Live & Online Colored Pencil Workshop Listings

Online Colored Pencil Workshops

Learn from the comfort of your own home!
Whether you want to better understand color, improve your colored pencil portraits, or are a beginner eager to speed up your learning curve - we have an online colored pencil webinar for YOU!

"The digital Zoom workshop was, in my opinion, great, even advantageous. We received the same great instruction from Ann Kullberg that I envisioned. I learned so much about creating skin tones and the details of making eyes come to life! It was so totally worth the the time and effort invested."

- Melodie L., Tier 2 Portraits Workshop with Ann

"The workshop transformed my two regular days in two rich and passionate days. Because Ann is passionate and generous so her teaching has such a fresh style that I am thinking to take it again."

- Alessandra T., Tier 1 Online Workshop with Ann

Upcoming Online Workshops

Framed! (Or Not) with Andria Burchett

When: September 18 (8:00 am - 9:30 am Pacific Time)
Instructor: Andria Burchett
Cost: $35

About the class: Don't depend on your local frame shop to know how to best enhance your work. You’ve spent hours and hours on your colored pencil drawings and you want – no, you need, to know how best to show them off in a perfect frame. Andria has a professional framing background, so she’s the perfect person to help you out! Learn fundamental design elements to insist on when framing your artwork, as well as some very clever alternatives to side-step the traditional framing process altogether.

• Limited to 35 students

No-Fail Film Drawings! with Gretchen Parker

When: September 18 (10:30 am - 12:00 pm Pacific Time)
Instructor: Gretchen Parker
Cost: $35

About the class: With her years and years of experience drawing on drafting film, Gretchen has made all the mistakes herself at one point or other - so now you don’t have to! With a list of more than 20 very helpful tips, tricks, solutions and suggestions, Gretchen is ready and willing to give you the master’s course on colored pencil on drafting film. If no-fail sounds good to you, then this is the Jelly Bean for you!

• Limited to 35 students

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Mastering Colors Webinar #4 - Embrace All the Brands with Amy Lindenberger

When: September 21 (8:00 am - 12:00 pm Pacific Time)
Instructor: Amy Lindenberger
Cost: $45

About the class: You’re starting to get comfortable with Amy’s 12-color palette system of color mixing, but now you ask: what about all of the OTHER pencils I own? Can I ever use them, and how do they fit into this system? In this webinar Amy will explain Part III of her book: HOW and WHY to learn to categorize your other pencils, how they relate to your 12-color palette, and how to make the best use of them in your drawings.

• Limited to 35 students

Lilac-Breasted Roller with Cynthia Knox

When: September 24 & 26 (8:00 am - 3:00 pm Pacific Time)
Instructor: Cynthia Knox
Cost: $175

About the class: Bring this exotic Lilac-Breasted Roller to life and learn how to transform a line drawing into your own personal masterpiece! You’ll enjoy working with creamy PanPastels and Prismacolor pencils as you create a lovely, blurred background with seamless color transitions. Learn a variety of pencil strokes and techniques to render soft, wispy feathers, realistic facial features, and natural woodland foliage. Cynthia will take you to the next skill level as she teaches you how to transform a colored pencil drawing into a fully saturated painting during this enjoyable two-day Pajama Class.

• Limited to 35 students

Mastering Colors #5 - Understanding Neutrals and Near-Neutrals with Amy Lindenberger

When: September 29 (8:00 am - 2:00 pm Pacific Time)
Instructor: Amy Lindenberger
Cost: $80

About the class: NEW class in the Mastering Colors series! Very pale and almost - but not quite! Browns and grays present a special challenge to artists. Those kinds of colors seem so different from our full-spectrum color wheel, so how do we best work with them in this 12-color system? Let Amy Lindenberger show you how!

• Limited to 35 students

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Make an Impression! with Carmen Barros

When: October 7 (8:00 am - 9:30 am Pacific Time)
Instructor: Carmen Barros
Cost: $35

About the class: In this highly informative mini-class you will learn not one, but two very valuable techniques! Carmen will demonstrate how to produce a soft-focus, dreamy background using colored pencil shavings. All you need is a standard kitchen tool – a fine mesh tea strainer! You’ll then learn how to use impressed lines on paper, a technique that is crucial for rendering intricate vein patterns on leaves, or for creating believable highlights on fur and patterns on different objects. Carmen will show you how to “make an impression” in various ways, depending on the effect you want to achieve. Both of these fun techniques will give you extra ammo in your colored pencil arsenal!

• Limited to 35 students

Feather & Fluff! with Pearl de Chalain

When: October 7 (10:30 am - 12:00 pm Pacific Time)
Instructor: Pearl de Chalain
Cost: $35

About the class: In this sweet Jelly Bean Class, you’ll learn how to capture the direction, movement, detail and color variations of a pretty little feather - all in just 90 minutes. It really is all about a trick of the eye – to draw a feather realistically. Let Pearl’s innovative techniques guide you through the process. Gather together your fun tools, like the Slice Ceramic Cutter, a stylus and a marker blender and get ready to spend a fun morning with Pearl and her delightful South African accent. You really should try hard not to miss this one!

• Limited to 35 students

Autumn Fire – CP & Marker with Andria Burchett

When: October 16 (8:00 am - 2:30 pm Pacific Time)
Instructor: Andria Burchett
Cost: $85

About the class: Creating this hauntingly beautiful art is well within your reach with Andie's expertise as your guide. She'll show you how to dramatically speed up the layering process by incorporating marker into your work. Colored pencil and markers work beautifully together: one covering quickly and the other offering detail and refinement. It's a great skill to add to your arsenal of colored pencil techniques. You'll also learn Andie's magical "pencil dust" technique for creating soft, moody backgrounds.

• Limited to 35 students

Tier 1: Colored Pencil Portraits with Ann Kullberg

When: October 19 & 21 (8:00 am - 2:00 pm Pacific Time)
Instructor: Ann Kullberg
Cost: $85

About the class: For 25 years, Ann's taught her "Tammy Workshop" in 45 states and 5 countries - now she's bringing that same workshop right to your home! Watch, participate and follow along as Ann teaches her comprehensive portrait workshop and gives clear step by step demonstrations in a live video workshop. Ann will cover all the basics as you draw “Tammy” together in class. This workshop will be similar to watching a pre-recorded video, as there will not be student interaction. Let Ann show exactly how to improve your understanding of how to successfully draw a portrait in colored pencil!

• Unlimited Registration

Christmas Sleigh with Mark Menendez

When: November 9 & 11 (8:00 am - 11:30 am Pacific Time)
Instructor: Mark Menendez
Cost: $95

About the class: Santa's sleigh, adorned with ornaments glowing in the candlelit snowy night - what a perfect holiday scene! Mark Menendez's mixed media approach, using a quick coat of acrylic paint and colored Canson Mi Tientes paper, helps you speed up backgrounds so you can get to the juicy part in a hurry. Besides learning the grisaille method to first achieve values, learn how to deftly draw so many varied textures - wood, lace, metal and more to create your painting full of holiday cheer! Just 16 pencils needed.

• Limited to 30 Students

Little Ballerina with Amy Lindenberger

When: November 16, 18 & 20 (8:00 am - 12:30 pm Pacific Time)
Instructor: Amy Lindenberger
Cost: $175

About the class: Enhance your portraits with colored paper! A master artist and instructor, Amy has taught extensively throughout the US for decades. Author of five CP Surfaces books, Amy has a real knack for breaking everything down into easy-to-follow steps. Learn how to create dramatically lit portraits on colored paper - you'll be amazed at what you can learn from Amy!

• Limited to 35 Students