Independent Colored Pencil

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Students will work in a small group setting of no more than 9 students. This class is designed for students who have taken the Beginner/Intermediate workshop and have completed the Pear exercise.  Once basic skills are taught students are welcome to join the Independent Colored Pencil workshop. Students in this workshop will work more independently but still with instruction on their own work. 

The fee for the 2.5 - hour workshop is $65 and no supplies are included.  Class size is limited to 9 students.

Students are required to bring the listed supplies to class:

~Pad of Paper: Stonehenge white (recommended)  or  Strathmore Bristol, Vellum finish

~Tracing paper: Tracing Vellum (recommended) regular tracing paper is also fine.

~Light Gray Prismacolor "Col-Erase" pencil

~Standard graphite pencil

~Museum Putty

Materials That Are "Nice to Have" (but not necessary for class)

~Battery Eraser

~Eraser shield

~Click eraser (available in different sizes)

~Paper stump and sandpaper block for cleaning stumps

~Stylus

~Gelly Roll white pen (or similar)

COVID POLICY - Only fully vaccinated students will be permitted to attend classes. Physical proof of vaccination will be requested on the first day of class.(One time only) Don’t forget to bring your vaccination card. Masks are optional.

Sandie has had a passion for art and art education since college. After retiring in 2011 from a 35-year corporate career, she began teaching art education in Loveland, Colorado to middle school students in after-school programs. She was a substitute teacher there for two years from 2012 – 2013.

In 2013 she came back to CT and began volunteering in the ASAP (After School Arts Program) in Washington, participating and assisting teachers in Region 12 primary school. She became involved with Washington Arts Association, volunteering at art shows and events.

Sandie began taking art classes through WAA, Silvermine Art Center, Rowayton Arts Center, Brookfield Craft Center and several other adult education programs across New Haven and Litchfield Counties. Most recently she has been with Arts Escape since 2018 taking classes in Colored Pencil and Pastel with Rita Paradis, Watercolor with Betty Ann Medieros, Acrylic with Anda Styler and Souby Boski.

Her art has been awarded prizes during the Threads member juried shows at Arts Escape in 2019 and 2020 and several pieces were published in the 2019 Fresh Ink annual journal of Naugatuck Community College. Her work has been shown at WAA and at the 275th celebration event at Averill Farm in Washington, CT.

She has self-published two books of her poetry and artwork, Poetry Expression I and II.