
Saturdays 10:00-12:00
11/28/20 -1/2/21 skip 12/26
$129 5 weeks
Join Accomplished Instructor Colette Savage in this versatile beautiful medium. Get a beautiful softness similar to a Degas’, or photographic realism. Pastels are considered a form of painting, yet you have the control of a stick or pencil, making it more like drawing. Learn about different substrates to paint on and different types of pastels and how they react. Beginner to intermediate.
Materials List:
**Please Note: DO NOT purchase any materials until AFTER the first class. During our first class, we will be testing a variety of papers and pastels which I will provide. Please feel free to bring along any pastels or pastel papers which you currently own to test along with my samples for our first class.**
- Soft Pastels- Your choice of brands, with a large assortment of colors and value (dark and light). If you already own pastels, bring what you have.
- Pastel Paper- Your choice of brand and type
- Drawing Board- A piece of Masonite is fine
- Masking Tape
- Baby Wipes
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Small disposable dish to place the pastels you are using
- Glove in a Bottle- Or another type of barrier lotion
- Several reference photos
- Glassine of other smooth paper-used to cover and protect the painting
Optional Items:
- Inexpensive craft brush
- Rubbing Alcohol