Saturday, March 16, 2024, 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Registration Deadline Extended: March 13
$120 RAA&M Members
$155 Non-Members
In this one-day pastel workshop, you will learn how light and shadow can transform an ordinary building into an extraordinary painting. Award-winning pastel artist team Janet Schwartz and Dave Kaphammer will help break through your winter doldrums and release your creativity! They will show you how to use pastels to create dramatic glow and shadow, applying principles of value, composition, and color, with demonstrations and plenty of hands-on time to apply what is learned. Reference photos will be provided.
Although it is helpful to have some pastel experience, all levels are welcome! Space is limited.
Materials List:
• Pastel set – Soft and/or hard pastels. WE DO NOT USE OIL PASTELS. Student-level sets are okay – should contain a variety of darks & lights. Richeson, Rembrandt, Faber Castell, NuPastel sets are a great choice. (set of 24 or 36)
• Sanded UArt pastel paper – 400 grit, 9x12”, (natural color, not dark). DO NOT USE OTHER PASTEL PAPER. A pad of 10 or single sheets Uart. We will use 2-3 sheets during the workshop. Order online through Blick, Cheap Joe’s, or Jerry’s Artarama. Most art stores don’t carry UArt.
• Small Sketchbook
• Compressed charcoal for preliminary sketches
• Kneaded eraser
• Drawing board, foam core board, or any rigid surface to go under the sanded paper - larger than 9x12”
• 1” tape (blue painters tape is best) to attach paper to the board
• 1” flat brush (inexpensive) for underpainting
• Rubbing alcohol
• Small container (yogurt containers work great) for alcohol
• Paper towels
• Optional: Single sticks of dark pastels since many sets don’t contain darks: NuPastel blue violet (244) bottle green (298), spruce blue (305) work but you can no longer purchase these as single pastels, only as part of a set.