Our demonstrator was Kim Ramsay.
The meeting was held in the Guild Hall, First Congregational Church (middle side door), Sanborn Street, Reading, Wednesday September 10th, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Kim demonstrated her technique using colored pencils.
We have some photographs of the event in case you could not make it there in person.
Because Kim always works on a flat surface, we set up the mirror to allow the audience to see what she was doing.
The setup with the mirror.
Kim showed us the brand of pencils she uses.
Prismacolor is her choice.
Kim draws on dark colored paper.
She always starts her drawings using a white pencil.
The white pencil is visible against the dark paper.
This is her photographic reference for the drawing.
Kim finishes each area of the drawing that she is working on
before moving on to the next area. She began with a peach.
Here is a closeup showing the beginnings of the peach..
The area of the photo that she is doing is highlighted with
the yellow circle over the photo, lower right of the image.
Continuing to add colors to the peach.
More details added.
It looks like a peach.
With the peach done, Kim moved to the green apple
which is in the center of the reference photograph.
She first put in the highlights using the white pencil.
She made them large so she could overlap other colors later.
Continuing to define the apple.
More apple detail..
She has added the beginnings of a blueberry.
A finished blueberry and the start of another one.
Kim Ramsay has been creating art since she was a child. She took private art lessons throughout her school years and went on to study at the University of Lowell where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
Early on after she graduated, she worked in graphic design, but as things became more digitally generated, she decided to focus on the drawing aspect of her art instead.
She discovered colored pencils right after college and started exploring the medium after receiving her training mostly in oil and graphite when she was young and acrylic in college.
Her colored pencil drawings capture the intricate details and colorfulness of the subjects around her and in her travels. She specializes in architecture, still lifes and florals. She has exhibited in many regional art shows and been awarded multiple ribbons including Popular Award. Her work is in the collection of many homes.
Her work can be viewed and purchased on her website: www.kramsayoriginals.com