Welcome Artists!
First of all, thank you so much for becoming a member! I really appreciate your support and eagerness to learn. I hope you gain an abundance of knowledge on learning how to draw using colored pencils.
What’s in this membership?
Access to all previous and current online classes
Weekly Newsletters
Posts on tips and tricks you can use with colored pencils
And much more!
Get to know me
Hi, I’m Lauren. I grew up surrounded by animals, we would have no less than 5 dogs in our house at a time. I was an introvert as a kid, I naturally gravitated towards animals, fantasy books, anything fairytale, nature, anything art related.
I played with paints for the longest time until I discovered cameras. I was that person you’d see with a camera by their side wherever they go. I loved taking pictures of people and nature the most. My dream was to become a landscape/wildlife photographer but unfortunately I chose to go to college and work a boring job.
Once I graduated college, I was burnt out! I needed a change bad. That’s when I discovered I can draw realistically using colored pencils. I had drawn realistically a little bit with graphite back in college but I was too scared to use color.
One day, I bought myself some prismacolor pencils and drew a small beetle. I fell in love with it immediately! Well, not entirely true. I struggled to get a good technique down that didn’t hurt the heck out of my hands. I also hated that I couldn’t get proportions right…
After about a year of nonstop drawing, I finally could relax into a good routine and easier techniques. I started out by getting paid to draw people’s pets, this helped me gain the confidence I needed to keep going.
As I got more confident, I started to draw more wildlife. That was my goal the whole time, to draw all animals, critters, flowers, and more. I had built up enough of an inventory that I could start selling prints of my wildlife art, this changed my whole world!!
Not only could I sell prints but I could record every method I used to create classes online. I already had the knowledge and skills using a camera that it wasn’t that hard to set up. All I needed was confidence in myself to record me talking about the methods.
I’ve learned over the years, how to instruct my students in a way that they will understand. I have taken some art classes when I was a kid and I never liked how they’d teach, it was too much of a hierarchy attitude that didn’t help me understand what I really needed to understand about realism and color theory.
So I set out to explain how colors work with colored pencils, the best techniques to use to achieve a realistic look, what tools work well, and so much more at a level that almost anyone can understand.
My goal is to help give you confidence in your drawing journey without feeling intimidated or lost. I started this journey completely lost and frustrated because I didn’t have any guidance. I taught myself all of these techniques so that now I can help you without all that hassle!
