Do you want to make a special lasting image of your furry family member? Perhaps you want to memorialize a beloved pet who left far too soon. Whether you want to record their growth or remember their life and find a way to still see their precious face every day, creating a realistic portrait in color pencil, one which really captures your special animal’s personality, is something which will give you joy now and for years to come.
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Join artist James Andrews for this one-day workshop in which he will teach you:
*How to choose the best photos- or combination of photos- to work from
*Deciding on a composition
*The basics of drawing a likeness—How to draw your pet rather than just a representation of the breed
*Color pencil techniques to create realistic textures and accurate color combination
*The artistic choices which make your portrait a work of art instead of just any old snapshot
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Please join this experienced and caring teacher for a fun day of making beautiful, personal art!
About your Instructor:
James Andrews is an artist and teacher who has been living in the Pacific Northwest since 1999.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1973, Andrews' family moved out to Long Island's beautiful East End when he was a toddler.
Andrews has always had a love of art and the stories it can tell. This love led him to pursue and earn a BFA in Theatrical Design from SUNY New Paltz and, later, an MS Ed in Art Education from Dowling College. In 2023 Andrews completed Classical Art Training & earned a MA in Atelier Studio Arts at the Florence Art Academy in Florence, Italy.
Materials:
Mechanical pencil
Kneaded eraser
Toned drawing paper
Color Pencils
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Morning
-Introductions
-Working with photographs
-What’s the personality? The role of writing in your portrait. -Creating the drawing (practice on sketch paper):
*Intro NEBS process
*Relative Angles & Relative Values *Touch and creating values
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LUNCH
Afternoon
-Intro to toned paper
-Applying NEBS process from the morning session to the final paper -Color pencil technique
-Rendering textures
-Creating depth
