The Magic of Colored Pencils

Class Includes Lifetime Access, Online Community, 6 Video Lessons & More!

$72

Robert Lucy ‘s classes are a rare combination of easy-to-follow technique, mystery, inspiration, entertainment, and fun. The work in this class is meditative and deep and yet still retains the freedom that we felt as children coloring with crayons. Take this class and you will develop a whole new set of skills!

Now available as a self-study class.

TEACHER: Robert Lucy

Product Description

The Magic of Colored Pencils
 Teacher: Robert Lucy
6 Lessons

In this class we will take a deep dive into the delightfully meditative process of working with colored pencils. We will discuss the unusual and individual properties of the colored pencil, and through a series of exercises we will practice shading and layering on white and then colored paper.

Then I’ll guide you through a final drawing that will focus on a technique that I have developed extensively of layering images one on top another, and then worked up so that both layers are visible at the same time. This is a technique that is very valuable in making ethereal, dreamlike and poetic works of art.

I hope you can join me!

Bobby

Portfolio of Colored Pencil pieces:

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Class Itinerary

Lesson 1
We will begin by discussing the particular properties and advantages of the colored pencil, and then move into a series of exercises to practice shading and layering on white paper.

Lesson 2
We will introduce colored paper which is such a lovely and rich paper to use with colored pencil. We will then continue with more exercises to explore the different qualities that the colored paper introduces.

Lesson 3
We will move from our abstract exercises to the introduction of imagery using clouds as our subject. We will make an 8”x10” cloud study on colored paper, practicing the shading and layering techniques introduced in Lessons 1 and 2.

Lesson 4
In this lesson we will begin our final drawing, introducing the idea of drawing in monochrome. We will begin our final 8″x10″ drawing by drawing a light layer of a monochromatic face of your choosing.

Lesson 5
Having introduced our monochromatic face we will now introduce the technique of adding a second image of clouds or a landscape on top of our face, discovering how to allow this second image to whimsically interact with the underlying face.

Lesson 6
Finally we will develop the face and the clouds together to make a drawing where both images are visible and interact with each other.

 

 

 

I have been painting and drawing professionally full time since I graduated with a BFA and an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1990. I used colored pencils only sporadically at first, often in self-portrait drawings, using them to make expressive colorful line.

Then in my mid thirties I made a special drawing for a friend that revealed to me the greater potential of the medium. The drawing used two images overlapping one another so that both images were visible at the same time. This led to a deep dive into colored pencil drawing, usually on colored papers. The drawings became more and more ambitious, larger and more intensely worked up often using 3 or 4 overlapping images.

Website
www.robertlucy.com

Instagram
@robertlucyartist and @robert_lucy_commissions

Supply List

Note: These are the supplies that Bobby is suggesting, but you can substitute with materials you already have on hand.

• A small or medium set of Colored Pencils (I normally use Prismacolors, but since the class was filmed I have started using Holbein and am so much more satisfied. They are more expensive but I think they are worth it… I highly recommend! — Bobby)

• White paper (one piece, about 9″x12″

• Colored paper (the equivalent of several small pieces about 9″x12′)

• Colorless blender

• Pencil eraser w/brush end

• Sharpener

• ruler

• Optional: fixative

Nuts & Bolts

– Lessons are prerecorded and are instantly available upon signup.

– A private Facebook group and a Padlet group (for those not on FB) will be available for you to (optionally) share your artwork and enjoy and learn from the artwork of others. You may also email your teacher directly with questions or feedback.

– You will have indefinite access to this class.