Watercolor & Pastels at Pendle Hill (four-day workshop)
Adult Summer Workshop | Available
Deepen your experience of one or both watercolor and pastel painting, either on their own or in combination with each other. Each student will work individually with the instructor to identify an area of growth, a project, or an idiom of painting to develop. Foundational techniques such as color mixing, paint handling, composition, shading, hatching, and blending will be taught as a means for each student to further their development. As needed, we will explore even using acrylic mediums to further both pastel and watercolor language. Experimentation and creative use of the materials will be encouraged.
What you will learn:
1. How/when to utilize pastel pencil, hard pastel, and soft pastel.
2. Color Theory: analogous color, complementary color, contrast, color harmony/cohesion
3. Application Techniques- blending, layering, cross-hatching
4. Linear and tonal modelling
5. Techniques for using pastels in combination with other media (gouache, watercolor, acrylic, charcoal)
6. Approaches to composition
This class is taking place at Pendle Hill. Pendle Hill is a Quaker study, retreat, and conference center welcoming all for Spirit-led learning and community. Pendle Hill is located at 338 Plush Mill Rd. Wallingford, PA 19086-6023.
If you would like to purchase lunch from Pendle Hill, you may add this option for $60 ($15/day) during the registration process. Lunch at Pendle Hill is from 12pm - 1pm, and includes gluten free and vegetarian options. If you opt-in, please share any relevant dietary restrictions or allergies via email or by updating your online account. You can learn more about lunch at Pendle Hill here.
If you would like to book an overnight stay at Pendle Hill, you may do so here.
Pastel
• Pastels: Soft pastels - set of at least 12+ colors. Optional: Hard pastels such as NuPastel and/or pastel pencils such as Caran d’ Arches Supracolor. Pastels of all types can also be purchased individually, to supplement your set.
• Paper: Canson Mi-teintes Pastel Paper Pad- Assorted colors (12x 16 inch, 24 sheets). Alternatively, any pastel or charcoal paper. Suggestions: Arches Cover Stock. 22x30” 250 gsm. White, off-white, cream, gray, and/or black; Sandpaper for Pastels; Hahnemühle Velour pads.
• Erasers: White plastic and kneaded eraser
• Blending - soft cloth, chamois, blending stumps, and/or makeup sponges. Get one or many.
• Fixing: can of spray fixative
• Pencil: HB or harder. Pencil sharpener.
• Sketchbook
Watercolor
• Watercolor paints: A set of at least 10 colors. Tubes and/or pans (they are interchangeable and inter-mixable). Optionally, goache and/or acrylic paint.
• Watercolor paper: Any paper sold as “watercolor” will work. Weight - 140lb. Surface - Cold Press. Recommended: Arches Aquarelle.
• Paint mixing tray. Some sets include one. Recommended:small enameled butcher tray.
• Brushes: One small, one medium, and one large paint brush in both flat and round shapes. 1” flat brush recommended.
• Paper towels: one roll
• Two jars for water; such as for pasta sauce, jam, or yogurt.
• Spray bottle, a small, fine-spraying one, like one might use for perfume
• Pencil: HB or harder. Pencil sharpener.
• Sketchbook
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