Drawing Animals Workshop with Lisa Coddington

PEEC is very fortunate to welcome back talented artist Lisa Coddington, who will teach a workshop about using simple drawing materials to portray furry, feathery and slimy animals. Take up your pencils and paper, and join Lisa to explore pencil techniques that portray animals in this hands-on workshop. Learn how to select your subject and how to start an animal portrait. Various drawing demonstrations offer possibilities for sketching animals in the PEEC collection. This class is suggested for beginner and intermediate levels. A minimum of 5 students is required for the class to go, so please register by October 23, otherwise the class will be cancelled if there is not enough interest. Space is limited to only 9 students.

Artist/Instructor Lisa Coddington earned her Master of Art at Syracuse in Illustration. She has illustrated a children's book and has received commissions by regional and national firms for her artwork and art instruction. Her whimsical characters have been licensed for ornaments and are also featured on greeting cards. Coddington's designs are also applied to home textiles for major retailers. She has exhibited at SURTEX Licensing show in New York City for seven years, and she is a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists. Lisa has been teaching for over ten years, and she currently teaches at Santa Fe Community College. She also teaches specialized art retreats around New Mexico and the U.S.

The following is a list of supplies for the class. Village Arts will carries all the supplies and will usually offer a 10% discount to anyone who brings a class list:

Pencil sharpener
Kneaded eraser
Tape to fasten drawing paper to board
Pencils - F, HB, H,  and 2B by manufacturer - Staedtler Mars (this brand costs a little more but gives better drawing results)

• White Prisma pencil or "veri thin" white pencil
• Charcoal "B'" pencil (to use light gray Canson paper)
• Black conte sticks (B)

Paper -

• newsprint pad no smaller than 9  x 12
• tracing paper no smaller than 9 x 12
• smooth white drawing paper Strathmore (no smaller than 9 x 12)
• one piece of light gray canson paper
• one piece of toned Stonehedge Fawn color paper  or "Kraft" color paper made by Stonehedge - kraft is the color name not the brand available at Artisans in Santa Fe

Note: If you want to develop the drawing with watercolor, please get one sheet of FABRIANO HOT PRESS 300 lb or 140 lb. 

Please bring your own lunch. We will have a 30 minute lunch break.

To learn more about Lisa and her work, visit her website.