Students will learn:

• Basic pastel techniques

• Different pastel brands, pastel papers and the use of fixatives

• How to block a painting in with three values

• Three different ways to start a pastel painting

• Developing thumbnails for problem solving

This class will assist students in obtaining a certain level of confidence in their painting ability and to acquire skills that can be used with any painting medium.

• 431 Steel Gray Canson Pastel Paper
  

• NuPastels and your soft pastels.( starter sets would work fine with both)
  

• Pastel support/drawing board for 11”x 14” paper
  

• Kneaded eraser

Mike's work has won several awards in pastel and watercolor in both regional and national exhibits since 1971 and his work hangs in private collections around the world. He has been in the Pastel Journal's Top 100 for 2005 and just recently selected for 2007 for his portrait and figurative work. Mike is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America and the Pastel Society of Colorado; he is also a member of the Pastel Society of the Northern Rockies.