Painting Pet Portraits with Pastels

Pastels are a colorful and beautiful medium for painting your pet portraits. They capture the mood, the glow, the expression, the love, and the connection between you and your pet. With pastels you can paint their beautiful eyes, their shapes, their ears, their nose, their fur, and their whiskers. Pet Portraits make great keepsakes and gifts to family and friends. Come and learn about pastel painting while creating portraits of pets that will be cherished forever.

During this course, we will learn about all of the materials and surfaces for painting with pastels. We will cover many of the techniques for various strokes, mark – making, and underpainting to apply pastels including hard pastels, soft pastels, and pastel pencils. Stephen has been painting watercolors, pastels, and oils around the world since 1996. He has studied with the artists at the Cape Cod School of Art and many of the top artists internationally. His paintings are in many private collections, Veteran Homes, and Museums. Stephen regularly exhibits his work in various events in DE, PA, NJ, MD, and VA. His paintings have appeared in a number of local publications.