Draw & Refresh in Colored Pencil with Priscilla Humay

Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024 | 12:00 - 3:00pm

Explore color for your own personal expression and sharpen your drawing skills by developing colored pencil techniques, from basic to refined. You will learn various application strokes, grisaille, layering, value, intensity, temperature, texture, and refinement. Experiment with colored pencil applications on different surfaces, using a variety of paper samples provided by the instructor. Each participant will choose an object provided by the instructor to practice and combine techniques, drawing from still life to create a piece of art. The instructor will provide demonstrations, reference handouts, and individual guidance. This workshop is designed to introduce new skills to beginning students and refresh those who have drawn in colored pencil before.

During the workshop you will share in open dialogue and participate in an open critique. In addition, you’re invited to bring your colored pencil artwork that may need reworking or that is not yet pleasing to you. This is your chance to ask questions about drawing in color and colored pencil application. The objective of this class is to answer your questions about the colored pencil medium and to develop skills that will enable you to understand color and its application.

Optional Supply List:

These items will be available to borrow from OMAM, but if you have your own that you’d like to use, please bring the following:

• Drawing board
• Spring clip (to secure your paper to the drawing board)
• Professional brand, colored pencils
• Prismacolor verithins (in a good range of colors and values)
• 2B graphite pencil
• Hand-held pencil sharpener

Registration will close when workshop is full.

About the Instructor

Priscilla Humay exhibits nationally, is in private and corporate collections, and is featured in major publications. She is a Signature Member of the Colored Pencil Society of America and served on its National Governing Board. Priscilla was a co-director of ARC, Chicago art gallery. Through the U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service, she was awarded two Artist in Residencies at the Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida. She taught at the College of Lake County IL, Chicago Botanic Garden, and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin TX. Her BFA is from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MS from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and Post Graduate Study at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. In her own art, she loves to capture the essence of nature’s beauty and enjoys sharing this through teaching.