with Teri Utz Bersée
Friday, June 9 and Saturday, June 10, 2023
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (1 hour lunch break)
$225
Soft Pastels provide the most direct flow of pigment from human hand to paper of almost any medium, and the beautiful hues available are pretty darn exciting. In this 2-day workshop, you will learn how to start painting with this wonderful medium, and of course that includes choosing a good subject, creating a pleasing composition and recording proper values to create a lovely piece of finished art.
Day 1: We will learn basic mark-making and other practices after a demo or two, discussing related elements. Each student will begin and complete a pastel painting.
Day 2: We will review first day and instructor will field any questions/concerns. Then we will begin and complete at least one other painting on that final day. You may bring your own photos - that you've taken - to use on the second day (subject to discussion with instructor) for your final painting(s). If you don't have any suitable source photos, the instructor will have some for you to use.
MATERIALS TO BRING:
Students will provide their own materials. A supply list will be sent out prior to the workshop.
Contact Pickle Street School Studio to register.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
With an impressionistic edge, Teri calls upon her love of nature, architecture and human and animal forms to create realistic landscapes, portraits and still life (usually in oil or soft pastel). In 2008, after working in the commercial art and design field for over 30 years, she established a studio providing art classes for children and adults, which she maintained for ten years. Teri has won numerous local and regional awards for her art, and is now adding national level competitions. One commissioned work now hangs permanently in the Holocaust Museum at the Shrine of Maximilian Kolbe, IL. Her newest adventure is concentrating on plein air painting when weather permits - it’s not easy, but a great learning experience!
View Teri’s website: https://www.teriutzbersee.com