Combining Watercolor & Colored Pencil

with David Baker
October 24, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Tuition: $75
Materials Fee: N/A

Enhance your watercolor paintings by integrating colored pencil to add depth, texture, and vibrant detail. Demonstrations will guide students through using wax-based colored pencils (not water-soluble) to establish under drawings, adjust light and dark values, and add rich textures and detail. These are excellent techniques for photorealists, illustrators, beginners, and established artists, and will give your watercolor paintings a dynamic pop.

Plan to bring: Watercolor supplies, including watercolor paper, paints, brushes, and a set of Prismacolor Premier colored pencils.

Location: Ox-Bow House - 137 Center Street, Douglas, MI 49406

David Baker (he/him) is a visual artist who specializes in poetic landscape painting, much of it done en plein air. His studio pieces are often reinterpretations of paintings done outdoors. His principal media are watercolor, oil, and charcoal. His subjects are magical discoveries made while walking the landscape near Lake Michigan and, in particular, the campus of Ox-Bow. Frequently these paintings will suggest an ongoing series of pictures. David is a lifelong artist/teacher. He recently retired as art professor Emeritus from Southwestern Michigan College. He still teaches at Ox-Bow School of Art, South Haven Center for the Arts, and the Krasl Art Center in St. Joseph, Michigan. He maintains a studio at the Box Factory for the Arts in St. Joseph.

Photos courtesy of David Baker