Exploring Textures in Colored Pencils
Butterflies & Fluffy Subjects
Instructor -Dorota Haber Lehigh
Saturday, April 13 | 10:00am to 3:00pm
Tuition $45.00
Hoffman Center for the Arts | 594 Laneda Avenue | Manzanita
Hoffman Center for the Arts in Manzanita will offer Exploring Textures in Colored Pencils: Butterflies and Fluffy Subjects, a one-day workshop
Led by Seaside artist Dorota Haber Lehigh, the workshop will explore colored pencils techniques to draw butterflies and other fluffy subjects. Students will experiment with using various mark makings, color application, embossing tools and layering to create hairy or fluffy textures of butterfly wings and bodies. Students are encouraged to bring their own specimen, or several good reference photos to study and understand a butterfly’s basic anatomy to depict their own drawing. All skill levels are welcome.
Dorota Haber-Lehigh is an artist, educator, and a naturalist with a passion for native plants. Born in Poland, Dorota loves traveling, field sketching and discovering nature. She is inspired by her grandparents, who were avid mushroom hunters, her father’s travels, and her mother’s fabric art and ikebana. Dorota has two degrees in Art and International Studies with a focus on indigenous cultures, and a master’s degree in teaching. She also holds a graduate bilingual certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language. She is currently working on a Diploma in Botanical Illustration from Society of Botanical Artists in London. She is a member of Oregon Botanical Artists, and American Society of Botanical Artists. She also enjoys teaching nature drawing, natural science illustration and botanical drawing. Her website is www.dorotahaberlhigh.com
Students will need a sketchbook, pencil, kneaded eraser, an artist quality colored pencil set such as Prismacolor Premier or Faber Castell Polychomos; an embossing tool (Pergamano Fine Stylus 0.5mm); and a colorless blender, of your choice. (Haber-Lehigh recommends Copic Sketch marker colorless blender O).
The following supplies will be available for purchase at the workshop: Tombow pencil H ($1); Kneaded eraser ($1); Strathmore drawing sketchbook, 5” x 8” ($5). She will also have a few embossing tools for sale at $7 each, and Copic Sketch Marker Blenders for $5.25 each.
Contact Haber-Lehigh for a suggested list of supplies for working with colored pencils: [email protected]
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Exploring Textures in Colored Pencil with Dorata Haber Lehigh
