Christy Mac Fine Art

Knit and Crochet All Levels
2024-08-11 15:00 - 17:30 (America/Chicago) | The Studio, 112 W. Market, Troy, IL, 62294
Learn to knit or crochet, learn a new pattern, or just brush up on your skills.
Date: Sunday, August 11th
Time: 3-5:30pm
All materials provided
Feel free to bring a snack and/or beverage (adult or otherwise)
Fee: $45 Materials provided
Location: The Studio in Troy

* Materials Provided take home a skein of yarn and a pair of needles!!

Class registration is refundable up to 48 hours before class time. Please let us know if you can’t attend so we can invite someone from the waiting list.

Intro to Reduction Block Printing
2024-08-17 13:00 - 16:00
Block printing? YES!! Reduction block printing? YES YES!! . We’ll explore a reduction printing method that requires no special tools. Then, we’ll print until we’re all printed out! You will print a reduction series on a single sheet of paper. Repetition is where it’s at!! We’ll also discuss how to use your prints to make fun cards.
Seating is limited so grab your friends and sign up early!
Date: Saturday, August 17thTime: 1-4pmAll materials providedBring a snack and a beverage (adult or otherwise), you’re going to need it!!Fee: $50 materials includedLocation: The Studio in Troy
Class registration is refundable up to 48 hours before class time. Please let us know if you can’t attend so we can invite someone from the waiting list.

Intro to Drypoint Printing
2024-08-24 13:00 - 16:00
Discover a printing method you can do on your kitchen table. By scratching into various materials we will create images that can be printed multiple times. You’ll discover a new skill that will enable you to print notecards or holiday cards any time you want to. You will print several copies of your image as you experiment with materials. Repetition is where it’s at!!
Seating is limited so grab your friends and sign up early!
Date: Saturday, August 24thTime: 1-4pmAll materials providedBring a snack and a beverage (adult or otherwise), you’re going to need it!!Fee: $50 materials includedLocation: The Studio in Troy
Class registration is refundable up to 48 hours before class time. Please let us know if you can’t attend so we can invite someone from the waiting list.

Hostess Gifts - Block Printed Tea Towels
2024-11-03 13:00 - 16:00
Block printing? YES!! On fabric? YES YES!! . Why not? You’ll learn about cutting a linoleum block and we’ll create some really cute tea towels. Perfect for a last minute hostess gift this holiday season.
Seating is limited so grab your friends and sign up early!
Date: Sunday, November 3rdTime: 1-4pmAll materials providedFeel free to bring a snack and/or a beverage (adult or otherwise)!Fee: $50 materials includedLocation: The Studio in Troy
Class registration is refundable up to 48 hours before class time. Please let us know if you can’t attend so we can invite someone from the waiting list.

Beginning Acrylic
2025-02-01 13:00 - 15:30
Beginning Acrylic Painting
Wassily Kandinsky – Church Yard and Vicarage in Kochel
Join me as we recreate this vibrant snowy scene by Wassily Kandsinsky! Learn about mixing colors, paint application, value, and compostition. This class is suitable for all skill levels. No experience necessary. Supplies provided.

Date: Saturday, February 1
Time: 10:30-1pm
Instructor: Christy
Fee: $40
Location: My Studio 112 W. Market, Troy, IL
Class registration is refundable up to 48 hours before class time. Please let us know if you can’t attend so we can invite someone from the waiting list.

Beginning Acrylic
2025-02-22 13:00 - 15:30
Beginning Acrylic Painting
Back Alley Bodie
Paint a piece of the past with this scene from a ghost town! Have frun with the bold shapes, strong colors, and perspective in this image inspired by Bodie, California. Learn about mixing colors, paint application, value, and compostition. This class is suitable for all skill levels. No experience necessary. Supplies provided.
Date: Saturday, February 22
Time: 1-3:30pm
Instructor: Christy
Fee: $45
Location: My Studio 112 W. Market, Troy, IL

Art2Life Workshop Video Meet
2025-03-05 18:00 - 20:00
Open Virtual Studio Session for students taking Nicholas Wilton’s free workshop
For anyone signed up for the Art of Your Life free workshop, I will be hosting two virtual sessions where we can paint, chat, and I can answer questions about the workshop. Pour a glass of wine and get your brushes ready. Pop in for a few minutes or stay the whole time. It’ll be fun!!
Date: Wednesday, March 5th
Time: 6-8pm
Location: Virtual – Information will be sent to those who RSVP.
ZOOM LINK
Sign up for Nicholas’s FREE workshop HERE

Art2Life Workshop Video Meet
2025-03-07 18:00 - 20:00
Open Virtual Studio Session for students taking Nicholas Wilton’s free workshop
For anyone signed up for the Art of Your Life free workshop, I will be hosting two virtual sessions where we can paint, chat, and I can answer questions about the workshop. Pour a glass of wine and get your brushes ready. Pop in for a few minutes or stay the whole time. It’ll be fun!!
Date: Friday, March 7th
Time: 6-8pm
Location: Virtual – Information will be sent to those who RSVP.

ZOOM LINK
Sign up for Nicholas’s FREE workshop HERE

Beginning Acrylic - Cornflowers
2025-03-26 18:00 - 20:30
Beginning Acrylic Painting
Blue Flowers – Stefan Luchian
It’s never too late to start exploring the art of painting. I’ll make it fun and informative! We are painting one of my favorite floral paintings by Stefan Luchian. We’ll paint for feeling instead of detail, and we’ll learn about mixing colors, paint application, value, and compostition. This class is suitable for all skill levels. No experience necessary. Supplies provided.
Date: Wednesday, March 26
Time: 6-8:30pm
Instructor: Christy
Fee: $45
Location: My Studio 112 W. Market, Troy, IL

Beginning Watercolor Techniques - Easter
2025-04-05 13:00 - 16:00
Watercolor Easter Cards
Come and play and create with watercolor. Join me for an afternoon of beginning watercolor technique. We’ll experiment wth various watercolor application techiques as well as an easy masking technique to make fun and colorful decorative eggs. These look amazing grouped together, and make perfect holiday cards. Then, use your new techniques to paint an adorable bunny! All Supplies Provided.

Fee: $40
Date: April 5th
Time: 1-4pm
Instructor: Christy
Location: My Studio 112 W. Market, Troy, IL

Whimsical Watercolor Wildflowers
2025-04-26 13:00 - 16:00
Whimsical Wildlfower Watercolors!

Join me in the studio to learn how to paint my whimsical wildflowers with wild abandon! I’ll talk about how I approach my whimsical watercolor wildflower paintings, and I will guide you in the composition and painting of your own beautiful floral vignettes. These make amazing greeting cards!
Feel free to bring a snack and/or a beverage (adult or otherwise!!)
Date: Saturday, April 26th
Time: 1-4pm
Fee: $45
Location: The Studio in Troy
No experience necessary!
All materials provided
Class registration is refundable up to 48 hours before class time. Please let us know if you can’t attend so we can invite someone from the waiting list.

Kitchen Printmaking - Intaglio
2025-05-10 13:00 - 16:00
Discover a printing method you can do on your kitchen table. By scratching into various materials we will create images that can be printed multiple times. You’ll discover a new skill that will enable you to print notecards or holiday cards any time you want to. You will print several copies of your image as you experiment with materials. Repetition is where it’s at!!
Seating is limited so grab your friends and sign up early!
Date: Saturday, May 10thTime: 1-4pmAll materials providedFee: $45 materials includedLocation: The Studio in Troy
Class registration is refundable up to 48 hours before class time. Please let us know if you can’t attend so we can invite someone from the waiting list.

Video Meet for CVP workshop participants
2025-05-18 18:00 - 20:00
Open Virtual Studio Session for students taking Nicholas Wilton’s free workshop
For anyone signed up for the Art of Your Life free workshop, I will be hosting two virtual sessions where we can paint, chat, and I can answer questions about the workshop. Pour a glass of wine and get your brushes ready. Pop in for a few minutes or stay the whole time. It’ll be fun!!
Date: Sunday, May 18th
Time: 6-8pm
Location: Virtual

ZOOM LINK

Video Meet for CVP workshop participants
2025-05-25 18:00 - 20:00
Open Virtual Studio Session for students taking Nicholas Wilton’s free workshop
For anyone signed up for the Art of Your Life free workshop, I will be hosting two virtual sessions where we can paint, chat, and I can answer questions about the workshop. Pour a glass of wine and get your brushes ready. Pop in for a few minutes or stay the whole time. It’ll be fun!!
Date: Sunday, May 25thTime: 6-8pmLocation: Virtual

ZOOM LINK

Beginning Acrylic - Bird of Paradise
2025-05-26 13:00 - 15:30
Beginning Acrylic PaintingBird of Paradise
It’s never too late to start exploring the art of painting. I’ll make it fun and informative! We’ll put some very bold color to use while we learn about mixing colors, paint application, value, and compostition. This class is suitable for all skill levels. No experience necessary. Supplies provided.
Date: Sunday, May 26Time: 1:00-3:30pmInstructor: ChristyFee: $45Location: My Studio 112 W. Market, Troy, IL

Video Meet for CVP workshop participants
2025-06-01 18:00 - 20:00
Open Virtual Studio Session for students taking Nicholas Wilton’s free workshop
For anyone signed up for the Art of Your Life free workshop, I will be hosting two virtual sessions where we can paint, chat, and I can answer questions about the workshop. Pour a glass of wine and get your brushes ready. Pop in for a few minutes or stay the whole time. It’ll be fun!!
Date: Sunday, June 1st
Time: 6-8pm
Location: Virtual

ZOOM LINK

Beginning Acrylic - Carrots
2025-08-27 18:00 - 20:30
Beginning Acrylic Painting – Carrots

Get into the painting groove while painting one of my favorite subjects – Carrots! Everyone loves this painting, including me!! Learn about mixing colors, paint application, value, and composition. This class is suitable for all skill levels. No experience necessary. Supplies provided.

Date: Wednesday, August 27th
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Instructor: Christy
Fee: $45
Location: My Studio 112 W. Market, Troy, IL
Class registration is refundable up to 48 hours before class time. Please let us know if you can’t attend so we can invite someone from the waiting list.

Shi-what-y? Shibori!
2025-09-07 11:00 - 15:00
We keep having so much fun with our shibori classes that we should do it again and again!! Join me for a summer session of blue blue blue. I’ll teach you all about shibori dyeing including traditional folding methods, easy dye bath composition, and process. This. Is. Addictive. Truly. We’ll do some practice work on floursack towels for your kitchen, and then you’ll have the option to do a larger piece. You’ll have sooo much fun. And, you’ll probably end up with blue somewhere. Wear your ‘creative clothes’ and bring an old towel, because this is messy!! If you’re getting rid of some old towels, the studio is accepting a few towel donations. Turns out we do a LOT of messy stuff!! Bring a lunch/snack – refrigerator available.
Seating is limited so grab your friends and sign up early!
Date: Sunday, September 7th
Time: 11-3ish
All materials provided
Fee: $65 materials included
Location: The Studio in Troy
Class registration is refundable up to 48 hours before class time. Please let us know if you can’t attend so we can invite someone from the waiting list.

Introduction to Gelatin Plate Printing - holiday cards
2025-11-01 13:00 - 16:00
Let me introduce you to gelatin printing! Find color, texture, pattern and more in this unique monoprinting method. We can incorporate holiday stencils to create fun and funky holiday greeting cards. You’ll love it.
Date: Saturday, November 1Time: 1-4All materials providedFee: $50 Location: The Studio in Troy

Warhol-iday Blotted Line Technique (greeting cards!)
2025-11-02 15:00 - 18:00
Join me for an afternoon of channeling Andy Warhol for some holiday color! Learn this unique printmaking technique while creating your own version of his famous holiday cards! Make some fun and funky art that will make the coolest hipster greeting cards. It’s such a fun technique, and it can be used for all sorts of images. Learn the technique and then use it for all of the holidays and incorporate it into your art. We will use ink and watercolor, learn some things we might not have known about Andy and explore this fun technique with an eye toward using it to make your own greeting cards.
Seating is limited so grab your friends and sign up early!
Date: Sunday, November 2nd
Time: 3-6
All materials provided
Fee: $45 materials included
Location: The Studio in Troy
Class registration is refundable up to 48 hours before class time. Please let us know if you can’t attend so we can invite someone from the waiting list.

Kitchen Printmaking - Intaglio (holiday cards)
2025-11-08 13:00 - 16:00
Discover a printing method you can do on your kitchen table. By scratching into various materials we will create images that can be printed multiple times. You’ll discover a new skill that will enable you to print notecards or holiday cards any time you want to. You will print several copies of your image as you experiment with materials. Repetition is where it’s at!!
Seating is limited so grab your friends and sign up early!
Date: Saturday, November 8Time: 1-4pmAll materials providedFee: $45 materials includedLocation: The Studio in Troy
Class registration is refundable up to 48 hours before class time. Please let us know if you can’t attend so we can invite someone from the waiting list.

Kitchen Printmaking - Collagraph (holiday cards)
2025-11-16 13:00 - 16:00
This is another printing method you can do on your kitchen table. By layering various materials we can create fun multi-tonal plates. We will use these plates to print notecards or holiday cards any time you want to. You will print several copies of your image as you experiment with materials. Repetition is where it’s at!!
Seating is limited so grab your friends and sign up early!
Date: Saturday, November 16Time: 1-4pmAll materials providedFee: $45 materials includedLocation: The Studio in Troy
Class registration is refundable up to 48 hours before class time. Please let us know if you can’t attend so we can invite someone from the waiting list.

Shhhhhibori!
2025-12-13 13:00 - 16:30
We keep having so much fun with our shibori classes that we should totally do it again!! Join me for this Fall session of blue blue blue. I’ll teach you all about shibori dyeing including traditional folding methods, easy dye bath composition, and process. This. Is. Addictive. Truly. We’ll dye up some beautiful floursack towels for your kitchen, or to give as gifts. If you would like to dye a t-shirt, bring a washed 100% cotton shirt of your choice. You’ll have sooo much fun. And, you’ll probably end up with blue somewhere. Wear your ‘creative clothes’ and bring an old towel, because this is messy!! If you’re getting rid of some old towels, the studio is accepting a few towel donations. Turns out we do a LOT of messy stuff!! Bring a lunch/snack – refrigerator available.
Seating is limited so grab your friends and sign up early!
Date: Saturday, December 13Time: 1-4pmAll materials providedFee: $65 materials includedLocation: The Studio in Troy
Class registration is refundable up to 48 hours before class time. Please let us know if you can’t attend so we can invite someone from the waiting list.

Valentine Abstract Painting GAME NIGHT!!
2026-02-14 18:00 - 21:00
Valentine Collaborative Abstract Painting GAME NIGHT!!!
Ditch the reservations and noisy restaurants and join me for a fun Valentine Game Night. Bring your partner, adult child, best buddy or maybe your mostly tolerable neighbor to collaborate on an instructor-led abstract painting series of four 6×6 gallery wrapped (ready to hang) canvases. We will approach the paintings like a board game with spinners and prompts, and you will each go home with two finished pieces that represent your collaboration with your loved one (or tolerated one) ! I’ll provide some sweet treats, but feel free to bring a beverage (adult or otherwise) and/or snack. You’ll learn some new skills, make some new friends, and really enjoy the process of making a collaborative abstract painting. Best of all, you’ll get brownie points for planning a unique Valentine’s Day experience for you both! Seating is limited, so reserve your place today! Attending solo? No problem!
Date: Saturday, February 14th
Time: 6-9pm
Fee: $80/person
Location: The Studio in Troy
No experience necessary!
All supplies (and wine glasses) provided.
Class registration is refundable up to 48 hours before class time. Please let us know if you can’t attend so we can invite someone from the waiting list.

Whimsical Watercolor Wildflowers
2026-05-23 13:00 - 16:00
Whimsical Wildlfower Watercolors!

Join me in the studio to learn how to paint my whimsical wildflowers with wild abandon! I’ll talk about how I approach my whimsical watercolor wildflower paintings, and I will guide you in the composition and painting of your own beautiful floral vignettes. These make amazing greeting cards!
Feel free to bring a snack and/or a beverage (adult or otherwise!!)
Date: Saturday, May 23rd
Time: 1-4pm
Fee: $55
Location: The Studio in Troy
No experience necessary!
All materials provided
Class registration is refundable up to 48 hours before class time. Please let us know if you can’t attend so we can invite someone from the waiting list.
