Discover the vibrancy and realism you can achieve with colored pencil! Topics in this class include structural and expressive line quality, color relationships, layering and blending, capturing light and volume. We will be drawing from still lives, botanical subjects, and your favorite photographs from your photo collection, as well as art history master copies. Learn about the science of color theory and diverse applications of colored pencil. Previous drawing experience required. We will also experiment with watercolor pencil brands that mix with water and “paint” with watercolor pencils.

Additionally, the class will focus on exercises to build and polish your drawing skills, introducing the next steps from drawing to beginners. Each session will include demonstrations to improve your hand-eye coordination and learn the steps and tools to create your drawing masterpieces! Intermediate level suggested.

This class will include drawing and painting using independent projects. We will introduce a new color theory topic each week. Many mediums will be explored, including mixed media, colored pencils, watercolor pencils, watercolors, and ink.

Join a class that fosters experimentation and build artistic confidence while drawing in a supportive, creative environment from artworks in the Galleries. Whether you’re picking up a pencil for the first time or deepening an existing practice, we will relax while studying expressive mark making and hone your observational and abstract drawing skills while interpreting artworks in graphite and/or colored pencils. We will practice and study issues of color relationships.

Pencils and sketchbooks only in the galleries. Please meet at the front desk.