Pastels and Ink Landscape September 15th 2024

This workshop gives you ways to explore and become confident with dry pastels. By understanding the techniques and skills used to manipulate these materials gives you an opportunity to get excited with blending, overlaying, feathering and scumbling.
Exploring the boundaries of each technique will give you handles to hold onto to achieve some stunning effects with just the swipe of a smudge stick or the layer of a tone. You will develop some pastel techniques that can enhance what you might already know or give you a fresh approach to your own style of working.
Examples provided will step you through stages of working with an image of your choice as well as working with colour and its layers of tones and shades

Hatching, stippling, scribbling and using elements of colour are just some of the ways to develop techniques to begin introducing you to ways of working with pastels. You will gain a sense of confidence around decision making and each technique will be applied in an activity to create a visual example on small A5 pastel sheets and complete an A4 landscape on a pastel board. All materials are included.

Join our Art Workshops' pastels art workshop and unleash your creativity in a supportive setting. We'll teach you the transformative techniques of hatching, stippling, scribbling, and using elements of color to develop your own unique artistic style. You'll have the opportunity to explore the boundaries of the pastel art-making process and discover your own personal flair. Don't miss out on this opportunity to discover your unique artistic style and create a masterpiece to take home. Get ready to dive into the world of pastel art and let your creativity shine!.