Colored Pencil, Collage & Mixed Media on Wood with Priscilla Humay

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 | 12:00 - 3:00pm

Create with colored pencil, paint, and memorabilia and take it to the level of fine art. You may have precious scraps or small objects that you want to keep because they hold memories or are fun stuff that you just cannot throw away. Ticket stubs, photos, pieces of cloth, small objects, twigs, leaves, torn treasured bits of paper could all be used and contained as you create a finished artwork. Bring them and express your individual style.

The instructor will demonstrate how to use colored pencil applied directly to the wood and over collaged scraps, how to use acrylic paint to enhance the artwork, and matte medium to secure everything. Learn composition by creating with your “stuff”, and the mediums on a wood surface. The finished piece requires no frame, so you’ll leave with a piece of art ready to hang.

All supplies are provided including a plethora of mixed media materials and collage items, but students are encouraged to bring some of their own collage items and any other mediums they enjoy using to supplement the provided supplies (personal photos, cloths, papers, objects or scraps for collage, markers, pencils, charcoal, ink, etc.).

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.