Creative Connections: Colored Pencil Still Lifes

Colored Pencil Drawing Course - $75

A beginner to intermediate-friendly course for creating a still life in colored pencil! Over the course of three Saturdays (July 11th, 18th, & 25th), participants will draw a still life using Prismacolor colored pencils. The still life will be a selection of items and fabric chosen by the instructor to create a scene that students will recreate. During the class participants will learn essential drawing techniques, such as layering and cross-hatching, color blending, and gain foundational knowledge of proportions, value, and color theory. The class will include group critiques for participants to give and receive valuable feedback about their work. Scholarships are available for eligible applicants, see below.

Class for ages 14 & up.

Materials Provided

• Prismacolor Colored Pencils

• Large format drawing paper

  
  

What to Bring

• Sketchbook for ideas and notes (optional)

This is a three-session course; it cannot be split, and missed classes will not be refunded. Participants must purchase the course and must cancel before the first day of class (July 11) to receive a course refund. (Class registration required by July 10 @ 6pm.)

About the instructor:

"Nick Lee (b. 1996) is a painter and 2021 Kent State University graduate. Lee’s work is inspired by the diversity of the human experience. As a Japanese-American, Lee’s visual art strives to better represent minorities like himself in American portraiture and western art. Another motivation for Lee is self discovery. Lee uses symbolic Japanese objects in his paintings to connect with a culture that was never taught to him growing up. Lee is the 2023 recipient of the Distinguished Citizen for Art Education for the Northeast Ohio region by the OAEA. Lee is also the recipient of the 2024 Arts Alive Emerging Artist award by Summit Artspace."

View more of Nick's work here: https://www.nicholasleeart.com

Artwork images courtesy of Nick Lee.

*Scholarships are available for all Creative Connections Courses for eligible applicants, subject to availability.

At White Rabbit Galleries it's our mission to provide arts education to our community and we believe that these classes should be accessible to all. White Rabbit’s Creative Connections Scholarship Fund offers full class scholarship opportunities for students 14 to 17 years old and seniors 65 and older with an interest in art and a financial need. This scholarship is intended to provide students with access to classes that will empower them creatively and nurture their artistic skills. We are fortunate that this fund is provided by a grant from ArtsForward by ArtsNow.

Ways to apply:

• Email: complete this form then email it to info@whiterabbitgalleries.org 

  
  

• Online: using a Google Form, https://forms.gle/YuztoyjSNpyoTyQP8 

• In Person: complete the above form (WRG Class Scholarship.pdf) then bring it to:

  • 571 W Tuscarawas Ave. Barberton, OH 44203

• Applications must be submitted one week prior to beginning of class.