Pastel Portraits Course

Description

If you’ve struggled with painting pastel portraits, this course is right for you. Learn essential tools for painting, including:

• How to start with the best reference photo you can.
• Establishing a powerful composition.
• Controlling proportion to achieve likeness.
• Strategies for choosing the right color palette for your model.
• How to build a portrait from “blocking-in” to “refining”.
• Creating painterly portraits that express the life of the subject.

Skill Level

This course is right for beginning and intermediate artists. If you’ve never worked with pastels before, you might find this course challenging. For those who are working with pastels for the first time, consider first taking: Pastel for Beginners

Course Format

Learn essential tools for painting pastel portraits from some of the nation’s top pastelists, Alain Picard and Chris Ivers. One of our most popular instructors, Chris Ivers will be available to answer your questions and provide feedback on your assignments