Karol Oakley: Waterscapes in Soft Pastel

2 DAY WORKSHOP

Let’s explore where land meets water with soft pastel techniques to create light and life on your paintings Waterscapes

Course Outline:

Starting with the basics of pastel mark making, this workshop takes your pastel skills to a new level when we also introduce underpainting. Discover underpainting techniques that are tried and tested, shown to give artworks that extra edge for light and life in any style of painting. We are using watercolour and soft pastel, with a bit of theory and a whole lot of splosh, to loosen up and fearlessly get a painting on its path to success. See the exciting results you can create, both for the artist and the viewer. This is a guided structured workshop, with step by step demonstrations in manageable size steps, explanations and one on one help.

Course Outcomes:

Exciting colour combinations to suit the mood and story of the artwork. Underpainting techniques that are fun to explore. Discover how to create texture with the underpainting. Setting the tone ready for pastel. How to use pastel and not get mud. Layering pastel for vibrancy. Pastel Mark Making Techniques Pastel Health and Safety guidelines A valuable method to use with confidence.

Materials List

Tutor Information:

Karol Oakley is a Master Pastellist with over 30 years pastel painting  experience to share. Karol prefers to paint from life and ‘en plein-air’. She  prefers to paint seascapes and landscapes on site. A dedicated educator of  the pastel medium in Australia and overseas, Karol Oakley is continually  invited to teach painting as workshops, demos and travel tours.  This Artist paints from life as much as possible and ‘en plein-air’ in pastel, oil and mixed media. Karol is constantly searching out patterns,  textures, vibrant colours and the light extremes of Mother  Nature’s presence. The majority of Karol’s work is based  on water themes in both the land and seascape. This  doesn’t stop her from exploring other subjects such as still  life, flowers and animal portraits. Karol works on the  premise that there is always more to learn and shares her  enthusiasm for painting through workshops and  demonstrations, when not out exploring new places and  painting her response to natures showcase.

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