Workshop

3-Day Workshop with Natasha Isenhour

WORKSHOP DETAILS: What: 3-Day Indoor Pastel Workshop  Presenter: Natasha Isenhour Where: 7530 W 38th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 When: May 21-23, 2024  Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm daily  Cost: $375 PSC Members, $425 Non-Members  15 Maximum Students SOLD OUT! This workshop is full, but a wait-list is available. Click the button below to add your name. DESCRIPTION: “Connecting Eyes, Heart, Hand: Amplifying YOUR Voice!” A comprehensive overview of combining intuitive and artistic techniques to illustrate what you observe (eyes) with your emotional response (heart), in order to express it with your hand. Strengthen your voice as a pastel painter in this 3-day intensive where you will […]

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Pastel classes with Diane Fechenbach, PSA, IAPS-MC, DP-PSWC

Oct 4, 2023 – Dec 20, 2023 Highlands Ranch, Colorado Learn to love pastel. It is fun, easy and the results are luminous. Explore this remarkable medium in a friendly group. Ongoing classes 1st and 3rd Wednesday 10 am – 3 pm. Explore mark making, mixing, layering, tips for getting started and pointers on how to finish and frame. Topics include composition, picking the subject, a little color theory, which supplies you want in your box and why. Loads of one-on-one help. Emphasis is on building strong paintings and developing a personal style. All experience levels welcome. Contact at diane@lightnshadowstudio.com or 303.791.4591. Please

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November 2023 PAINT-ALONG DEMO!

Instructor: Dawn Emerson   Date & Time: November 18, 2023 from 9:00 – 12:00pm MST Minimum 20 attendees  ZOOM  Exploring the Endless Possibilities of PanPastels.  Registration is now closed.   This will be a unique Paint-Along Zoom Demo which will cover a specific product that offers an exciting and versatile way of creating paintings. And we are fortunate to have an instructor who is a leading expert in their endless possibilities.   During this 3 hour zoom you are invited to join with Dawn Emerson as she shows you what PanPastels are, and how to use them alone or with stick

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Rocky Mountain High Plein Air Workshops with Liz Haywood-Sullivan 

To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Pastel Society of Colorado (PSC) in 2024, we are announcing a wonderful set of two 2-day workshops with Liz Haywood-Sullivan in the beautiful Arapaho National Forest.  Both workshops are sold out. Wait lists are now also full. Information from Liz: Painting the Rockies with Water Vistas – Part I and Part II  This destination workshop is an amazing opportunity to paint in one of the most breathtaking locations in the US. We will be heading up into the inspiring views of the Rocky Mountains north of Denver near Granby and Grand Lake. Each two-day

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October 2023 PAINT-ALONG DEMO! 

Instructor: Tracy Wilson  Date & Time: October 21, 2023 from 9:00 – 12:00pm MST  Minimum 20 attendees  ZOOM  Chiaroscuro Still Life Painting.  Registration is now closed for this workshop. Check back for next month’s paint-along. The Chiaroscuro style of painting has existed since the Renaissance period and is defined as the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, creating bold contrasts that affect the entire composition. It is an Italian term which literally means ‘light-dark’. Whatever is lit in the painting becomes the focal point and is emphasized by the surrounding darkness. The use of such strong contrasts of light achieves a

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September 2023 Paint-Along Demo with Kathy Beekman

September 16, 2023 Zoom, 9am-Noon MST Cloudscapes: Painting the Drama and Beauty of Clouds. Clouds are an important part of our lives, since they affect our every day with the weather they bring. They are also a popular subject in landscape paintings, but capturing their essence and likeness can be a challenge because they are ever-changing. Clouds float across the sky in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and colors, from white, wispy tails to towering, dark grey thunderclouds. “Clouds exist in a constant state of flux, shifting effortlessly from one form to another. And then they’re gone” shedding their moisture

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“Layering the Light” Pastel Workshop, with Rita Kirkman

8/29/2023 – 8/31/2023 Rockport TX $470, or $390 for RAC members In this intensive 3-day workshop, you will learn how to create a vibrant sense of glowing light in your pastel paintings. Instruction emphasizes value and temperature as keys to unlocking the light. Learn an underpainting method using pastel primers to “nail the values!” Multiple small works are encouraged for speedy artistic growth. For adventurous beginners all the way to advanced pastelists. Rita will demo an average of twice daily, and at least three hours each day will be devoted to individual feedback and critiques. This workshop is not subject

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Fundamentals of Landscape painting from Life with LORENZO CHAVEZ

8/29/2023 – 9/1/2023 Blue Bird Studios, Santa Fe, New Mexico We will be present with nature while creating a painting and learning and experiencing from life the beautiful and inspiring effects of Color, Light, Shadows, Values, and the fresh air. Painting directly in front of and surrounded by the captivating landscape.Let me be your artist guide to the practice of Plein Air Painting. Blue Bird StudiosSanta Fe New MexicoAugust 24th – Sept 1720-933-4022 for more info…

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August 2023 Paint-Along Demo with Marla Baggetta

Instructor: Marla BaggettaDate & Time: August 19, 2023 from 1-4pm MST Minimum 20 attendees ZOOM  1-Day Confident Compositions  During this one day intensive workshop, Marla will give you insights on how to create eye-catching work with simple, easy to apply steps that focus on the foundations of painting. Don’t miss this chance to level up your painting game!  Marla Baggetta is a nationally acclaimed artist, a gifted instructor, and a pioneer in the realm of online art education. With a career spanning over three decades, Marla’s artistry has flourished in pastel, oil, and notably, abstract acrylic.   Born with a passion for art,

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PSC Western Slope Workshop with Doug Dawson

August 4, 2023 to August 5, 2023 Grand Junction, Colorado Registration is now open for the Doug Dawson 2-day workshop, August 4th and 5th, 2023 Doug Dawson will be teaching a two-day pastel workshop on the Western Slope in association with the PSC Members’ Show. The workshop will be held at the Glade Park Community Center, which is located at 1411 S. 16 ½ Road in Glade Park.  This workshop will be an indoor event, and Doug’s description of the topics that will be covered include the following: how to achieve color harmony, creating exciting color, the use of color thumbnails, approaches to

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