Coloured Pencil: Spring Flowers

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Coloured pencil art is an increasingly popular medium with artists. Award-winning Artist Janie Pirie, who specialises in floral and botanical art using coloured pencils, is joining us at RHS Garden Hyde Hall to teach you the skills needed to create some amazing artwork of your very own. Take inspiration from the spring bloom and enjoy a wonderful day out. 

Tutor: Janie Pirie

Arrival Information: 

• Please arrive 15 mins before the start of the workshop to allow time to register your arrival and make your way to the classroom. 
• This workshop will take place in the Clore Learning Centre, which is located at the top of the hill, adjacent to the Gardeners Rest Restaurant. 

For this workshop:

• There will be tea/coffee available throughout.
• You are welcome to bring along a packed lunch or the restaurant will be open from 10:00am to purchase food/refreshments. Please note that the restaurant can get busy during peak times, so when you arrive at the classroom, please ask a member of staff about pre-ordering.
• You are welcome to stay in the gardens afterwards should you wish to have a wander round.

Each student will need to bring the following:
 

• Coloured Pencils – Faber-Castell Polychromos are recommended but there are many good makes on the market. Students are urged not to purchase cheap sets from craft shops as they do not have enough pigment in them and are therefore hard to use. It is also recommended that you do not buy a small tin of 12, 24 or 36 as these contain all the primary and/or harsh colours that are rarely needed. Janie sells Polychromos and Prismacolor so students can purchase individual pencils on the day.

 

• A good pencil sharpener – desktop ones are recomended
• Two erasers – I x hard plastic and 1 x kneadable putty
• An HB pencil for drawing, sketching & tracing
• Good quality art paper – HOT PRESSED 300gsm – any make
• Fine tracing paper 63gsm
• Masking tape
• Cartridge paper or A4 printer paper for sketching

Janie sells some of the above but does not carry more than three or four of the larger items.