Coloured pencil workshop

Eighteen members of the Society turned up for the coloured pencil workshop run by Fiona Nichols.

This was coloured pencil, as in wax and oil based coloured pencils, not those that are water-soluble or called aquarelle. Faber-Castell's Polychromos, Lyra Rembrandt's coloured pencil range, and the American Prismacolor were all used.

Those water-soluble pencils that are also popular here will have to wait for another workshop for they too require a different technique and different papers.

We were allocated the Blue Room at Nerina this time and took the airy patio room beside it. Unfortunately there weren't any decent tables so the workshop was done on our knees!

Fiona demonstrated some usual techniques with this particular medium, brought out a few of her works and then also showed how a different surface also changed the nature of a coloured pencil - on a sanded surface, it becomes something like pastel.

There were some apples and coloured peppers to drawn, and two orchids - though they were not all very visible to the whole group! Aah well...

It proved an informative and enjoyable afternoon despite the slight inconvenience.

Thanks Alex for taking the photos.