Colored Pencil Basics
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Sunday, Apr 6, 2025 3pm - 5pm
Location
Firehouse Art Center
667 4th Ave
Details
This 4-week class will introduce students to techniques that will elevate their use of color pencil. Students will learn how to burnish the paper, mix colors, and see and match colors. The class will look at the instructor’s drawings and the works of CJ Hendry.
During this class, we will mostly be learning and making. The instructor will show you inspiration drawings, demo technique, and then allow time, guidance, and support to create on your own.
This class is for beginners as well as artists who have never been taught colored pencil technique before. No previous experience required. We will mostly be making small experiments, but the last couple of classes will allow you time to begin creating your own works based on what you've learned.
A breakdown of each class session is below:
Class 1: Look at inspiration drawings, practice burnishing and value, and color studies inspired by Wes Anderson color palettes.
Class 2. Practice matching colors, blending, and burnishing using autumn leave colors as inspiration and guidance.
Class 3: Defining a form using colored pencil and color theory and begin personal artworks.
Class 4: Work day for your own drawings.
The class is $140 for all 4 sessions
Important note: The price of the class includes a 24 color set of Prismacolor colored pencils as well as a 9 x 12 sketchbook provided to each student. I am able to get them at a discounted price and it is essential for students to have the Prismacolor brand of pencils for the class. These materials are about $25 of the class price.
Sundays from 3pm-5pm
Sunday April 6
Sunday April 13
skip Easter Sunday
Sunday, April 27
Sunday, May 4th.
Your Instructor
Charis Lillene Fleshner is a conceptual mixed media artist who completed her MFA in studio art at the University of New Mexico. Fleshner currently teaches art at Aims Community College and shows work nationally. Before starting graduate studies, Charis Lillene Fleshner used her bachelor's of fine arts in art education from University of North Texas to teach junior high and elementary art for seven years. Her studio practice currently focuses on drawing, Craftivism, and the intersections of Feminism and art.
