IN PERSON: This is a hands-on, how-to course where students at all levels will create detailed animal drawings using colored pencils. Participants will have the opportunity to choose from photos of a variety of types of animals, including birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, butterflies and moths, as subjects for their artwork. Through a series of developmental stages, students will learn both the basics and advanced techniques of colored pencil drawing, gaining skills to bring their chosen animals to life on paper. | Active Skill Learning.
Max enrollment: 12.
Location: Judea Reform Congregation, 1933 W. Cornwallis Rd, Durham NC 27705
Following a 31-year career at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, Dot Wilbur-Brooks has taught many popular hands-on illustration courses at OLLI since 2006. She has been teaching for over 25 years and drawing illustrations of plants for over 50 years. She is an expert in using colored pencil, graphite, pen and ink, and watercolor.