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Line and Blocks of Color Painting
Tue, Feb 09
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC
Feb 09, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC, 223 W Madison St, Ottawa, IL 61350, USA

Palette Knife Heart Painting
Thu, Feb 11
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC
Feb 11, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC, 223 W Madison St, Ottawa, IL 61350, USA
Enjoy a relaxing night learning how to create a heart palette knife painting! Palette knife painting is a technique that uses a plastic or metal palette knife to apply thick layers of paint.

Intro to Photo Studio: Lighting
Fri, Feb 12
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC
Feb 12, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CST
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC, 223 W Madison St, Ottawa, IL 61350, USA
Open Space Art Gallery & Studios now features a full lighting and background set up in our studio space! In this Intro to Photo Studio, you will learn how to use our lighting equipment and camera basics for photography.

Valentine's Stamp & Watercolor Cards Workshop
Sat, Feb 13
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC
Feb 13, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC, 223 W Madison St, Ottawa, IL 61350, USA
Enjoy a relaxing night making Valentine’s Day cards for your loved ones! You will be using stamps and watercolor paints to complete your cards. Your designs will be stamped and painted on watercolor paper. The stamps provided are a variety of love and heart themed designs!

Dot Painting on Clothing
Tue, Mar 09
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC
Mar 09, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC, 223 W Madison St, Ottawa, IL 61350, USA
Join us for an art class inspired by artist Yayoi Kushama! Yayoi Kushama paints vast fields of polka dots, or “infinity nets” as she calls them, on sculptures, walls, and even clothing. In this class, each student will use fabric paint to paint polka dots on clothing.

Intro to Photo Studio: Lighting
Fri, Mar 12
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC
Mar 12, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CST
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC, 223 W Madison St, Ottawa, IL 61350, USA
Open Space Art Gallery & Studios now features a full lighting and background set up in our studio space! In this Intro to Photo Studio, you will learn how to use our lighting equipment and camera basics for photography.

Painting Eggs in Landscapes & Buildings on Canvas
Thu, Apr 08
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC
Apr 08, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC, 223 W Madison St, Ottawa, IL 61350, USA
Join us for an art class inspired by artist Kay Sage! Kay Sage is a Surrealist Painter showing eggs in a way that is new or unfamiliar. Learn how to create perspective landscape and acrylic painting techniques. Draw, paint, and color an egg on canvas in a place that you would never expect.

Printmaking Workshop on Tea Towel and Ceramic Mug
Thu, Apr 22
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC
Apr 22, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC, 223 W Madison St, Ottawa, IL 61350, USA

Three Flower Paintings Workshop
Thu, May 06
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC
May 06, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC, 223 W Madison St, Ottawa, IL 61350, USA
Join us for an art class inspired by artist Georgia O’Keeffe! You will be guided step-by-step drawing and painting flowers from life. Each student will get one 4x4 inch canvas, one 8x10inch canvas and one 11x14 inch canvas to paint flowers on.

Mom & Me Nature Collage Workshop
Sat, May 08
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC
May 08, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC, 223 W Madison St, Ottawa, IL 61350, USA
Enjoy a Saturday afternoon with us! You will be guided step by step on creating your collage using dried flowers and paint. Learn how to draw and paint additional flowers on watercolor paper to accent the real dried flowers. Take home a one of a kind framed nature collage!

Color Field Painting
Tue, May 11
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC
May 11, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC, 223 W Madison St, Ottawa, IL 61350, USA
Join us for an art class inspired by artist Helen Frankenthaler! Each student will get their own larger piece of canvas and paint on the floor just like Helen Frankenthaler did!

How To Draw Tuesdays - Ages 6-12
Select Date in Ticket Registration
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC
Select Date in Ticket Registration
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC, 223 W Madison St, Ottawa, IL 61350, USA
Join us for How To Draw Tuesdays- Ages 6-12 where we help keep your creativity alive through drawing bi-weekly on Tuesdays, 3:30-4:30pm! These drawing sessions are filled with valuable step-by-step procedures for drawing faces, animals, mythical creatures, characters, landscapes, and so much more.

How To Draw Tuesdays - Teens & Adults
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Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC
Select Date in Ticket Registration
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC, 223 W Madison St, Ottawa, IL 61350, USA
Join us to help keep your creativity alive through drawing bi-weekly on Tuesdays, 6-8pm! These drawing sessions are filled with valuable step-by-step procedures for drawing faces, perspective scenes, objects, and even fun prompts that will bring you back to being a kid again.

Create your own Board Game out of Air-Dry Clay
Tues, April 13 & Tues, April 20 3:30-5:00PM
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC
Tues, April 13 & Tues, April 20 3:30-5:00PM
Open Space Art Gallery and Studios, LLC, 223 W Madison St, Ottawa, IL 61350, USA
Join us for a fun afternoon creating your own board game out of air-dry clay! You can choose from chess, checkers, or Tic-Tac-Toe. This is a two part class; part one is making the pieces of clay, part two is painting the dried pieces and the wooden board for your game.