Denise Howard
United States
Denise Howard holds a BA in Art and a BS in Math/Computer Science from Truman State University. She also holds an MS in Computer Science from Ohio State University. She worked for several Silicon Valley companies, was one of the original developers of iPhoto at Apple, and earned movie credits on Antz and Shrek at PDI/DreamWorks. Once she committed to pursuing art as a second career in 2010, she quickly earned regional, national and international recognition and awards for her realistic colored pencil and graphite work.
She is the author of 101 Textures in Colored Pencil from Walter Foster Publishing. She has been featured in Colored Pencil Magazine and Ann Kullberg’s COLOR magazine, has work published in several books, and is popular as a workshop presenter.
She is a Ten-Year Merit Signature Member of Colored Pencil Society of America, a Silver Signature Member the United Kingdom Coloured Pencil Society and is national communications director for CPSA.
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