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    25.April.Saturday

    Pastel Portrait Class with Laurie Maddalina

    10:00 am-4:00 pm
    04/25/2026
    The Art Stop Studio, 2nd floor
    1822 Penfield Road Penfield NY 14526

    We are so happy to host this workshop with award winning artist Laurie Maddalina- Here are the details

    Saturday 4/25  10:00 – 4:00 (hour break for lunch)

    Cost $100

    Class Overview
    This one-day workshop combines traditional portrait drawing techniques with the soft, blendable texture of PanPastels, offering artists a powerful and versatile medium for rendering and capturing likeness, values and form through expressive shading. Beginners and Intermediate artists will complete a portrait and gain confidence in using PanPastels for dramatic monochromatic effects.
    Students will learn:

    Portrait Foundations

    ● Anatomy of the face, proportions, features, & structure
    ● Exploring light and shadow with simple shapes
    ● Breaking down features into simple forms
    Introduction to PanPastel
    ● Understanding the medium: properties & tools
    ● Techniques for blending, layering and erasing
    Application Techniques
    ● Blocking in values: light, mid-tones and shadows
    ● Building depth and form with soft layering
    ● Using erasers for highlights and fine details
    ● Adding texture to hair, eyes, etc

    • Materials (All materials except the Prospek Proportional Divider can be purchased at The Art Stop):
    • Sofft #4 Point Knife w/5 Covers
    • PanPastel Artists’  Pastels Black, 9 ML
    • PanPastel Artists’  Pastels Titanium White, 9ML
    • Prospek Proportional Divider
    • General’s The Original Charcoal DrawingPencils Set of 7
    • General Pencil Factis BM-2 Mechanical Eraser
    • Tombow MONO Zero Round Eraser, 2.3mm
    • Large Kneaded Eraser
    • Strathmore Recycled Toned Sketch Pad 400 Series-11″ x 14″ Tan (24 Sheets)
    If you don’t have any of these items and you would like us to make up a kit, just let us know!
    Reference image will be provided. You can work from an iPad or printed photo, whichever you prefer.

    If you have any of the following items, that’s fine! Also bring along a 2B or 4B charcoal pencil.
    Strathmore also makes a grey toned paper. Either is good!

Come Join us in these all inclusive workshops. We are not a franchise, so therefore we come up with our own images. There are 2.5 hour workshops or 3 hour workshops, all paint, canvas and instruction included. We will even provide the wine and food!

There is also the option of Alcohol Inks on Tile or Glass Painting workshops, both are 2 hours long and are all inclusive!