This is a class for ongoing students of pastel painting or for the amateur artists in every medium. Explore a medium where color is pure and strong and missteps are easily corrected. Each student will work in his/her artistic style of choice while at the same time studying new pastel techniques that can capturemotion, the sparkle of light, and mood. You will learn what makes composition work, the importance of the color of background paper, and pastels in history. This class will experiment with using different surfaces and explore using many methods of pastel painting.
Instructor: Rea Nurmi