham and Keri Tavenner
Questions: lynne.franco@champaignparks.org or 217-819-3971
WATERCOLOR: COMPOSITIONS
Ages 16+
Learn the rules and guidelines professional artists use to make successful works of art! Students will do exercises and learn the principles of art and create their own paintings to apply and explore these principles for successful and interesting compositions in their art. This class may be repeated to continue developing skills.
A supply list of approximately $80 will print at the time of registration. There is a $35 non-refundable fee for this program.
Date: June 15 – July 27*
No Program*: July 6
Day: Thursday
Time: 6-8p
Location: Springer Cultural Center
Fee (R/NR): $123/$173
Deadline: June 8
Questions: michelle.olden@champaignparks.org or 217-819-3909
SUMMER ART SMART KIDS
Ages 3-5 not in Kindergarten
Develop your child’s creativity, imagination, and self-expression through activities in music, creative drama, story telling, crafts, and two and three dimensional art projects. Sessions 01-02, 03-04, and 05-06 will provide different activities for participants. Requires a $35 non-refundable deposit per session. The remaining fee is due before class begins.
Date | Day | Fee (R/NR)
June 5 – June 21 | M/W | $90/$135
June 9 – June 23 | F | $50/$75
June 26 – July 12 | M/W | $90/$135
June 30 – July 14 | F | $50/$75
July 17 – August 2 | M/W | $90/$135
July 21 – August 2 | F | $50/$75
Time: 9-11:30a
Location: Springer Cultural Center
Questions: melanie.kahler@champaignparks.org or 217-819-3919
ANIME & MANGA: LET’S DRAW ACTION
Ages 11+ | Level: Intermediate
Add an extra punch to your art! Aspiring artists will review works of famous manga artists from many popular manga (Japanese comics) and practice the techniques that make the art so engaging. Students will create their own manga-inspired action comics with vehicles, accessories, and characters. Learn how artists work through creating an exciting and complete action sequence. Prerequisite: Anime & Manga: How To Draw Characters.
A supply list of approximately $30 will print at the time of registration.
There is a $35 non-refundable fee for this program.
Date: June 13 – July 25*
Day: Tuesday
No Program*: July 4
Time: 6-7:30p
Fee (R/NR): $105/$155
Deadline: June 6
Location: Springer Cultural Center
Instructor: Kelli Roos
Questions: michelle.olden@champaignparks.org or 217-819-3909
COMICS FOR KIDS
Ages 7-11 | Level: Beginner
Explore the world of comics! Comic strips, comic books, and even manga will be our creative inspiration. Students will create characters and build stories and worlds. Learn new drawing and discovery techniques to bring your stories to life and share with others.
A supply list of around $15 will print at time of registration.
There is a $25 non-refundable fee for this program.
Date: June 17 – July 29*
Day: Saturday
Time: 10:30-12p
No Class*: July 1
Fee (R/NR): $95/$142.50
Deadline: June 10
Location: Springer Cultural Center
Instructor: Kelli Roos
Questions: michelle.olden@champaignparks.org or 217-819-3909
BEGINNING WATERCOLOR PAINTING
Ages 18+ | Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Create wonderful works of art with this exciting medium! Local illustrator Kelli Roos will guide you through all the materials and techniques. We will practice effective ways to control the watercolor paint to bring your vision to life! We will explore and create landscape and still life subjects and discover how painters will structure successful paintings.
A supply list of approximately $85 will print at the time of registration.
There is a $35 non-refundable fee for this program.
Date: June 17 – July 29*
Day: Saturday
Time: 12:30-2:30p
No Class*: July 1
Fee (R/NR): $123/$173
Deadline: June 10
Location: Springer Cultural Center
Instructor: Kelli Roos
Questions: michelle.olden@champaignparks.org or 217-819-3909
