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Colored Pencil Portraiture with Lis Zadravec
October 18, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
$250
Six week series: October 18 – November 22, Sundays, 2-4pm
Instructor: Lis Zadravec
About the class:
Learn to create eyes, skin, hair while reviewing bone structure, discussing what makes a dynamic portrait composition. Learn how to use photos as a reference for life. Demonstrations, experimentation, and personal critique included. For all levels who want to add colored pencils to their arsenal. For materials list and info: lisarts.com@gmail.com; 703.404.2977. Minimum age 14.
About: Lis Zadravec
Lis is a signature member of the Colored Pencil Society of America. Her award-winning narrative colored pencil artwork is internationally recognized and has been published, among other places, in the book “Draw Portraits in Colored Pencil”. Having studied oil painting and portraiture at the Corcoran School of Art, her approach to colored pencils reflects the layering technique used in the Maroger method of painting. Colored pencils lend themselves to precise detail and photo realism, Lis also aims is to make subjects look as if they were painted. Her approach is unique even among other colored pencil artists and her standards of excellence have been confirmed by many curators and jurors. She has been teaching for over 2 decades and working wish colored pencils more than 30 years. She brings experience and enthusiasm to a medium that has now caught the world’s attention.
