Basic Coloured Pencil 1 (Full)

Welcome to Basic Coloured Pencil I the first workshop in my online tuition programme Pencil Potential.

This workshop is aimed at those of you who are complete beginners to my way of working with coloured pencils or those who feel they need a refresher course after an absence from coloured pencil work.

On completion of this workshop I hope you will have gained an understanding of the materials and techniques I use for basic colour layering and you should have an understanding of the following basic skills:

How to apply colour smoothly – A CORE SKILL
How to choose a basic colour mix and select a suitable shade colour for that mix – A CORE SKILL
How to layer up the colours in the right order and amount to achieve a good, smooth density of colour
When and how to burnish colour to achieve a paint-like finish
Techniques for drawing fronts and backs of leaves, tackling highlights and bloom and simple petals
How to approach a simple botanical composition

Price: £100.00

Full course available upon purchase.
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Equipment needed

Throughout this workshop we will be working with the Ann Swan ‘Special Selection’ of 24 Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. These are as follows:

101 White
103 Ivory
102 Cream
184 Dark Naples Ochre
118 Scarlet Red
142 Madder
123 Fuchsia
133 Magenta
194 Red Violet
193 Burnt Carmine
134 Crimson
138 Violet
139 Light Violet (now replaced with Dark Indigo 157)
172 Earth Green
278 Chrome Green Oxide
174 Chromium Green Opaque
168 Earth Green Yellowish
170 May Green
179 Bistre
178 Nougat
175 Dark Sepia
Cold Grey I 230
Warm Grey IV 275
Warm Grey V 274

Blender Pencil – either the Lyra Rembrandt Splender Blender or Prismacolor clear blender pencil
Blender Pen – Winsor & Newton Promarker or similar clear solvent marker pen
Paper – Good quality, hot pressed (smooth) watercolour paper of at least 250gms weight. Ideally 300gms/140lb and as white as possible.
Layout paper – thin paper used for initial drawings often called ‘Marker Paper’. If you prefer you can use tracing paper.
Graphite pencils – HB or F
Eraser – Battery or plastic eraser plus a kneadable eraser
Good quality pencil sharpener – preferably a desktop pencil sharpener such as the Rapesco 64
Magnifying glass
Pergamano 0.5 embossing tool

How this works

Please note that the course videos are hosted on the Vimeo platform. iOS/iPadOS users can access Vimeo from iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad by using the pre-installed Safari browser running iOS 14, iPadOS 14, or newer.

In each module I will give you clear instructions and/or a video to watch plus an equipment list.

Each complete workshop will be available for use for one year from sign up date.

Workshop content

Modules		Status
1	MODULE 1: An introduction to the equipment and the basic techniques I use in my work
2	MODULE 2: Getting to grips with greens
3	MODULE 3: Drawing the back of a leaf – creating texture and burnishing to soften colours
4	MODULE 4: Tackling highlights on greens
5	MODULE 5: Reds - tackling a vibrant red mix and choosing appropriate shade colours
6	MODULE 6: Simple fruits – colour mixing and bloom
7	MODULE 7: Drawing a simple flower
8	MODULE 8: Your own final project – complete a drawing of a simple single flower