Pastel Classes:
PA436 Perfecting Your Pastels With Lorraine Potocki
Tuesdays, 6 Week Class
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Tuition: $215
Levels: Intermediate, Advanced
Session Dates:
April 8 (Spring Session)
If you have worked in pastel for some time, and want to take your painting to the next level, this class is for you. You’ll learn how to objectively look at your work, identify problem areas, and then find creative solutions. We’ll also work on developing your own personal style to reflect the “why” of your painting and the “how” it relates to the viewer. With demonstrations, individualized instruction, and constructive critiques, this class will strengthen your skills and encourage you to a take the next steps in your own personal pastel journey.
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PA101 Let the Journey Begin: Beginning Pastels With Brenda Mattson
Tuesdays or Wednesdays, 6 Week Class
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Tuition: $215
Level: Beginner
Session Dates:
April 9 (Spring Session)
September 9 (Fall I Session)
October 28 (Fall II Session)
Calling all beginners who are eager to express themselves in the world of pastels! This six-week class will provide a clear path on how to move forward with your journey into pastels. During this course, you will learn about the best choice of hard, medium and soft pastels and how to match the correct substrate for your artwork. You will learn about establishing color palette, layering, blending, composition, texture, pastel color mixing, and more. Ages 17 and up.
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PA113 Pastels: Unlocking Creative Potential With Betsy Glass
Thursdays, 6 Week Class
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Tuition: $215
Level: Beginner, Intermediate
Session Dates:
April 10 (Spring Session)
September 11 (Fall I Session)
October 30 (Fall II Session)
Discover the vibrant and expressive world of pastels in this beginner friendly course designed to ignite your creative potential. In this class you will explore the unique qualities of soft and hard pastels while learning essential techniques for blending, shading, and layering. Through hands on projects, students will develop their skills in bringing landscapes, still life’s, and abstract art to life. Ages 17 and up.
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Pastel Workshops:
W-PA116 Painting Waves in Pastel with Shawn Dell Joyce
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Tuition: $100
Levels: Beginner, Intermediate
Workshop Dates:
Saturday, June 21 (Summer I Session)
Want to paint beautiful beach scenes? Learn the rules of perspective that make your waves look real and create an illusion of depth. Follow along step-by-step with pastel artist Shawn Dell Joyce to create your own pastel wave masterpiece. Make a finished painting of waves to take home.
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W-PA118 Painting Palm Trees in Pastels with Shawn Dell Joyce
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Tuition: $100
Levels: Intermediate
Workshop Dates:
Friday, July 25 (Summer II Session)
Follow along step by step using pastel to create palm tree paintings that look colorful and realistic. Learn perspective tips and value studies to help you approach the subject on your own. Make a single painting and several studies during workshop.
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W-PA111 Pastel Techniques with Shawn Dell Joyce
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Tuition: $100
Levels: Beginner, Intermediate
Workshop Dates:
Saturday, July 26 (Summer II Session)
Saturday, October 4 (Fall I Session)
Learn how to scumble, use linear strokes, daubing and dusting to create a single painting. Start with an underpainting using an alcohol wash, then build up layers using each technique, one at a time. Get handouts showing each technique and practice before applying it to your painting. Fun and step-by-step process, finish a painting and learn new skills!
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W-PA117 It’s Too Warm, It’s Too Cool. . .It’s Just Right with Lorraine Potocki
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Tuition: $110
Levels: Intermediate, Advanced
Workshop Dates:
Tuesday, October 7 (Fall I Session)
See the dramatic difference temperature changes can make by painting in all warm colors with just a bit of cool and painting in all cool colors with just a touch of warm. It can make all the difference in the feeling of the finished painting. Instructor demos and lots of personalized instruction will bring warm smiles to this cool class.
Bring the pastels, hard and soft, that you like to work with. I prefer UArt 400 sanded pastel paper. You can work in any size you are comfortable with—no smaller than 9 X 12. Bring your own photo references, any subject matter
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W-PA114 Let’s Compliment the Complements with Lorraine Potocki
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Tuition: $110
Levels: Intermediate, Advanced
Workshop Dates:
Tuesday, October 28 (Fall II Session)
You’ll paint a series of pastel paintings using only complementary colors. Learn how you can use a minimum number of pastels to achieve the darkest darks and the lightest lights with maximum results. Compliments will abound when complementary colors astound
Bring the pastels, hard and soft, that you like to work with. I prefer UArt 400 sanded pastel paper. You can work in any size you are comfortable with—no smaller than 9 X 12. Bring your own photo references, any subject matter.
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W-PA115 How do I Underpaint thee? Let Me Count the Ways with Lorraine Potocki
2-Day Workshop
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Tuition: $220
Levels: Intermediate, Advanced
Workshop Dates:
Tuesday, December 2 & Wednesday, December 3 (Fall II Session)
Starting a pastel with an underpainting gives you a roadmap of shapes, values, temperatures, and color. Learn a variety of underpainting techniques in these two ½ day workshops. On Day 1, we’ll begin counting the ways we can underpaint by doing a series of studies using underpainting with a dark color, pastel and alcohol, an overall warm color, and Art Graf or watercolor. On the next day, Day 2, you’ll select the underpainting technique you enjoyed the most and paint a larger pastel. Will underpainting take you to the depth and breath your soul can reach? I guess you’ll just have to take the workshop to find out.
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