THURSDAYS | 1-4pm | INTERMEDIATE | $175M/$200NM
This class will focus on 5 elements of working in soft pastels:
1. Underpainting techniques add depth and richness to a composition. 2. Learning to play and experiment using thumbnail sketches and small formats to visualize a plan for your piece. 3. Recognizing values and simplifying shapes to say just enough to tell the story. 4. Mark making: How you apply the pastel to the paper is a skill unto itself and an important stylistic choice. 5. Learning to use a color wheel for blending and creating cohesiveness in your work.
1. Underpainting techniques add depth and richness to a composition.
2. Learning to play and experiment using thumbnail sketches and small formats to visualize a plan for your piece.
3. Recognizing values and simplifying shapes to say just enough to tell the story.
4. Mark making: How you apply the pastel to the paper is a skill unto itself and an important stylistic choice.
5. Learning to use a color wheel for blending and creating cohesiveness in your work.
We will begin by working from our own reference photos of landscapes, with the addition of memory and emotion.
SUPPLY LIST:
Set of pastels of full color and value range (light to dark) of no less than 18 sticks.
5 or 6 Nupastels in neutral colors and grays
Small 5.5 x 8.5 sketchbook with toned gray or tan paper. (Strathmore is fine)
Drawing board or black gator board. 18x18 is a nice size.
Pastel boards or various sheets of pastel paper that can be brushed with wet medium without buckling, such as UArt or PasterMat. Sizes 9x12, 11x14, or 12x16.
Various landscape photos with a good contrast of darks and lights. These should ideally be photos you have taken yourself.
Soft vine charcoal; 2 or 3 graphite pencils in the B range
Kneaded eraser
White artist tape or good masking tape
Wet wipes, paper towels, latex gloves (optional)
Isopropyl alcohol 91%, a few old stiff bristled brushes of different sizes
York Art Association
717-755-0028
office@yorkartassociation.org
