This class will provide step-by-step instructions with tips and techniques for the creation of a final painting. This class is for students who have taken Beginner Colored Pencil (Pear exercise ) or have the instructor’s approval.
Students will get a list of supplies, including a series of colored pencils that will be required.
Contact the instructor Sandie Daignault at sandiedano@gmail.com if you have any questions.
The fee for the 3 hours is $95.00 and no supplies are included. Class size is limited to 6 students.
*Students must be registered and paid in full three business days before the start of the class/workshop. Exceptions only with permission from the Director of Art Programs.
Students are required to bring the supplies listed below to class. Check the sets of pencils you purchase to make sure the required colors are included. Prismacolor does sell pencils separately if not found in their sets.
Pumice stone
Stylus pen (available to purchase at Arts Escape – $10)
Kneaded eraser
Museum putty
Battery operated eraser (optional)
Prismacolor pencils:
Lemon
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: Until further notice, proof of vaccination is not required to attend classes. Masks remain optional.
*Students must be registered and paid in full three business days before the start of the class/workshop. Exceptions only with permission from the Director of Fine Art/Photography.
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.
