Color Pencil Sketching 3-Day Workshop

with Amy Erickson

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Zoom Workshop

You can join from anywhere in the world!

Three Saturdays

Condensed schedule with week gaps for you to practice and do homework!

Pencil Sketching

Get your color pencils ready – material list to be shared upon registration

Amy Erickson

Amy Erickson is an observational painter who lives and works in Seattle, WA. She earned a BFA in Painting from the Kansas City Art Institute and has pursued further training in painting and figure drawing at Gage Academy of Art (Trowbridge Atelier, 2020; Flack Atelier, 2019). Amy has exhibited in many cities in the US and in the UK, including Truro, Seattle and New York. Amy has taught workshops for Warrior Art Camp, Gage Academy of Art, and the Penn Studio School. She currently teaches for the Modern Color Atelier at Gage Academy of Art.

Erickson’s work depicts figures, objects, and places with a dreamy, emotional quality. As your instructor, Amy focuses on helping you construct strong compositions that prioritize color and value relationships.

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Workshop Schedule

Dates: Three Saturdays – May 3, 10 & 17, 2025

Time Per Day: 3pm – 7pm Pacific Time

Tuition: US$250 (This does not cover material costs)

Size: 20 participants max.

Format:

• Class meets once a week on Zoom; Zoom class is recorded
• Homework to be uploaded to Google Drive folder
• Participants have access to class recordings and other class materials for 12 months after workshop ends
• Bonus: Gain access to our exclusive Warrior Art Camp Discord to ask questions throughout the week, and interact/hang out with our other students even after workshop ends

Workshop Summary

This 3-day workshop is a crash course about using color pencils as a sketching medium! Color pencil is the ideal sketching medium for its versatility and easy clean-up. Using still images of figure models, landscapes, and still life, we learn how to create painterly sketches using limited color palettes. We will block-in the shapes and spaces we observe as form emerges from flatness. By building the sketches with layers of transparent shapes with the color pencils, we can create complex and unusual mixtures of optical color.

• Day 1. Intro to Color Pencil and Diadic Color Drawing (Still Life)

• Day 2. Triadic Color Drawing (Landscape)

• Day 3. Complex Palettes (Figure)

This workshop has a lot of in-class exercises where all participants draw together under Amy’s guidance. It’s very important that you participate in the live classes. There is homework after Day 1 & 2. Amy will critique your homework during the following class.

By attending the workshop, participants will receive several color chart hand-outs, and will leave with at least 10 of their own original color pencil sketches. Participants will gain an new understanding of color theory through their experiments with this medium. Participants will also have acquired a color drawing skill that can translate to other traditional sketching media such as ballpoint pen and marker.

Requirements

This all-level workshop is for artists who enjoy drawing, are interested in color theory, and need a faster and fun way to sketch in color!

Participants should fulfill these requirements:

• Must prepare their own supplies following Amy’s material list (to be shared upon registration)
• Should be comfortable participating in the in-class exercises, including printing the handouts ahead of time, taking photos of their sketches and uploading to Discord

Participants must have a Zoom account to participate in the live class (microphone is required, camera optional), must be able to access Google Drive to upload homework, and should be comfortable with using Discord to view/upload files and participate in text discussions.

Please read our updated Cancellation and Refund Policy carefully on the FAQ page before you register.

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