Pastels for the Petrified Workshop Fall 2024

Beginner Pastel Workshop

Date: Sunday Oct 6, (1 day) 2024, 9:30-3:30 pm.

Cost: Members 96.72 +HST, including materials

Non Members $99.00 + HST includes materials

Sunday: October 6 (1 day) 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. 

Fall in love with pastels and discover this beautiful and colourful medium. Using a step-by-step approach, Cathy will demonstrate the fundamentals of pastels such as mark making techniques, layering and colour mixing – all in a fun and encouraging environment. After a few skill building activities, you’ll create your own small pastel painting. Lots of demonstrations and individual attention provided. For all levels – some previous drawing experience is helpful. 

Place: Dundas Valley School of Art.

21 Ogilvie Street Dundas, Ontario Canada.

Pastels for the Petrified Spring 2024

Delighted to be teaching Pastels for the Petrified workshop again this spring, Sunday April 14, 9:30 to 3:30pm.  Fall in love with pastels and discover this beautiful and colourful medium. Using a step-by-step approach, I will demonstrate the fundamentals of pastels such as mark making techniques, layering and colour mixing – all in a fun and encouraging environment. After a few skill building activities, you’ll create your own small pastel painting. For all levels – some previous drawing experience is helpful. All materials supplied. Click here to register

Members: $92.84 + HST, Non-Members: $95 + HST (Prices include $15 material fee). 

Pastels for the Petrified Workshop Winter 2024

Beginner Pastel WorkshopSOLD OUT

Date: January 28, 2024, 9:30-3:30 pm.

Cost: Members: $76.87 + HST, Non-Members: $79 + HST

Place: Dundas Valley School of Art.

21 Ogilvie Street Dundas, Ontario Canada.

Fall in love with pastels and discover this beautiful and colourful medium. Using a step-by-step approach, I will demonstrate the fundamentals of pastels such as mark making techniques, layering and colour mixing – all in a fun and supportive environment. After a few skill building activities, you’ll create your own small pastel paintings. Lots of demonstrations and individual attention provided. For all levels – some previous drawing experience is helpful. Click here to register

Spring Into Colour: Pastels for the Beginner Artist – Oakville Art Society Spring 2022

Starting in person April 13, 2022

Daffodils by Cathy Lorraway

Spring Into Colour: Pastels for the Beginner Artist Levels 1 to 3  

Wednesday nights, 7-9pm. 6 weeks. April 13, 2022 to May 18, 2022

Explore the potential of pastels to portray the vibrant colours of spring.  By experimenting with different colour schemes, underpaintings and exploring layering of colours, and texture, we will discover how to create dramatic paintings. We will also build pastel techniques using still life and florals.  Although this course is meant to build on skills developed in Colour My World part one, artists new to pastel are also welcome and encouraged to discover the potential of this wonderful medium.  You will be provided with photographic references, but students are encouraged to work from their own more meaningful landscape photographs.  Class demonstrations and individual instruction provided throughout in a fun, supportive environment.

Click here to register at Oakville Art Society Course Fee: $125   Members: $110

Colour my World: Pastels for the Beginner Artist II Oakville Art Society Level 1-2 – Fall 2021

Explore the potential of pastels to portray the colours and light of different seasons. By experimenting with different colour schemes and underpaintings and exploring layering of colours, we will discover how to create dramatic nocturnal paintings as well as mood and depth in fall and winter scenes. We will also build on pastel techniques using still life. Although this course is meant to build on skills developed in Colour My World part one, artists new to pastel are also welcome and encouraged to discover the potential of this wonderful medium. The instructor will provide photographic references, but students are encouraged to work from their own more meaningful landscape photographs. Class demonstrations and individual instruction provided throughout in a fun, supportive environment.

8 weeks in person starting Thursdays October 7 – November 25, 2021, 1pm to 4pm

Course S2-124: Fee: $250   Members: $220 Oakville Art Society, 560 Bronte Road. Oakville, Ontario, L6L 6S1

To register click here and scroll to S2-124 Colour my World: Pastels for the Beginner Artist II