If you’re a plant lover or just like to dabble in the arts, this botanical drawing course using Prismacolor pencils will stimulate your mind and advance your drawing skills!
These exciting and exploratory art classes are designed to give middle and high school students a chance to learn about art styles and mediums they might not get in a
classroom. All materials provided.
Learn to layer, burnish and blend using quality Prismacolor pencil using color theory and step by step aides. Color pencil is a great medium if you enjoy detailed work, photo realism, or illustration. There is a lot to learn to make this part of your artistic repertoire.
Shade, burnish, layer and blend color pencils to achieve a very lifelike rendering of a coneflower. There are many tricks and techniques to using colored pencil to create beautiful, color artwork. Anita will introduce you to many of them providing all the materials necessary plus some informational handouts to bring home and encourage more drawing with color pencil! Bring a lunch.
The Art of Colored Pencil Drawing – Water Droplets with Anita Sams
Saturday 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
July 22 Class Fee: $35($30 Members) Ages 16-Adult
Take a moment out of your summer to explore the art of the colored pencil. In this class students will first learn basic techniques such as blending, layering, and burnishing. Next, water drops can add life and freshness to your work. Please join us to learn the little details that make those tiny droplets believable. Anita is a master of realistic colored pencil renderings. Come and learn from a master. Bring a lunch.
Saturday 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
May 20
Class Fee: $40 ($35 Members)
Ages 14-Adult
Capture the beauty of this delicate spring perennial using colored pencils. Anita will skillfully guide you through the variety of pencil techniques such as blending, layering, and burnishing to create a realistic rendition of this interesting plant. All materials are provided. Stop in at the NCCA-Artsplace to see Anita’s work. Bring a lunch.
Saturday 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
July 30
Class Fee: $35 ($30 Members)
Ages 14-Adult
Capture the beauty of a summer foxglove blossom using
colored pencils. Anita will skillfully guide you through the
variety of pencil techniques such as blending, layering,
and burnishing to create a realistic rendition of a
foxglove. All materials are provided. Bring a lunch.
Stop in to the Dogwood Center Lobby Gallery to enjoy these whimsical colored pencil illustrations inspired by nature. What Patricia Pardee, a Newaygo area artist, has to say about her work:
About Patricia Pardee
From colorful crayons to colored pencils, I have been drawing for as long as I can remember. Not until last year (2015) did I decide to let my drawings see the light of day. After putting away my pencils for about six years did I pick them up again, finishing about seven in one year. Drawing for me is a slow process. I’ll spend a few hours on an idea and then put it away for a day or two.
During this time I let the drawing tumble around in my head in order to go back to it with fresh ambition. My drawings represent the infinite world of nature, unified with the imagination, creating what I hope is a dream like resonance for the viewer.
Dogwood Box Office hours are Tuesday – Friday from 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and two hours prior to an event. For more information please contact the Dogwood Box Office at 231.924.8885. Lobby Gallery also open during events.
Jansma Gallery at NCCA-Artsplace,
13 E. Main St., Fremont. Samantha Luotonen is a freelance illustrator specializing in colored pencil drawings of the natural world. She is very interested in nature’s beauty and simplicity. Highlighting that beauty is the focus of all of her work. Sam’s technical skill at layering, blending, burnishing, and use of color with Prismacolor pencils is outstanding. The detail in these intricate drawings almost make the viewer believe we could smell, taste or feel the subject dripping off the page. Worth a visit in person just to see for yourself the photorealistic quality of these drawings.
Originally from the East side of the state, Samantha now lives and works in Grand Rapids, where she received her BFA in Illustration from Kendall College of Art and
Design. She spends her time bringing portraits to life for clients and finding beauty in something as simple as a piece of fruit to something as complex as an exploding water balloon.
Saturday 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
April 25
Ages 14-Adult
After the long winter what a delight to see the tulips poking their heads through the earth. You can capture the beauty of these spring flowers with colored pencil artist, Anita Sams. Anita will skillfully guide you through the variety of pencil techniques such as blending, layering, and burnishing to create a realistic rendition of tulips. All materials are provided. Stop in at the NCCA-Artsplace to see Anita’s own work. Bring a lunch.
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