About this Event
Transform your coloured pencil technique and create a stunning, lifelike chickadee drawing!
Join artist Judy Kalas for a comprehensive, full-day workshop designed for beginner to intermediate artists. Whether you are looking to build a strong foundation or refine your existing skills, Judy will guide you step-by-step from start to finish.
In this intensive 1-day session, you’ll master the exact tools, techniques, and core principles needed to build realistic depth, color, and feather textures on paper.
What You Will Learn:
- Reference Selection: How to evaluate and choose strong source photos.
- Paper & Surface Fundamentals: What papers work best for coloured pencil and why.
- Mastering Value: Understanding light and shadow to achieve striking 3D realism.
- Tools of the Trade: How to properly use various colored pencil supplies and accessories.
- Color Accuracy: How to analyze and select the precise colours for your subject.
- Feather Techniques: Specialized strokes for layering and rendering realistic feathers.
- Blending Methods: Different techniques to smoothly blend and layer pencil pigments.
- Presentation: Best practices for finishing, preserving, and framing your completed piece.
Workshop fee is $125+GST. You can bring the required supplies, or add the optional art supply package at check out ($58+GST).
Kindly note: The Common Works reserves the right to cancel this event. Should that happen, you will receive a full refund.
Required Material:
Faber Castell Polychromos Pencils (Black, White, Indigo #157, Warm Grey1#270, Warm grey 3 #272, Warm Grey 4 #273, Warm Grey 6 #275, Cold grey 4 #233, Raw Umber#180, Burnt Ocher #187, Burnt Siena 283, Bistre 179, Van Dyke Brown #176, Lt Ultramarine #140
Kneaded Eraser, Tombow 2.3mm eraser, Bristol vellum paper, tracing paper, chalk pastel scrap paper for practice.
Event venue & nearby stays
The Common Works, 185 1 St East, Cochrane, Canada
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