Painting with Pastels with Jill Starkey
In this workshop you will learn an approach that highlights darks and lights, cools and warms and contrasting colors. Students will learn design and color usage, pastel painting as opposed to pastel drawing and what to look for in a potential pastel image. In this class students will work from photographs. This will be a high energy class with laughter, conversation, and an abundance of color.
Three Days | Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, February 29–March 2 | 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. | $275
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Jill has studied art for almost 25 years. She is a member of the Pikes Peak Pastel Society and the artists cooperative, Art on South Main, in Pueblo. She has received several awards for her work; most recently, “Best of Show” in the 2007 Pikes Peak Pastel Society Show and an award at the Sangre De Cristo Art Center Show.
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Each student is expected to have their own photos or ones they have permission to work from, no magazines, calendars, or prints not their own. We will discuss the ethics and logistical problems of reproducing from an image unknown to the artist.
I prefer to work on sanded paper and I request that my students do so also. There are several available to pastel painters. Art spectrum and Kitty Wallis are two of them. I make my own ground for painting on, but I know that Meiningers carries sanded papers.
Each student needs to have a fairly complete set of pastels. Not oil pastels. Because there are so many available I do not request any certain brand. Certainly not a beginner set because the colors are not very good quality.
My recommendation would be any one of or combination of the following: Ludwig, Schmincke, Unison, Art Works, Sennelier, Girault, Great American, Rembrandt. These are off the top of my head and I know there are many more out there. NuPastels are very hard and are better combined with a softer brand.
A hard bristle brush for removing pastel from the work surface.
A soft sable brush, pointed, for using the alcohol.
I will supply the de-natured alcohol for setting in the darks.
Masking tape