Let Dale Popovich help sharpen your drawing & painting techniques and skills
Dale taught for many years at The American Academy of Art in Chicago. Currently, he teaches at the prestigious Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts – Zoom art classes Chicago, workshops and in his own studio. Through his 43+ years of professional teaching drawing and painting techniques and skills, Dale has taught over 4000 students – mentoring many who are now successful, accomplished artists.
“I have been an art instructor for over 43+ years and firmly believe that it’s important for the artist to know the fundamentals of art, drawing, composition, perspective and color theory. It is only with this grounding in basics that the artist can give full play to his or her creativity, and depart from reality (either a little or a lot) to create the mood he or she is seeking to convey. After all, it is vision coupled with skill and craftsmanship that is the key for any artist. Imagination is the child within all of us and cannot be lost.”
“I have been an art instructor for over 43+ years and firmly believe that it’s important for the artist to know the fundamentals of art, drawing, composition, perspective and color theory. It is only with this grounding in basics that the artist can give full play to his or her creativity, and depart from reality (either a little or a lot) to create the mood he or she is seeking to convey. After all, it is vision coupled with skill and craftsmanship that is the key for any artist. Imagination is the child within all of us and cannot be lost.”
—Dale L. Popovich IWS
PALETTE & CHISEL
ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS CLASSES
NOW ON ZOOM!
ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS CLASSES
NOW ON ZOOM!
Chicago's oldest art academy featuring fine art classes in oil painting, watercolor, life drawing and sculpture.. Formed over a century ago to enable students, illustrators and fine artists to spend more time working from live models, a few artists’ dreams became the Palette & Chisel Club. Their founding principles remain our guiding mission. Today’s Palette & Chisel is a non-profit organization. Since 1921, they have been housed in a beautiful circa 1870’s mansion in the heart of Chicago’s famed Gold Coast.
Learn more about Dale's drawing and painting techniques and skills ZOOM classes at the Palette and Chisel click here...
Learn more about Dale's drawing and painting techniques and skills ZOOM classes at the Palette and Chisel click here...
PRIVATE INSTRUCTION – INPERSON OR ONLINE
Do you feel you have hit a creative wall and need some guidance? Or maybe you need help implementing key concepts and drawing skills, watercolor painting techniques. Let Dale give you personal one-on-one instruction. To learn more about private instruction please drop him an email at [email protected] or call (219) 671-5535.
PRIVATE INSTRUCTION FOR GROUPS
Have you ever wished I could bring my instruction to you and your group on a bi-monthly or monthly bases? To learn more about private instruction for your group please drop him an e-mail at [email protected] or call (219) 671-5535..
2024 WORKSHOPS & DEMOS |
My 4 Full-days of Watercolor Workshops at Dillman's, Lac Du Flambeau, WI.
Back for my 6th year–the last three years twice a year.
In this 4 full-day workshop, my students experience my unique step-by-step instruction in transparent watercolor. Teaching as a paint-along allows the student to watch, go back and recreate what was just painted. I also stress to my students to ask as many questions as they wish while I am painting.
I encourage the students to bring their cameras so they can snap photos along the way. I feels that sharing my knowledge in all forms is the key to excellent learning. The focus is on large patterns of light and dark using scenes from nature. There is very little drawing and more painting. They will understand how to build a painting from start-to-finish with a focal point. Exploring the beauty of nature while gaining a deeper understanding of this unique medium’s techniques, properties, and tools.
I cover all four seasons so that the student will understand color temperature intensity and, most of all, value. During this workshop, they normally paint six paintings. The class is designed for beginners, intermediates, and advanced artists. My personal photo references will be supplied as an e-workbook includes:
My objective is to have each student complete their paintings and leave with a new level of confidence, ability, and understanding of transparent watercolor.
Back for my 6th year–the last three years twice a year.
In this 4 full-day workshop, my students experience my unique step-by-step instruction in transparent watercolor. Teaching as a paint-along allows the student to watch, go back and recreate what was just painted. I also stress to my students to ask as many questions as they wish while I am painting.
I encourage the students to bring their cameras so they can snap photos along the way. I feels that sharing my knowledge in all forms is the key to excellent learning. The focus is on large patterns of light and dark using scenes from nature. There is very little drawing and more painting. They will understand how to build a painting from start-to-finish with a focal point. Exploring the beauty of nature while gaining a deeper understanding of this unique medium’s techniques, properties, and tools.
I cover all four seasons so that the student will understand color temperature intensity and, most of all, value. During this workshop, they normally paint six paintings. The class is designed for beginners, intermediates, and advanced artists. My personal photo references will be supplied as an e-workbook includes:
- All reference photos
- My pencil drawing for paint-alongs
- Value photos
- Supplies needed
- Key learnings.
My objective is to have each student complete their paintings and leave with a new level of confidence, ability, and understanding of transparent watercolor.
Full-day Watercolor Workshop for LOLA, Land 'O Lakes, WI since 2012. I spent the morning painting, demonstrating elements of nature, sky, water moving and still, rocks, handling trees, and different ways of creating textures.
Then the afternoon I conducted a paint-along involving some of the morning's demonstrations. Sharing techniques that allow my students to have a deeper understanding of the medium. I concentrate on composition, controlling wet-on-wet washes, drybrush, spattering, and lifting of the medium with one-on-one instruction. The paint-along took 2.5 hours: I painted for an hour and my students accomplished their paintings in 1 and a half hours As you can see in the group photo I was quite pleased with all of the students paintings. 
Basic drawing and value lecture/demo at the Town & Country Art League, Palos Heights, IL I took this group through a lecture on basic drawing and value which is the core of any solid 2-dimensional art. I wrapped up the two-hour lecture/discussion with a small watercolor demo implementing the elements covered in the earlier part of the lecture.
|
Two-Full days watercolor workshop at the Peninsula School of Art in Door County, WI. Here's what one student said about the workshop – "I just wanted to say again how much I enjoyed your watercolor workshop this weekend in Fish Creek, WI. I learned a lot and appreciated your personable and easy-going style. I also was impressed with the way your critiqued our work, constructive and encouraging. It really helped me to think of ways I can improve my landscape painting."
– Dee M., Peninsula School of Art 
Full-Day Watercolor Workshop in Dixon, IL.
I spent the day of painting with these watercolorist sharing my personal vision of “Into the Wood.” I did two demos in the morning sharing my watercolor knowledge. In the afternoon we did a paint-along of a snowy Wisconsin River. 
Full-day workshop for the Lakeland Art League in Minocqua, WI since 2014. I did two demos showing the group how to paint snow and trees in watercolor. The afternoon demo was a paint-along. There are three phases-I demo and then let my students recreate what I painted. I then demo the second phase and let them recreate that stage. Finally I paint phase three completing the painting. The students also walk away with a completed watercolor. I find my students understand the process much faster this way. At the end I raffle the demos.
|
