Ref: S2D32611
This course will help you to improve your colour pencil skills and encourage you to look closely at your subject to portray it in detail.
You will learn how to select the appropriate colours, and how to mix and layer colours for accurate colour matching. You will be shown how to use a variety of different mark-making techniques for different textures. You will learn blending techniques and understand how to use shadow colours to add depth to your drawings.
On the first evening, you will look at the different subjects and complete some initial drawing. As the course progresses, you will work on your choice of subject, guided by the tutor after watching the demonstrations.
The tutor will provide demonstrations of all the techniques and one-to-one help during the course. You will learn which techniques to use for each subject and in which order to use them. Sketchbook studies will be used to develop drawing skills.
By the end of the course, you will have drawn and coloured a series of small studies of different subjects. You will have developed your knowledge of the various colour pencil techniques and how to create a drawing from start to finish.
Arrival Day - this is the first date listed above
Courses start early evening. Residential students to arrive from 4pm, non-residential students to arrive by 6.45pm.
6.45pm: Welcome, followed by dinner (included).
8 - 9pm: First teaching session, attendance is essential.
Daily timetable
Classes 9.15 - 5pm, lunch is included.
From 6.30pm: Dinner (included for residential students).
Evening working - students may have access to workshops until 9pm, but only with their tutor's permission and provided any health and safety guidelines are observed.
Last day
Classes 9.15am - 3pm, lunch is included.
Residential students are to vacate their rooms by 10am please.
(This timetable is for courses of more than one day in length. The tutor may make slight variations)
Amber trained at the University of Creative Arts in Canterbury. She then went on to specialise in watercolour and coloured pencil in botanical art. Amber currently works on private commissions and teaches botanical and watercolour classes. Her work is highly detailed with a contemporary style. She is a Fellow Member of the Society of Botanical Artists, exhibits regularly in London and Germany, and has sold work to private collections in the UK, Germany, France and China.
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