PAINTING WITH SOFT PASTELS with Kim Stone

THURSDAYS | 1-4pm | INTERMEDIATE | $175M/$200NM

This class will focus on 5 elements of working in soft pastels:

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

KIM STONE’s 45-year career as a graphic designer and illustrator started out in advertising in Wilmington, DE, and eventually moved to publication with the PHMC, as art director of Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine. She attended Wesley College as an Education major and graduated from York Academy of Art, majoring in Illustration. Kim also studied under Richard McKinley, Liz Haywood-Sullivan and Tony Allain. Kim is a past instructor in portraiture and pastel painting at the Art Association of Harrisburg. She is past president of the Maryland Pastel Society, a member of the Pastel Society of America, the Philadelphia Pastel Society and the Susquehanna Plein Air Painters. Kim presently teaches drawing workshops at Carlisle Arts Learning Center, Carlisle. Her work is represented at the Village Artisans gallery in Boiling Springs, PA.
"Drawing was my first love in graphite and charcoal. When I discovered soft pastels in art school, I fell in love with the ability to draw with them. Later, I learned how to paint with the medium. I'm pleased with the variety of brands, versatility and pure rich color." -Kim    Visit her website at: kimlackeystone.com