Combining Watercolor & Colored Pencil

with David Baker

4-day, June 16–19, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Tuition: $300

Materials Fee: N/A

Discover methods for enhancing your watercolors by incorporating colored pencils. 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 and illustrators, beginners and established artists, and will give your watercolor paintings a dynamic pop. 

Plan to bring: Watercolor supplies including watercolor paper and a set of Prismacolor pencils.

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 principle media are watercolor, oil, and charcoal.
David is a lifelong artist/teacher. He recently retired as art professor Emeritus from Southwestern Michigan College. He earned his MFA from Indiana State University. Over the years he has mounted more than four dozen solo exhibits. David has taught at Ox-Bow School of Art since 2000 and at Krasl Art Center since 2016. He has served on board of the South Haven Center for the Arts since 2017. He maintains a studio, and chairs the exhibition committee, at the Box Factory for the Arts in St. Joseph.

David Baker, Jay, watercolor and Prismacolor pencil, 2023