Kendra Ferriera

Kendra Ferreira has a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, with a concentration in printmaking. She is a signature member of the Colored Pencil Society of America in two areas, holding a second signature membership in the exploration of using other mediums and surfaces with colored pencil. Kendra is a also an artist member of the Art League of Rhode Island, Nineteen on Paper, Providence Art Club, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, NYC and the American Artists’ Professional League, NYC.

Kendra’s artwork has been exhibited in exhibitions throughout the US and she currently authored a book about drawing with colored pencil titled Colour Pencil Drawing: Techniques and Tutorials for the Complete Beginner and a collaborating author in Drawing & Painting Techniques and Tutorials for the Complete Beginner both published by GMC Book of London. Kendra has had work published in four books and been written up in three colored pencil magazines.

My work is mainly 2D and in contemporary colored pencil using ordinary subjects and compositions and to portray them in an extraordinary way. Colored pencils permit me to combine the expressiveness of painting with the control of drawing. I use color, line, value, shape and light to portray emotion, luminescence and rhythms in my work and my intent is that each element is reflected in one another and develops simultaneously, deepening a relationship to one another.

My art is a journey and my attachment is all about being creative and trying new things. A drawing or painting is a moment in time, a frozen piece of the thoughts, feelings and interpretations of the artist who seeks to draw the viewer into the canvas. It stirs our emotions, creates a mood and reflects the spirit of the artist.

I am primarily a colored pencil artist although I have begun to work in a three-dimensional manner, creating handmade books and repurposed book sculpture, incorporating colored pencil, image transfer, printmaking and water media into my work. My subjects are often from my travels and scenes and still life in Rhode Island, sometimes incorporating elements of both.