Painting Clouds in Pastel

Students will learn tips and tricks for rendering various types of clouds and creating depth and distance using pastels. Students may bring their own cloud reference photos, or use those provided by the instructor.

About the Teacher: ​

I have always loved to draw, but as a public school music teacher, my outlet for art was primarily bulletin boards until about twenty-two years ago.  I had been using chalks to make posters for my then five-year-old son, when I signed up for a summer adult-education course.  My instructor told me that if I was really interested in painting in pastels, I should learn how to draw!

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I have since taken evening classes in drawing, painting, figure drawing and landscape painting at Munson Williams Proctor Institute, and have been critiqued by Louise Frechette, PSA and Mary Padgett, PSA and attended workshops with Kathleen Galligan, PSA, Sean Dye, PSA and Michael…