How to Master Coloured Pencil with Stephanie Schirm - 6 Mondays - April 13 - 23, 2026

CA$325.00

Date: 6 Mondays: April 13 - May 23, 2026
(No class on Victoria Day, May 18, 2026)
Time: 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Artist/Instructor: Stephanie Schirm | Meet our artist instructors
Level: Beginner / Intermediate. Ages 16+
Price: $325.00 +hst

  • Students are responsible for their own art materials; see below for materials list

OPEN TO ALL SKILL LEVELS

Elevate your drawing skills from black and white graphite and into glorious, full colour!

  • Working through exercises for drawing proficiency and coloured pencil techniques, you will discover new ways to see and draw with colour.

  • In addition to understanding value (the relative lightness or darkness of a colour), you will be guided through transitioning greyscale value studies into colour using coloured pencil.

Instruction will include demonstrations and examples of all techniques and exercises, as well as positive feedback, including:

  1. Shading Techniques to Create Form in Coloured Pencil

  2. Colour Theory

  3. Mixing Colours

  4. What is Negative Space and why is it important?

Materials List

  • 9” x 12” Sketchbook

  • Quality Coloured Pencils (required) e.g. PRISMA, Faber-Castell, or Staetdler

  • White Vinyl Eraser

  • Kneadable Eraser

  • X-acto style knife (Dollar Store is fine)

  • Fine Sandpaper 220 Grit

If you aren’t able to pay online, or if you’d like to register over the phone or in person, please don’t hesitate to call us at 519-942-9560 or visit us in store at 158 Broadway, Orangeville! (All prices are in CAD +hst)

Date: 6 Mondays: April 13 - May 23, 2026
(No class on Victoria Day, May 18, 2026)
Time: 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Artist/Instructor: Stephanie Schirm | Meet our artist instructors
Level: Beginner / Intermediate. Ages 16+
Price: $325.00 +hst

  • Students are responsible for their own art materials; see below for materials list

OPEN TO ALL SKILL LEVELS

Elevate your drawing skills from black and white graphite and into glorious, full colour!

  • Working through exercises for drawing proficiency and coloured pencil techniques, you will discover new ways to see and draw with colour.

  • In addition to understanding value (the relative lightness or darkness of a colour), you will be guided through transitioning greyscale value studies into colour using coloured pencil.

Instruction will include demonstrations and examples of all techniques and exercises, as well as positive feedback, including:

  1. Shading Techniques to Create Form in Coloured Pencil

  2. Colour Theory

  3. Mixing Colours

  4. What is Negative Space and why is it important?

Materials List

  • 9” x 12” Sketchbook

  • Quality Coloured Pencils (required) e.g. PRISMA, Faber-Castell, or Staetdler

  • White Vinyl Eraser

  • Kneadable Eraser

  • X-acto style knife (Dollar Store is fine)

  • Fine Sandpaper 220 Grit

If you aren’t able to pay online, or if you’d like to register over the phone or in person, please don’t hesitate to call us at 519-942-9560 or visit us in store at 158 Broadway, Orangeville! (All prices are in CAD +hst)