Beginner Pastel Workshop with Betsy Payne Cook, PPSCC, CPS

Join Betsy’s workshop to immerse yourself in pastel painting and learn some basic pastel painting techniques.  Ideal for beginners or artists looking for a refresher. Through demonstrations and exercises/studies participants will become familiar with pastel techniques using hard and soft pastels, and experiment with layering and color/value choices, and how value is essential to pastel painting success.

Workshop participants will create small studies in pastels in the morning and in the afternoon devote time to completing a small painting.

Photo references will be provided but feel free to bring photos . There will be plenty of individual feedback throughout the workshop, and an ideal way to explore the versatility of painting with pastels