Kristy is a graduate of Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, with bachelor’s and master's degrees in education, as well as a life license in teaching. She has taught colored pencil/watercolor pencil workshops nationwide, sometimes combining the two types of colored pencil for aqueous effects and intensely rich color.
Having worked in colored pencil since 1986, she enjoys portraying flowers, fruit, and the Indiana Dunes and its Lake Michigan beaches. She is the author of Drawing and Painting with Colored Pencil, and is a contributor to The Best of Colored Pencil 1, 3, and 5; Creative Colored Pencil; Design: Illustration; The Best of Business Card Design 3 and 5; Creating Radiant Flowers in Colored Pencil; Floral Inspirations; Exploring Color (Revised Edition), and Colored Pencil Explorations. Her work has also appeared in "Master Painters of the World: United States Showcase" in International Artist Magazine. Kristy has a DVD called Colored Pencil Landscapes: Beyond the Basics through Artist Palette Productions.
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