Colored Pencil Foundations with Jill Velasco
6 Weeks • Tuesdays: Apr. 7, 21, 28, May 5, 12 • 1:30-3:30pm
$180 M/$215 NM
In this intro course, students will learn the fundamentals to get started in this exciting medium as well as the proper tools and techniques needed to create artwork ranging in appearance from that of an illustration – to obtaining a sheen of an oil painting.
We will cover choosing the right paper surface, working on toned backgrounds, mark-making, color-mixing, working from a limited palette, creating washes with solvent – and more!
Class will include lecture, sketchbook tutorials and a teacher-guided still life to tie it all together. Great for those looking to refresh their colored pencil skills as well as those new to the medium. Some prior drawing experience is recommended.
MATERIALS LIST
- 24 tin of Prismacolor Premiere Colored Pencils
- Prismacolor colored pencil accessory kit (sold on bubble card with 7 items)
- Manual or battery-operated/rechargeable Pencil sharpener with reservoir for shavings (recommended: derwent superpoint, carl angel 5 manual, afmat long point rechargeable or manual, kum manual with reservoir)
- 4.2 oz bottle of Gamsol OMS
- Graphite pencil to sketch #hb or #2b
- Inexpensive, synthetic mini mop brush or deerfoot shaped brush ¼”- 1/8” approx. size (for solvent use)
(Recommended Princeton velvetouch short handle mop 1/8” from Blick (online or in Carle Place) or Jerrysartarama.com - Canson Mixed media sketchbook – blue cover 7×10”
Resources for shopping:
Amazon(great prices on pencils!), dickblick.com or Carle Place Blick store, Jerrysartarama.com
Any questions, please feel free to reach out via email: Jillvelascoart@gmail.com
Jill Velasco is an exhibiting Artist, Graphic Designer and Educator with a BFA in Graphic Design and an MS in Visual Arts Education. For over ten years, Jill has taught fine art classes in both schools and studios throughout Long Island to both children and adults of all levels.
In addition to teaching workshops, creating both digital and fine art for clients, she currently moderates and mentors colored pencil enthusiasts via social media for the publication Colored Pencil Magazine. While graphic design work requires precision through technology to complete things like logos, vehicle wraps and rebranding of corporate identity, her drawings and paintings take a departure from the commercial to capture nature and moments of the everyday. Colored pencil, pastel and acrylic paint are the featured media in her portraits, botanical and wildlife art.
Jill is a proud member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, American Society of Botanical Artists, Westbury Arts Council and The Art Guild of Port Washington.