KJF DESIGN Fine Art
Journeys in Colored Pencil ... And Other Mediums
Monday, August 22, 2022
Fall Colored Pencil Workshops
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Safari Drawing in Colored Pencil
I used a variety of reference photos from my safari trip to create this scene for customers who were looking for a custom wedding gift for their son and his wife. The newlyweds are very fond of cats so the lioness and her cubs were fitting as the main subjects. We decided on the other supporting animals and landscape for the middle and background. I used warm colors for this piece to depict the beautiful light of the Africa afternoon. My reference photos were taken from Kenya and Tanzania.
This drawing is 18x24" in colored pencils and drawn on cream Canson Mi-Teintes paper. I used a variety Prismacolor, Caran d'Ache Luminance and Faber Castell Polychromos pencils for this drawing. I choose different pencils because I want to use both lightfast pencils and certain colors to create my work.
I sweated this one out because I hadn't worked on a piece so large in quite a long time and also because I had the concept in my head but could I put it on paper? My biggest struggle was what to do with the midground beween the animals to make it interesting yet still add some 'quiet' areas for the eye to rest between subjects. My second biggest struggle was depicting all those blades of grass in the foreground!! All in all I am happy with the result.
Below is my beginning of the lioness and cubs. I may recreate them again just by themselves.
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Weekend Workshop at Cape Cod Art Center
I will be teaching a 2-day colored pencil workshop at the Cape Cod Art Center in Barnstable Massachusetts on Saturday and Sunday, July 30 & 31st, 10 am to 4 pm each day. Cost $220/members and $250/non members.
In this studio workshop we will focus on creating drawings of exciting seascapes. Learn how to capture the atmosphere of smooth water, sea foam and waves. We will cover the transparency and reflections in water as well as building form, light and shadow and working with surrounding beach and land formations.
For more information or to register follow this link to Cape Cod Art Center website.
Material list is below.
Thursday, June 2, 2022
Drawing at the RISD Museum
The spring semester of 2022 I took a class through the Providence Art Club which was Drawing in the RISD Museum (Rhode Island School of Design) lead by instructor Frances Middendorf. Frances has been living in Italy and teaches at the Rome Art Program so we are fortunate to have her teaching through PAC.
For our class we were given assignments and a group of artworks from which to select one or more to draw in pencil while observing and studying these work(s) at the museum. Each week we had a different assignment and each week we were to incorporate our lesson into a piece for homework and critique. Below are some of the my drawings from the 8-week class which I really enjoyed and I feel this class has helped my artistic style to grow.
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
High School Guest Artist
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Upcoming Colored Pencil Classes!
Upcoming Colored Pencil Workshop and Class with Kendra:
Mystic Museum of Art
Mystic, Connecticut
One-Day Colored Pencil Workshop
Colored pencil is a versatile medium that is portable, inexpensive, and great for combining with other types of media such as watercolor. Through layering and mixing translucent colors directly on the drawing surface, a luminous image is produced. Students will be shown different techniques and approaches to create a vibrant drawing while drawing from a still life. Students may then implement these techniques to continue on their own personal project.
*Limited to 12 students.
Saturday, March 26th 9am-3pm
Members $115 / Non-Member $130
Register on Line at MMoA
Bristol Art Museum
Bristol, Rhode Island
Colored Pencil Drawing with Kendra Ferreira
April 19th, 26th, May 3rd,10th | 9:30am-12:00pm
Fee: Members $125/ Non-Members $135
Discover the vibrancy of colored pencil in this 4-week class. We will be learning the many versatile ways of drawing with colored pencils. Topics will include: layering, blending and burnishing techniques as well as working with value and form. Each week we will work on a different project and small still life set up. Some colored pencil experience is helpful but beginners are also welcome.
To register or for more information, please contact Kendra kjfdesign13@gmail.com
Sunday, February 20, 2022
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Spotted Hyena Drawing
Using Adobe PhotoShop and Lightroom, I was able to lighten his eyes and nose to see the details and distinctions. I chose to leave out the background and focus on the portrait of the hyena. The paper I chose is Fabriano Tiziano drawing paper. I usually don't work on a paper that is this textured but for this drawing I think the background color and the texture lend itself to the fur and features.
Monday, February 14, 2022
I am happy to have one of my colored pencil teacup drawings featured in February's issue of Color Magazine by Ann Kullberg. Here is the link to Color Magazine: https://annkullberg.com/collections/color-magazine-all-issues
Happy Valentine's Day to all!
Saturday, January 8, 2022
Lioness Drawing from My Safari Trip
In October my husband and I were fortunate to go on an African safari and travel to to five wildlife preserves in Kenya and Tanzania. It was an amazing trip and I came home with an incredible amount of wildlife photos. Covid made it a little more difficult to travel however we were tested frequently and wore masks indoors. And we were mostly riding in open air safari jeeps in the company of more animals than people.
We had just landed in the Maasai Mara Wildlife Reserve and were traveling by jeep to our camp when we came across four sleeping lionesses near the side of the road. We pulled up quite close and sat watching them for close to an hour (they are so used to safari jeeps it is possible to get that close). They rolled around a bit, yawned, got up and spun around (just like a house cat), laid back down and went back to sleep. I was taking photos and just happened to catch this lioness with her eyes open looking at me.
Here are three stages of the drawing that I created from my photo. I worked with Faber Castell Polychromos on Clairefontaine Pastelmat paper, Maize colored (pictured below). The Pastelmat has a textured but velvety surface to softly layer the pencil. The Polychromos are a harder oil based pencil that adhere to this surface and blend very easily. I was able to apply multiple layers of color to different areas.
The Pastelmat comes in several colors and I am anxious to order and try a variety of them.
Thursday, December 30, 2021
Colored Pencil Pet Portrait of Gabi
I wanted to add a background that wasn't distracting to Gabi. In the photo I worked from, Gabi was sitting on the grass so I decided to subtly add a grassy area beneath her.
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Colored Pencil Pet Portait of Ziggy
This is an 8x10 colored pencil commissioned pet portrait of a long haired Dachshund, Ziggy, I created for his parents for the holidays.
Friday, November 19, 2021
Pet Portrait of a Little Yorkie
These are my color notes on the back of the paper. Colors always look different on a colored background than they do on a white background. It helps me to label the ones I plan to use on the fur, some of the browns and tans are so close in value and color that it’s hard to determine which is which just by picking up the pencil.