Workshop: Five-Step Approach to Pastel Painting - With Jill Wagner

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    Room
    Cornwell Gallery
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    Time
    Friday & Saturday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
    Age Range

    18 - no maximum age

    Grade Range
    Adult - Adult
    Member tuition
    $250.00
    Non-member tuition

    $300.00 (become a member)

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    Description

    2-day workshop: Friday - Saturday, May 16-17, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
    Adults - Ages 18+

    Explore the beauty of soft pastels and create unique, personal works of art based on your own reference photos. Participants will learn how to find dynamic compositions with strong focal points and push color to enhance their vision. We will step away from the confinement of exact “copying” of reference materials and move toward finding our own interpretation of a scene. 

    Day One will begin with a short demonstration using a tonal underpainting to create a halftone “structure” on which to build a pastel painting. We’ll discuss how to crop into photos for various compositional options and how to loosely block in dark and medium areas that establish a value plan, before adding color. 

    Day Two will begin with another short demo using a colorful watercolor underpainting which uses complimentary colors to create an impressionistic, “vibrating” effect. After creating several value sketches, emphasis will be on students painting loosely and using strong marks to strengthen their chosen composition.

    • Beginner to Advanced students welcome.
    • SUPPLIES REQUIRED - Please click on the Supply List link below for details.
    SUPPLIES & MATERIALS
    Supplies provided
    No
    Art Area
    Visual Arts
    Medium
    Pastels
    Instructor(s)

    Jill Stefani Wagner

    Artist and CTAC Workshop Instructor
    CTAC Traverse City
    Cancellation & Class Policies

    Cancellation Policy for Traverse City Classes (In-Person)

    Student Withdrawal
    Requests for cancellation by the student at least seven (7) days prior to the first day of class will be honored (minus a $20 processing fee).  NO REFUNDS will be given for a student cancellation made less than seven (7) days in advance of the first day of the class.

    Class Cancellations (Weather)
    In the event of inclement weather, CTAC-TC will announce the cancellation on its website and phone system (231-941-9488). We will do our best to provide a make-up opportunity for the missed class. Refunds will not be given if the student is unable to attend the rescheduled session of class. Please note that CTAC-TC does not follow Traverse City Area Public School closings.

    Student Absence
    We are unable to offer refunds or make-up sessions for classes missed due to student absence.

    Minimum Enrollment
    Crooked Tree Arts Center reserves the right to cancel any class that does not meet its minimum student enrollment prior to the first class session. If a class is cancelled by CTAC for lack of enrollment, CTAC will offer a full refund to the student in the manner in which tuition was paid. (Cash payments will be refunded by check.)