Drawing in Color with instructor Julie Tyslicky
- Instructor: Julie Tyslicky
- 8-week session
- Tuesdays 3pm – 5pm
- September 14, 21, & 28, October 4, 12, 19 & 26, November 2
- $155 members $180 for non-members
Beginning Colored Pencil Class will teach you how to use your Colored Pencils to create your own works of art. Learn how to use the tools well enough to feel comfortable experimenting with your tools on your own. We will cover layering, various blending techniques, and color theory including limited palettes. While this class is best for students with developed drawing skills, we concentrate on drawing spherical shapes (balls and eggs) for most lessons which will help you develop skills in blending, layering and color theory. This class is designed to be an in depth study on how to use color through colored pencils in combination with your understanding of basic drawing elements.
Supply List Needed:
- 1 – Black, White, or Pink Pearl hard eraser.
- 1 – White/Cream drawing paper pad 80 to 90 pound weight 12 x 16-18 inches or larger (look at bottom of pad to see listed weight of paper) can get the colored pencil paper, 70 pound will not work well.
- 1 – Colorless Blending pencil (Prismacolor #PC1077)
- Minimum, Set of 24 Prismacolor Premier or student round colored pencils. ****Do not get colored pencils with sides on them for the beginning class (sides like a regular school pencil) because they are a hard lead and may cause you to get discouraged when learning to layer and blend. More explanations and demos will be given in class. You can wait until after the first class to get these pencils.
Supply List Optional:
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- Electric or Battery operated eraser. (I have 3 different kinds I show you how to use in class of varying prices)
- 1 Pencil sharpener (small and inexpensive) We will be discussing this in class to be better informed on the different kinds available, what works best and lasts longer and why.
- You will need an art supply or “tackle” box, something to carry your supplies in and keep them safe.
- You will also need a portfolio to carry your work back and forth from class.
Hobby Lobby, Michaels, and University Art Store will have these supplies, Staples carries some also.
You can go on line to order supplies, Dick Blick, Jerry’s Art o Rama are just two examples.
A little about Julie…
Julie was born in Historic Marshall Michigan and has lived and created art of one kind or another in Michigan the majority of her life. In 1981, during the last half of her junior year of high school, Julie spent 6 months in Tlacotepec, Michoacan, Mexico as an exchange student.
Julie has demonstrated her various skills over the years at living history events, county fairs, Michigan Week activities in Marshall, for schools and individuals, and the Art Fairs for Midland Center for the Arts. She has taught art for over 30 years for private schools, some special drawing classes for public schools, homeschool students, 4-H groups, and adults. Most recently serving as an assistant to Armin Mersmann in his Masters of Drawing classes at Midland Center for the Arts. She has also taught colored pencil, begining drawing, and woodburning classes at Art Reach in Mt Pleasant.
In the past she has served as a juror for art competitions for private schools and 4H competition’s. Julie competes in various juried art shows and over the years has earned awards, and recognition for her pieces.
She attended Kellogg Community College with a concentration in CAD drawing, general studies, and drawing, completing 90+ credit hours but had to leave because of health reasons.
In the fall of 2012, she moved to Coleman Michigan with her husband Jon and registered for classes at Midland Center for the Arts, to strengthen her art skills and to meet other area artists. She studied with internationally recognized graphic artist Armin Mersmann, whom she now views as her mentor, guide, and friend. She has studied with other working artists at the Center, including Ruth Howell and Kathy Jones. After taking a colored pencil class with Ruth Howell, her interest and skill in colored pencil drawing grew and resulted in drawing one of her favorite subjects – the rocks she collects.
Julie has participated in exhibitions at Midland Center for the Arts every year since she moved to the area including the Greater Michigan Art Exhibition, the student show, the Spring and Winter Art Fairs, (demonstrating her colored pencil and drawing skills with Ruth for the Center), Art Flair and Art Walk Central in Mt Pleasent , (placing in the top 5 for public votes in 2017), and participating in the Art Battle.
Julie has many interests and skills besides drawing and painting. She enjoys nature, reading, wood burning, finding edible wild plants, living history re-enacting, hand sewing many historical garments, moccasins, and hand-sewing special outfits for her new grandchildren, shearing sheep, processing, spinning, dyeing and weaving the wool, horses, gardening, and of course collecting rocks.
Julie has a good work ethic and is constantly seeking to do better with the next piece. She feels the more work you put into learning and doing, the more you learn and do. The interest that ties all of that together is her love of learning to do new things, experimenting with those new things and the act of creating something, just because she can.
