Colored Pencil Class in Exeter NH starts March

Class held at:

Seacoast Artists Association

130 Water Street, Exeter, NH 03833

(603) 778-8856  •  www.seacoastartist.org

This class is for those of you would like to learn to use colored pencils, or if you have used them before, come get a refresher class and learn some new techniques and supports for your work. Explore various techniques in colored pencil: shading and highlights to create volume, building layers of color, burnishing for deep rich color. You will work from photos and  improve your own personal technique and style. You will learn the five basic techniques that form the basis of any colored pencil work and explore new supports for your work. This great medium allows you to stop and start easily, without any set-up time, and to draw on location without worrying about solvents.

What to bring: A quality set of colored pencils such as Prismacolors, Luminance, or Caran d'Ache, a battery operated pencil sharpener, kneaded eraser, hard white eraser, 2B pencil, colorless blender pencil or marker. Bring a selection of colored pencil drawing papers (and mat board) in colors of your choice, such as Canson Mi-Teintes, Stonehenge, Strathmore, Art Spectrum Colourfix Sanded Paper.  www.dickblick.com has great prices, about half off arts & crafts store prices. Other great surfaces for colored pencil are hot press watercolor paper, Vellum Bristol Board and Rising Museum Board. Minimum class size is 3. Class size limited to 7.

Class starts: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017, and runs 8 weeks, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Cost is $150.00.

To hold your spot please mail a check directly to: Revelle Taillon, 26 West Pine Street, Plaistow, NH 03865, and email rtaillon@comcast.net to let me know you are coming. For more information you may call 603-382-3397 or email Revelle at rtaillon@comcast.net. 10% of each tuition is donated to the Scholarship Fund.

Class will be taught by Revelle Taillon, a member of the Seacoast Artist Association. She holds a BFA in graphic design and illustration from ULowell and has won regional and national awards.

2016 is almost here!

It's been a while since I've posted, busy with teaching classes and getting ready for Christmas. My next 2 classes will combine beginners and intermediate students. "Colored Pencil for Beginners and Intermediate Students". I feel this will give the students who have taken my beginners classes, a chance to move forward with the security of still being a very new "intermediate" student. And those who are ready to move forward will receive more complex assignments and work with images that are more complex and a bit larger. And they will have a choice of 2 assignments, one less complex.

Same for my "Drawing the Human Head for Beginners and Intermediate Students". They will get to choose which of two assignments is more in their comfort level and feel secure that they can push themselves further with no fear and they can go back a step if they need to. I'll let you know how it works out!

We just had the first storm of the season yesterday, and it forced me to cancel 2 art classes, because of the icy streets. Hoping all other storms fall during the weekend!

Please come to my new art show

Clcik on the image to make it legible!

NEW DRAWING II CLASS BEGINS MAY 20!

New May Drawing Class!
Intermediate Drawing 2 Class

If you have learned all the basics in a beginners drawing class, perhaps you are ready to move up to an intermediate class. Here you will work more on adding finesse to your drawings and paying closer attention to detail, perspective, proportions, shading, blending, composition, contrast. You will work in pencil, charcoal, and pen and ink and explore more fully the different papers that are available for drawing, and what a difference they can make to your final artwork. You will work from still lives and photos.

What to bring: A small sketchbook for daily practice (5”x 8” is fine). Fine tip black markers, a set of drawing pencils, kneaded eraser, hard white eraser, black and white charcoal, sharpener, and paper stumps for blending. Bring a selection of drawing papers in your choice of colors to class, at least 9" x 12". Some great papers are: plate or vellum bristol board, Canson Mi-Teintes, Stonehenge, Strathmore, Arches Hot Pressed watercolor paper. Large sheets can be folded and torn into smaller sheets. Check these out online if you are not sure where to find them, at dickblick.com.

Class starts: Tuesday, May 20th, 2014, and runs 5 weeks, 10:30 to 1:30 pm. Cost is $135.00.
To hold your spot please mail a check directly to: Revelle Taillon, 26 West Pine Street, Plaistow, NH 03865.
Phone: 603-382-3397
Email: rtaillon@comcast.net
Blog: www.revelleimagemaker.blogspot.com

Class will be taught by Revelle Taillon, member of the Seacoast Artist Association. She holds a BFA in graphic design and illustration, runs her own design/illustration studio, and has been teaching art for 4 years.