Independent Colored Pencil
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Instructor, Sandie Daignault
Wednesday, November 16th
10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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:
Pumice stone
Stylus pen (available to purchase at Arts Escape - $10)
Kneaded eraser
Museum putty
Battery operated eraser (optional)
Prismacolor pencils:
Lemon yellow
Sky blue light
Kelp green
Indigo blue
Canary yellow
Yellowed-orange
Pale vermillion
Carmine red
Poppy red
Spanish orange
Burnt ochre
Sienna brown
Raspberry
Artichoke
Greyed lavender
Pale sage
Cream
Peach
Salmon pink
Goldenrod
Jasmine
Mineral orange
Pumpkin orange
Tuscan red
Black
White
Colorless blender
Col-erase light grey pencil (for tracing)
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.
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.