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- Pastels: Paint Landscapes
- Date: April 17 - May 1 (three sessions)
- Class Number: 25129
- Location: Online Live
- Instructor: Diana Randolph
- Materials: These supplies are only suggestions. You may use any art supplies. Listed are the materials the instructor will use during her demonstrations.
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Your own photos of favorite landscapes during any season A table easel or a heavy box to lean your drawing board against if working upright.
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A drawing board (smooth Masonite, several inches larger than your paper size).
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Any size set of dry pastels (A professional full set of hard 96 Nu-pastels is ideal).
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Other optional types include: pastel pencils, Rembrandt (medium), and Sennelier (soft) A number 2 pencil or three gray-tone brush markers (light, medium and dark) for making value study sketches
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Pen and notebook for taking notes
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Beige masking tape
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Paper towels
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Newspaper to cover your workspace
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Paint smock (optional)
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Pair of protective gloves (nitrile or latex) Any type of pastel paper cut to sizes 5 x 7 or 6 x 9 inches such as:
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Canson Mi-Teintes, La Carte, U-Art sanded, or suede mat board (color toned paper works nicely) Optional items for staining/creating an under painting on beige sanded pastel paper:
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Odorless paint thinner and a small flat brush; or a pan of watercolors, cup of water and different sizes watercolor brushes.
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- If you have any questions, please contact Diana Randolph, the instructor, at oiabms@cheqnet.net
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