Tips and Tricks Ann Sw - American Society of Botanical Artists

American Society of Botanical Artists
20th Annual Meeting and Conference
Denver, 2014
Coloured Pencil – Tips and Tricks
Ann Swan
Saturday, October 18
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Westin - McCourt
Ann will share with you her latest tips and tricks
most of which are not in her book. She will
demonstrate techniques to help you achieve
vibrant colour mixes, detailed vein structures and
touchable textures, including underpainting, and
with careful guidance you can try out these
techniques for yourselves.
Supply List:
A selection of Colored Pencils particularly:
Faber Castell Polychromos
101 White
103 Ivory
278 Chrome Oxide Green
174 Chromium Green Opaque
173 Olive Green Yellowish
168 Earth Green Yellowish
170 May Green
172 Earth Green
190 Venetian Red
A selection of reds
Prismacolor
White
Scarlet Lake
Colorless Blender Pencil
Cream Marker Pen
Paper
Fabriano 5 Classico Hot Pressed 300gms/140lbs
Fabriano Artistico Hot Pressed 300gms
Or similar hot pressed watercolour paper
Other Equipment
*Pergamano 0.5 embossing tool or similar
Kneadable eraser
*Empty Copic Marker Pen
Continued…
Baby Oil (Ann will have some available on the day if you can’t locate any)
*Blender Pen (Various make available Copic, Prismacolor, Letraset)
Items marked with * can be ordered in advance from Ann on her website stating when you order
that you will be attending her workshop in Denver. Orders need to be placed before 30th
September as she will be leaving for the US early October and she will be bringing the
equipment with her.
Pencil Sharpener
Eraser
Graphite Pencils HB/F
Please bring any other equipment you like to use plus something to rest your work as there are
no drawing boards supplied. Also a portable lamp if you are worried about possible low lighting
levels at the hotel. I have no previous knowledge of the venue so I suggest you come prepared.
BIO:
Ann is an internationally acclaimed botanical artist, passionate about drawing and the use of
colored pencils. Author of ‘Plant Portraits with Colored Pencils’, with four RHS Gold Medals to
her name, she is an accomplished teacher always evolving and incorporating new techniques
into her work.