Spring Flowers in Colored Pencil

Bring vibrancy and the brilliance of colored pencils to your botanical art. With layering, blending, burnishing, and pressure control you will develop confidence and learn basic color theory. Washing with a solvent and watercolor pencils will be demonstrated. Exercises include a variety of flowers, fruits and plants. Color pencil history, brands and papers will be discussed. Demonstrations, handouts, and photos provided weekly. Week 1: Color, Pressure and Layering Exercises in color theory, pressure, and layering techniques. Creating reference charts. Basic flower forms. Week 2: Simple Flowers and Forms Introducing watercolor pencils and/or oil-based pencils Blending and layering options, warm and cool under painting to show value transitions. Week 3: Complex Floral Composition Composition layouts with multiple flowers. Week 4: From Seed/Bulb to Bloom Watercolor pencils and washing techniques. Weeks 5: Creating reference charts of basic flower forms