Drawing in Color (Online)

Adult Summer Online | This program is completed

All levels welcome.

6/23/2022-7/28/2022

10:00 AM-12:00 PM EDT on Th

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$195.00

$175.00

To assist you in preparing for this class, we have provided a link to the setup / test pages from the conference provider. If you have never used this conference service before please click on the link below so that your PC or device will be ready to participate in this class.

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Discover the vibrancy and realism you can achieve with color pencil! Topics in this online class will include descriptive and expressive line quality, color relationships, cross-hatching and layering, capturing light and volume, and working on colored and textured papers. We will be drawing from still lives you set up on your own at home, photographs, and master copies.

What you will learn:
1. Training the eye to see color.
2. How to render light, space, and surface.
3. Learning the science of color theory and diverse applications of color pencil.

  • This is an online class hosted through Zoom. We recommend that you download the free Zoom application on your computer, phone, or tablet in advance of the first class. You will receive a confirmation email containing a link to join the course via Zoom. The same link will be used each week.
  • • Prismacolor colored pencil set, assorted colors, set of 12
  • • 2H, B and 4B pencils
  • • White drawing paper pad, 11x14 in. to 14x17 in. or similar
  • • Kneaded eraser
  • • White plastic eraser
  • • Sharpener Midway through the term students will need these supplies:
  • • Strathmore 400 series toned mixed media drawing pad, 11x14 in., 15 sheets
  • • prism color colorless blender pencil
  • • Optional Papers: experiment with different surfaces besides your standard drawing pad to be cut down from 22” x 30” White or Cream or Black both : (1) Arches Cover, (1) Arches 88 or (1) Stonehenge Smooth Hot Press, Pastel Paper Mi-Tienes Paper (free choice, pastel...all color will have some white mixed in!!! Chose (1) warm ((yellows, oranges, pinks)) and (1) cool ((blue, greens, violets))
  • • Cotton Rags, cut up t shirts, towels or Leather Chaomis, Masking Tape or 2 Office Clips / Silver Bulldog Clips to keep paper still
  • • SUPPLY BOX (shoe box, freezer bags ziplock, Tray to hold pencils (cookie sleeves, enamel tray, rectangular take-away plastic container), PORTFOLIO (to hold paper flat, Blick Cardboard Portfolio that you get when you buy paper is fine, make your own)