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ONLINE Colored Pencil Realism Workshop: “Spring Blooms” with Cynthia Knox CPSA – March 20-21, 2021

by Grace Lucarelli | Jan 22, 2021 | Past Classes and Workshops

ONLINE Colored Pencil Realism: Spring Blooms
Two day Workshop with Cynthia Knox, CPSA
Two Day Workshop: March 20-21, 2021, 10am-5pm
$ 220 Members /$255 Non Member

Create a beautiful colored pencil still life over two days and learn how to transform a line drawing into your own personal masterpiece!

A variety of tips, textures, and techniques will be shared as we develop each section of this lovely floral portrait. You can expect to learn, laugh and leave inspired both days and will receive high quality instructional material prior to class. This includes the following downloads: Reference photo, line drawing, supply list, full-color tutorial booklet, and Cynthia’s formula “cheat sheets” for each class demo. Personal critiques will be offered for WIP’s as well as for finished artworks. Follow-up instruction and feedback will also be available after the workshop is over

Cynthia Knox, CPSA is a professional colored pencil and graphite artist who lives in New York with her family. Her artwork has received numerous awards in national and international juried exhibitions, and she has authored 15 art instructional books, with a new one to be released in February, 2021. Publishers include Ann Kullberg Publishing, Walter Foster Publishing, Strathmore Artists, and Viking Woodcrafts Publishing. Cynthia teaches art workshops to individuals and groups throughout the United States, internationally, on cruises, and online with Craftsy.com and for Ann Kullberg. She is a signature member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, juried member of the International Guild of Realism, and commissioned portrait artist. Cynthia credits her passion and artistic inspiration to a deep love for God and her family. View her artwork, resume, and more at www.cynthiaknox.com. She is on Facebook (Cynthia Knox Fine Art) and Instagram (cynthiaknox.artist).

WORKSHOPS: Cancellations by the student – more than 90 days: full refund. Under 90 days: $50 non-refundable registration fee is included in the workshop tuition. Deposit is non-refundable within 14 days of the start of the workshop.

ONLINE The Portrait in Colored Pencil Workshop with Jesse Lane, April 17-18, 2021

by Grace Lucarelli | Jun 21, 2020 | Past Classes and Workshops

Dramatic Portraits In Colored Pencil with Jesse Lane
April 17-18, 2021 • 10 am – 5 pm
$365M/$400NM

Draw a dramatic, realistic portrait with award-winning artist Jesse Lane. Learn the secrets of turning colored pencil into a Fine Art medium…. creating works as rich and nuanced as any oil painting.

Everyone works on the same portrait as Jesse gives detailed demos, step by step, sharing his signature style… including special tips for creating nuanced skin tones, compelling eyes and realistic hair. Classes are thorough as Jesse breaks down complex rendering into simple shapes.

All skill levels are welcome!

The workshop includes:

Large Screen Demos: A video camera on Jesse’s drawing board is projected to a large screen so students can easily follow along as they draw.
One-on-One Instruction: After each demo, Jesse visits each participant, offering encouragement, answering questions, explaining technique and giving tips individual to each student.
Jesse provides high-quality instructional materials, including a reference photo, a glossy tutorial booklet, and the image already outlined on drawing paper. Workbooks also have a complete list of colors for each section.
Students are required to bring their own drawing supplies, and a materials list will be distributed well in advance of the workshop.

Take your art to the next level as everyone shares their love of colored pencil in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere.

Update: This workshop has been updated to Online (via Zoom). Days will begin at 10am and end at 5pm, with an hour for lunch. The last hour will be used for individual critiques and feedback for students who want it.

Supply List

Download the list here: Jesse Lane Supply List

About Jesse Lane:
Through art, I’ve been able to find something inside myself that changed my life.
Growing up, I often felt alone. In school, I was struggling with the challenges of dyslexia. I desperately wanted to find a place in life where I didn’t feel inferior. For years, I bottled up my feelings. Then I realized they could be a source of inspiration. I began creating images of personal struggle and intimate emotion. What was hidden for so long became voiced and heard. For the first time, I felt truly seen. I took my weakness and made it my strength. Along the way, I’ve discovered we all share these feelings. They are universal.

When people see my portraits, they’re surprised I work in colored pencil. I love the precision and versatility of colored pencil. This medium can be as rich and nuanced as any other. One of my goals is to advance colored pencil in the world of fine art.”

Jesse Lane (born 1990) lives in The Woodlands, Texas, near Houston. His earliest teacher was his father, Jerry Lane, a former illustrator and underground cartoonist.
Jesse earned a degree in visualization from Texas A&M University. He also studied art in Italy, where he was greatly influenced by the lighting and drama of the master painter Caravaggio.
Jesse’s compelling portraits have appeared on the covers of publications including International Artist and The Artist’s Magazine. Southwest Art Magazine recognized him as one of the nation’s leading young emerging artists, and he’s been featured numerous times in American Art Collector.

Numerous awards include top honors from the Salmagundi Club, International Artist Magazine, the Colored Pencil Society of America and the Hudson Valley Art Association. Jesse has also been a finalist several times in theInternational Art Renewal Center Salon.

Jesse is represented by RJD Gallery in Bridgehampton, New York.

He works at his home studio in The Woodlands, Texas, where he lives with his wife, Kinsey, a teacher and talented sculptor. Jesse teaches workshops nationwide.

“Jesse Lane is taking the colored pencil world by storm.” – Colored Pencil Magazine

“For collectors interested in a quickly ascending star in the art world, Lane is one surely to watch.” Fine Art ConnoisseurMagazine

For more about Jessie Lane visit his website.

WORKSHOPS: Cancellations by the student – more than 90 days: full refund. Under 90 days: $50 non-refundable registration fee is included in the workshop tuition. Deposit is non-refundable within 14 days of the start of the workshop.

Art Lab Open House – Sunday, January 12, 2020, 1-4pm

by Grace Lucarelli | Nov 30, 2019 | Past Events

Art Lab Open House
A fun afternoon for adults!
Sunday, January 12, 2020, 1-4 pm

Brush Away those Winter Blues!

• Meet many of our talented instructors

• Hands-on workshops in various mediums or techniques:

Drawing
Oil painting
Acrylic Painting
Portraiture
Colored Pencil
Photography and more!

• Spend as much time at each station as you’d like

• Artwork can be created in as little as 15 minutes

• Clothed models

• All materials provided

Painting with Colored Pencils Workshop with Cynthia Knox CPSA – July 26-28, 2019, 9am-4pm

by Grace Lucarelli | Jun 30, 2019 | Past Classes and Workshops

PAINTING WITH COLORED PENCILS
FINE ART WORKSHOP WITH CYNTHIA KNOX, CPSA
Three Day Workshop: July 26-28, 2019, 9am-4pm
$460 M/$495 NM • Deposits being taken

Discover the difference between drawing and painting with colored pencils in this three-day colored pencil workshop. Cynthia Knox will guide you step by step through the process of creating this stunning still life (photo reference shown) and will demonstrate her signature style of painting with this dry medium. A variety of tips and techniques will be taught that will enable each artist to render the lace, fruit, flower, wood and metallic textures seen in this composition. In addition to group and individual instruction, Cynthia will provide high-quality instructional materials that include a glossy tutorial booklet, reference photo, her popular “Cheat Sheet” and the actual surface with a light tracing of the entire still life to minimize actual drawing time and focus on color rendering. Join Cynthia in creating a unique masterpiece that friends and family will be certain to ask, “THAT’s colored pencil?!”

Cynthia Knox, CPSA, is a colored pencil and graphite artist who lives in New York with her family. Her artwork has received numerous awards in national and international juried exhibitions, and she has published 13 art instructional books, with a new book to be released in the Fall of 2018. Publishers include Walter Foster Publishing (Quartos), Ann Kullberg Publishing, Strathmore Artists, and Viking Woodcrafts. Cynthia teaches art workshops to individuals and large groups throughout the United States, internationally and online with Craftsy.com. She is represented by LaBelle Enterprises for her workshops with Bob LaBelle as the primary contact: boblabelle@sbcglobal.net.

Cynthia’s artwork, resume, and workshops can be viewed on her website at www.cynthiaknox.com, and she is on Facebook and Instagram.

Please click here for materials list

Colored Pencil Foundations with Jill Velasco

by Grace Lucarelli | Apr 30, 2019 | Past Classes and Workshops

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.

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