This class is for beginners and experienced artists wanting to learn how to combine color with tonal rendering of observed objects.
Butterflies and flowers will be our inspiration.
Bring a #2 pencil, white paper, eraser, and a printout of the class supply list for the first day of class.
Let me know your drawing interests, so that I can serve you better!
| Week 1 | Review supply list. Pencil value study. (students only need pencil, eraser, white paper, and supply list) |
| Week 2-3 | Color pencil and pen drawing of flowers. |
| Week 4-6 | Color pencil drawing of a butterfly. |
Recommended art store: University Art, 2550 El Camino Real, Redwood City, (650) 328-3500
| Store Row number; Color of Row number (Blk=black, C=colored, E=endcap), Back=back of store) | |
| 3 Blk | 2H, HB graphite pencils, H hardness mechanical pencil (optional) |
| 3 BlkE | medium or soft hardness vine charcoal (optional) |
| 3 Blk | white vinyl eraser |
| Tombow “Monozero” eraser (optional) | |
| 3 BlkE | sandpaper wand (optional) |
| 3 BlkE | chamois or paper towels (optional) |
| 3 BlkE | 3/8” to ½” wide blending stump (optional) |
| color pencil colorless blender and color burnisher (optional) | |
| 3 Blk | color pencil sharpener (Faber Castel) and/or Excel Safety Scraper (razor blade) |
| bullet point black felt pen (Sakura PermaOpaque (preferred) or Sharpie (non-permanent) | |
| ** color pencils: black, gray(s), white, ocher, burnt sienna, raw umber, red, yellow, blue and orange, pink, peach, light blue, earthy green | |
| 5 Blk | 9” x 12” to 11” x 14” drawing pad |
| 8” x 10” sketch pad or scratch paper | |
| 3 Blk | container to carry supplies (optional) |
| 4 Blk | drawing fixative (optional) |
| back | portfolio to store art (optional) |
| 8c | gray scale card |
| window (top drawer) | 2 sheet glassine paper to separate drawings in your portfolio/use as paper mask |
| back | (optional) Strathmore 500 series Velvet Gray or Canson Mi-Tiente “Moonstone” pastel drawing paper |
| ** Options other than color pencil: water soluble color pencils, Caran d’Ache crayons, pastel pencils, or pastels
Other optional items: plumb line, pilot SCA-UF black pen to label supplies, Ziploc snack bags, 4”x6” mirror, 18”x24” Masonite panel (or larger drawing board), #4 bulldog clips, 50 sheets of newsprint (“blanket”), camera, eraser shield, 9” x 9” piece of t-shirt to swat charcoal lines, tracing paper, ball pin stylus, scissors, mylar |
By Robert Schick
Click images below to enlarge.
Old Shoes (graphite) |
Tree with Clouds (pen) |
MV Heritage Park Illustration (watercolor) |
