Introduction to Color Pencil
This two-day workshop with Lee D’Zmura will introduce basic color pencil techniques. The first session will include demonstrations of techniques and incorporate exercises that explore application and tonal effects on various surfaces. Hue, value, and intensity will also be discussed.
The second session will be devoted to individual projects emphasizing initial sketch, transfer, value study, and color application. A demonstration of color pencil on Mylar will conclude the workshop.
The instructor is an award-winning botanical artist whose experience as a landscape architect enriches her watercolors. With a focus on historic landscape preservation, her professional projects include the Jefferson Memorial and Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, DC, and Ann-Marie Sculpture Garden in Solomons, MD. The transition from landscape documentation and design to botanical painting was a natural extension of her knowledge and love of plants. Her watercolors are an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of the individual specimen with botanical accuracy. The fine detail in her paintings is in part the result of years of technical drawing.
D’Zmura received her certificate in Botanical Art from the Brookside Gardens School of Botanical Art and Illustration, where she has taught advanced watercolor classes. She has also studied with several master botanical artists and is a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists, the Botanical Art Society of the National Capital Region, the Working Artists Forum, and the St. Michaels Art League. Her work is in collections throughout the country. She maintains a studio in St. Michaels, MD, where she draws inspiration from her neighbors’ gardens and from the native wildflowers of Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
This two-session program is Friday, November 14 and Friday, November 21
Fee: $125 members/$150 non-members
