Pastel painting: Create from the Summer Elements, from land, sea and into the cloudscapes!

Whether you are a beginner to way beyond, jump into the fun of making pastel marks reflecting the elements of nature. Pastel painting the elements this summer of water, earth, sky, and a bit of metal (architecture and sculpture) in and around the Museum grounds. Using the long summer evenings to take some photos / sketches in and around the museum then creating your painting in studio. Either explore the museum grounds, or bring your own landscape or seascape photos taken from favorite places, trips, your summer fun memories.

Instructor demos will give you tips, the how tos and take you into the steps in seeing the composition, light source, values, and mark making in showing the movement of water, sky, paths in nature, the blooms of trees and flowers. Group and one on one guidance given per level of your experience.

Painting in studio, we will use provided, your present moment photos of the museum grounds, and your own summer memory of favorite sea, landscape, and “place” source photos. Each week builds your pastel know–how confidence, by creating from nature’s elements your expression of the long days of summer sizzle, and cool shady moments.

Have some mark making fun, ignite your artistic passion using the crystalline beauty of soft pastels.