THE DETAILS

Time is 9.30am to 2pm. Places are limited to a small group of 10.
Tea and coffee morning tea is provided but please bring along a packed lunch.
(There is a vending machine for nibbles and cold soft drinks should you wish and plenty of parking).
Cost: $65- inc GST

WHAT WE COVER

This workshop is for people who already have a basic understanding of coloured pencil techniques, you may have taken my previous workshops and/or would like to explore more ways of working with pencils in more depth and how to create a full coloured pencil artwork from start to finish in a realistic painterly style.

This workshop is designed to allow you to learn some of the more advanced techniques but also to help you progress in the style and the subject matter you wish to work in. Having all day for this workshop shop allows us to move through the various stages of creating an artwork that we do not have time for in a shorter workshop but will allow me to spend time with individual stages and people and guide you through them.

It will include working through the whole workshop process from start to finish including initial sketch, layering, blending, burnishing and mixing colours and complimentary colours. An option for this class is to also specifically cover subject matter such as skintones in portraits, fur on animals, working with supports like drafting film, and creating various textures common in artworks such as in still life. Please let me know on booking if you have a preference.

In this workshop we will work from a reference if you wish to bring along your own or chose from a selection supplied.

Also included are some take home resource materials on topics covered throughout the day.

Please note: It is advised that you have some experience with strokes, layering, colours, pencils in order to take this workshop. Please see the Saturday workshop if you are new to coloured pencil art.

TO BOOK

Workshop is subject to numbers, please email to to reserve your spot confirming which date you would like to attend, your fullname and contact details and I will respond to you with 24hours of availability.

A confirmation email will be sent along with payment details. Payment can be made via EFT, Cheque payment or Paypal and must be recieved 1 week prior to workshop or your spot will be released.
Please also let me know if you would like a materials pack which is outlined below.

If you are interested in this class but cannot attend on this day please let me know, so I can schedule future workshops.

MATERIALS

For this workshop to get the best out of the day you will need:
- 1 roughly A4 sized sheet of Stonehenge page. (Can be purchased on the day or bought from Eckersleys and cut down)
- Bring along your artists quality pencils Prismacolor, Fabercastell – Polychromos (at Eckersleys) or Derwent Coloursofts Colours
- A drawing or foam core board for under your work
- Lead pencil
- Pencil Sharpner, (Perferrably battery or electric). Handheld are ok if you have no other,

Other blending materials for the day will be supplied.

If you would like to just buy paper on the day you can also do this for $2.50 a sheet. I will also have Zest-it, and some stonehenge pads please let me know on booking if you are interested in buying this or other pencil supplies on the day I can bring them along!

FURTHER INFO

For further information on workshops please make sure you are signed up to my Newsletter and I love questions please contact me via email.

THE DETAILS

Time is 9.30am to 2.30pm. Places are limited to a small group.
Tea and coffee morning tea is provided but please bring along a packed lunch.
(There is a vending machine for nibbles and cold soft drinks should you wish and plenty of parking).
Cost: $65- inc GST

WHAT WE COVER

In this workshop I will cover how to create realistic artworks with coloured pencils (if you have taken one of my other workshops, Please note we will have some of this material already – please consider one of my other workshops- See the workshops schedule page).

We will cover: how to achieve the painterly and realistic style of coloured pencil art,cp artists, strokes, techniques for blending such as solvent, brushes, removing coloured pencils, planning your artwork, combing and mixing colours, complimentary colours.

This is a techniques workkshop where we will be working on multiple exercises that are designed to show you the various aspects of coloured pencil art (we won’t be completing a completed piece in this workshop there just isnt enough time!). My goal is for you to come away with an overall taste of coloured pencils art and for you to be inspired and have enough information for you to go away and be able to start creating yourself.
I share with you during the day the techniques that I use that make many people ask whether I have used paints to create such a painterly effect and are surprised when I say its with pencils! To get this effect you have to start at the beginning so this is for people newish to coloured pencil art.

I welcome you to, if you would like to bring along any artwork you have created for a critique or help, however If you know the basics and still would like a workshop please take a look at the Wednesday workshop!

Also included are some take home resource materials on topics covered throughout the day.

TO BOOK

Workshop is subject to numbers, please email to to reserve your spot confirming which date you would like to attend, your fullname and contact details and I will respond to you with 24hours of availability. A confirmation email will be sent along with payment details. Payment can be made via EFT, Cheque payment or Paypal and must be recieved 1 week prior to workshop or your spot will be released.
Please also let me know if you would like a materials pack which is outlined below.

If you are interested in this class but cannot attend on this day please let me know, so I can schedule future workshops.

MATERIALS

For this workshop to get the best out of the day you will need:
- 1 roughly A4 sized sheet of Stonehenge page. (Can be purchased on the day or bought from Eckersleys and cut down)
- At least 5 artists quality pencils Prismacolor, Fabercastell – Polychromos (at Eckersleys) or Derwent Coloursofts Colours: 1 white, 3 values of 1 colour (your choice) & a complimentary colour to that ie. 1 light red, medium red and dark red and a green.
- A drawing or foam core board for under your work
- Lead pencil
- Pencil Sharpner, (Perferrably battery or electric). Handheld are ok if you have no other,

Other blending materials for the day will be supplied.

If you would like to purchase a materials pack for the day you can do so for $15- in GST which includes pencils and paper.
If you would like to just buy paper on the day you can also do this for $2.50 a sheet.

FURTHER INFO

For further information on workshops please make sure you are signed up to my Newsletter and I love questions please contact me via email.

I have plans for two fabulous full day workshops coming up and I would like to invite you to come along!

I am thinking of 1 workshop for beginners to learn coloured pencils techniques you don’t have to know how to draw, but this will be for those who would like to learn to create coloured pencil art which looks like a painting. Instead of the usual 3 hour stint though this will be all day event (If you have been to one of my workshops before we would have covered most of this but not in as much detail) but this would be for beginners in coloured pencil art.

The other workshop I am thinking of doing a workshop for intermediate to advanced coloured pencil artists, basically for people who have attended my other workshops and would like to take it further… Perhaps you would like to cover working on drafting film? Maybe a whole day dedicated to the colouredpencil process where we work on 1 particular drawing, and/ or you can bring along your own.
Or how about a subject Portraits or Still life?

Or while I have your attention are you just up for a bit of creative fun ? Are you looking to get out of the house, spend the day having some fun, reigniting your creativity and for more of a “fun” day of drawing not for artists specifically where I have a bunch of little activities to get the creative juices flowing?

I need your help! Tell me what you would like!

At the moment I have two dates booked Saturday the 29th October & Wednesday 2nd Nov (more to come if i get the numbers) at the Peninsula Community Center at McMasters Road Woy Woy. The time would be all day 9.30am to 2.30pm on the saturday and 9.30am to 2pm on the Wednesday.

I need your help deciding which workshop to do on which day and what you would like covered. You tell me – there is No commitment at this stage and details will follow but please send me your desires art@belindalindhardt.com.au.

Vote: Which day suits you best Wednesday or Saturday?
What would you like covered? Beginners, Portraits, Still Life, Drafting Film, The whole process, Fun Day?
Just copy and pase this into an email that would be fantastic! Thankyou.

It’s been a busy month for coloured pencils, I have had 2 coloured pencil workshops for the Central Coast art society and 1 demonstration / meeting with the Avoca Beach Artists group.

What a delightful time at all these events I just love getting the pencils out into the world!

August Workshop Report

In my first workshop we covered - CP Techniques.

I love to do this workshop as it opens people up to the possibilities with pencils (oooh i like that i might have to use that next time as the theme! ). Basically we cover things like cp art in general – i like to show people my own art and other cp artists art from the books, magazines etc. as inspiration to see how it looks and what can be done. I also do a bit of history as to how I learnt my techniques, moving onto things like supplies and supports types of pencils, papers etc that you can use with examples of how they are used, then onto strokes and pressure and how they impact your work and how to do them through some various exercises. Then we move onto other exercises which include values, briefly touching on colours and getting participants to make a ball using 4 pencils
This is a workshop I have held often and I think people enjoy it (I hope) many of the participants this year have been before and hopefully come away with an bit of an understanding and inspiration of coloured pencil art that will help them to go through to more complicated work later on.

The second workshop was designed to help people who have tried various techniques move onto further stages of the “process” of creating cp art.

I brought along some of the prelimnary drawings and processes to show people the way I work. We also covered very lightly the theory of mixing your colours with your pencils and “Planning your artwork” in terms of starting and continuing through the various stages of whatever you wish to create.

This was the first time doing this type of workshop in this timeframe (usually I allow for a whole day for this one) so we didn’t quite cover everything I would have liked but participants were encouraged to choose a reference photo and we walked through strokes, values, laying down the first layers, choosing their colours and then through to blending the pencil and burnishing etc.
As participants did this I was able to guide people through the stages as well as work on a peice myself to demonstrate some of the various stages.

All in all a great series of demos and workshops. I enjoy getting out there so much, and a big Thankyou to everyone who attended and to the CCAS for having me.

NEXT WORKSHOP

scheduled is my “Techniques” workshop in September over 2 weeks at the Somers McCourt Gallery in Gosford – (if we get the numbers) so if you are interested in coming along on the 14th & 21st September – 102 Mann Street, Gosford.10am-12pm Cost:$50- for both sessions.
To book email:somersmccourt@gmail.com or phone 0407 067 024

Workshop worksheet

During January, a bunch of us had a great time emersing ourselves in the world of pencils for a WHOLE day here at my studio.
I had the absolute pleasure of teaching two workshops and I must say I really had such good fun sharing some of my experiences and techniques with others and talking pencils.

Here some of the worksheets from the day,  we covered things like strokes, pressure scales,  blending, complimentary colours, tips and tricks for achieving different textures and solvents. I was asked to also demonstrate how one would get fur happening in an artwork and which techniques to use for that.

One of the things I really enjoyed for the second day was to allow participants to chose and reference image and start work their way through creating that artwork based on all the exercises etc we had already covered.
I was able to watch and guide people through the vaious steps in creating an artwork and help them to see the “process” to learn by doing which is my favourite way of learning. It wasn’t about completing a finished work (cause to do that I would have to hold a workshop for a 3 days!) but it was about sharing with them how they can take their newly learned knowledge and use it for themselves in their own way. It was great to see when we did this the variety of styles and techniques that came out of everyone.

I also gave the participants a little takehome package to help them on their way I absolutely Loved it, I hope they did too!

I think its a result of rushing, having too much on your plate at once and also just too much information in your brain at once – I suffer from this VERY often!!! It also happens when creating or designing something you can just look at something too long and the when i post it on the blog or someone else comes along I see it in a new light and can see EXACTLY what is wrong with it!

I was surprised this morning (and yesterday on the AusCP site) when I was busily going along doing my usual check on things to find that things with the navigation and content were quite confusing and I didn’t have a clear concise message being put accross to my customers, on both accounts!!!

So now, (not that my schedule agreed) but I have a new navigation on the AusCP and here on my art site – I have a better Signup for newsletter section (in sidebar) as well as a Workshops page for people interested in my workshops as well as bits a pieces around the place.

So now, if your interested please sign up so I can stay in touch!!!

I have been saying I will do it, putting it off, saying i will do it again .. and repeat that pattern a few times.. but now its for real so here goes…

If you would like to come and do a coloured pencil workshop here in my private studio in Woy Woy, NSW -  I am offering two coloured pencil workshops on Wednesday & Thursday January 12 & 13th 2011.

The workshop will run from 9.30am to 3.30pm .

I am thinking of offering two kinds of workshops one for people who are new to coloured pencils where you will learn about types of pencils, strokes and colours all the basic techniques to get you started as well as some exercises on colour and blending.

The second workshop would be for intermediate coloured pencil artists where the focus will be on more advanced techniques with colour, under-paintings, blending, trialing various supports and where we would work on a “project” for the part day to cover  some of these more advanced techniques.

The class will be limited to 4 people and some materials for the day will be supplied.  You will have to bring your own pencils & sharpener and a few other tidbits – a materials list will be supplied. Pencils CAN be purchased on the day but you will need to let me know beforehand so I can have them available.

Cost is: $77 inc gst per person
The cost includes morning tea and  and a light lunch, also includes some take home resource materials and a workbook on topics covered during the day. You are also able to use my array of coloured pencil books magazines etc. I have available here in my studio.

As well as all that you get to spend the day absolutely absorbed in pencils and with some like minded artists.

If you are interested, please send an email to art@belindalindhardt.com.au specifying which day you are considering and whether you would be interested in a “beginners” workshop or “intermediate”. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask.

Also … I know January is holiday time for many people, if you this time is not convenient please register your interest and let me know a time which would be more suitable.

This will be the 3rd year running the workshops I am really excited, last year I had some attendees come back from the previous year so this round of workshops I want to do something different to follow up from that, as well as a session for the beginners as well.

Details to come…

Exciting! woot!

I just received a lovely supply of Zest-It and battery erasers they have for sale but some have been ordered to my lovely workshop attendees. If you are interested let me know

Speaking of my workshop I had great workshop last week (I cant believe it was over a week ago already). Here are a couple of pics.

This workshop was slightly different that the previous workshop I held earlier in June and I was glad to see many of the particpants had come back for a second dose . In this workshop I was covering a few more blending techniques, experimenting with different supporsts (drafting film) and various pencils and papers and solvents.

It was really interesting for those who were trialing with the cheaper pencils and papers they were unable to achieve the same level of colour and coverage than those who use the thicker paper and artist quality pencils. They were starting to get a bit frustrated. So again I will say it’s so important to use quality materials when doing these types of artworks even if your just practicing – otherwise your just practicing being frustrated rather than your technique.

I have some exciting news on the coloured pencil front but I am holding off on that for the moment. Stay tuned!

This workshop is where we will go beyond the basics and we will be working with complimentary colours, planning an artwork more advanced blending techniques.

I will demonstrate my processes with various supports for different effects and speeding up work time. From this workshop participants will gain exposure to different ways of working with pencils used in completing a coloured pencil artwork as well as guidance to laying down colour, doing an under painting.

Reference materials and photos will be supplied however if you have something specific you wish to work on please bring it along.

You don’t have to be a member to enjoy the society so there is no excuse hope to see you there!

Materials: As a guide it is best to use quality artists pencils and good quality paper for pencil work or you will be frustrated with the results.
So please bring along:  Stonehenge paper - can be bought in large sheets at Eckersleys (cut down into more manageable sizes)  or bring along your best drawing paper.
Pencils: Either Prismacolour or polychromos pencils

Time: 9:30am to 12:30pm

Location: Gosford Art Gallery – the Studios
32 Web St, EastGosford NSW

Cost: $10- Including Morning Tea

I will also have some other supports to try if you wish to experiment with some different techniques.