Skills and techniques learnt will include overlaying colours, shading in a particular direction, creating form with light and dark, how to draw hair and how to work on white and brown paper. By the end of the weekend you will have produced two drawings.

This is an ideal course to learn how to draw people portraits with coloured pencil. Each exercise will be demonstrated by the tutor step by step and the course will be run in a friendly, non pressured environment where the tutor will be on hand to encourage and inspire. Ideal for beginners and people with some knowledge of the medium. This course is an ideal stepping stone to other courses run by Missenden School of Creative Arts where you could develop your drawing skills further.

One A4 white cartridge paper pad or a couple of sheets. If bringing sheets then you will need a small board to tape it to
One medium size starter pack of artists quality coloured pencils (Derwent, Faber Castel, Caran Dache, Lyra or WH Smith)
Some pencils can be bought individually so extra colours could include light and dark browns
If you have watercolour pencils then these can also be used dry
Pencil sharpener, 2B/4B pencil, eraser

Brown paper, £1 per sheet.

Jonathan Newey

Jonathan Newey is an award-winning artist with over 25 years of experience in teaching drawing and painting. He specialises in watercolour, acrylic and coloured pencil drawing.

Jonathan Newey Fine Art