Online Class: Still-Life with Pears in Watercolor Pencils

Join us for this intermediate-level class for a focused practice of observational drawing in watercolor pencils inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s still life with pears. Her innovative use of heightened colors and tonalities will be explained in the first part of the class. You will be then guided through hands-on instructions via a live demo to create three-dimensional mass, highlights, local values, and shadows in color pencils. You may set up real pears for your still life ahead of time or follow along with the demo in class. 

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This class is suitable for youth ages 12 and up. Children are welcome to participate alongside their adults.

Space is limited, reservations required.

This program will take place via the video conferencing app – ZOOM. Details for accessing the Zoom meeting will be with your receipt upon registering and again sent via email the day prior. Please register in advance in order to access the program.

Note that all program times are in Mountain Time.

Supplies needed for this class:

• Mixed-media drawing pad in Strathmore 400 series or any other brand in any size between 9” x 12” and 11” x 14”. Thicker paper (140 lb or higher) is better.
• A set of watercolor pencils or color pencils.
• A graphite pencil and an eraser.
•  3 to 4 Blending stumps (AKA tortillons, often comes with drawing pencil sets) and/or Q-tips.
• Optional: Masking tape to keep the paper flat especially is the pad is larger.

About the Instructor:

Sudeshna Sengupta’s career as a teaching artist spans multiple decades, continents, and cultures that inform her pedagogy of decolonizing studio art. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree in 1985 from Visva-Bharati, an international university founded in India, by the humanist poet Tagore, the first non-European Nobel Laureate (1913). After teaching art and design at the college level in New Delhi, Seattle, and California, she taught at NMSU-Alamogordo, where she established its first intaglio printmaking studio in 1995. Since moving to Santa Fe, she has been teaching courses in online studio art at the Santa Fe Community College. She also conducts workshops and short courses and presents lectures and community-based art events for various age groups with civic, cultural, and community organizations in the US and in India, often with a focus on multicultural and intercultural experiences that emphasize human, cultural, and environmental connectedness through creativity.

This class is being offered on a sliding scale:

$10; minimal fee.

$20; covers the cost of the class.

$30; covers the cost of the class, plus a contribution to support educational programs.