When
Course Dates
January 25 - February 15, 2025
Meeting Days
Saturdays from 2:00-4:00pm
Materials
*not* included in tuition
Location
Admission
Hone your skills with pastels over this 4-week course!
Join us for a Still Life with Soft Pastels series, where you’ll learn to capture the beauty of floral arrangements in vibrant pastel colors! Each week, local art instructor, Beth Blackwell, will guide you through the process, providing live demonstrations and sharing tips on how to set up and paint a stunning floral composition. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced artist, this class is a fantastic opportunity to explore the soft pastel medium while focusing on the fundamentals of floral still life. Sketchbooks and pencils are required for each class, and no prior experience with pastels is necessary. This is your chance to experiment, learn, and create beautiful floral art in a fun, supportive environment!
- Jan 25: How to set up a still life:
- Lighting, arrangement, composition
Wet underpainting using water – NuPastels (hard), monochromatic
- Lighting, arrangement, composition
- Feb 1: Composition:
- Experiment with cropping today, thumbnail sketches
Wet underpainting – watercolor, complementary colors
- Experiment with cropping today, thumbnail sketches
- Feb 8: Composition:
- More experimentation, thumbnail sketches
Wet underpainting – NuPastels, gouache or watercolor, random
- More experimentation, thumbnail sketches
- Feb 15: Put it all together!
- Use your favorite methods/techniques and go for it!
Framing, fixatives, materials and more, ask me anything
- Use your favorite methods/techniques and go for it!
