Pastels are fun, and versatile! Pastel drawings and paintings glow with intensely luminous color and rich texture.
Soft pastels are easily blendable, and can be blended with fingers, a blending stump, or a cloth. Unlike the process of painting, the colors are mixed directly on the paper and the colors that are produced, are wonderfully intense.
The following techniques would be taught during the session:
– Blending
– Hatching
– Cross Hatching
– Side strokes
– Feathering
– Pointalism
– Little strokes
With a lot of notable artists making soft pastels as their primary medium, considering that they are fun to use, just like a chalk!
Materials needed –
– Soft pastels
– Thick art sheet
So come explore the brilliant colors and just dive right in without needing paintbrushes, solvents or a palette.
Day & Date: Sunday, 12th July
Time: 3 pm to 5 pm (IST)
Fee: Rs 600 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Venue: Online session on zoom
Soft Pastel workshop – Beginner workshop in Bangalore
Pastels are fun, and versatile! Pastel drawings and paintings glow with an intensely luminous color and rich texture.
Soft pastels are easily blendable, and can be blended with fingers, a blending stump, or a cloth. Unlike the process of painting, the colors are mixed directly on the paper and the colors that are produced, are wonderfuly intense.
With a lot of notable artists making soft pastels as their primary medium, considering that they are fun to use, just like a chalk!
So come explore the brilliant colors and just dive right in without needing paintbrushes, solvents or a palette.
About the artist
Born and brought up in Bangalore, Aliya has been passionate about art, since she was a kid. She has conducted various art exhibitions and workshops.
Colors have always made her happy, that took her to Chitrakala parishad where she has done courses on various art techniques and that’s where she stumbled upon the beauty of soft pastels and the vibrancy of this medium of art.
To know more about the various mediums that Aliya deal with, the link mentioned above as co-host will give you more details on the same.
Day & Date – Saturday, 31st March
Time – 2.30pm -5.30pm
Fee – Rs 1500 (inclusive of all taxes and material costs)
This is also a good intorduction on soft pastels for the children in the summers. Any child above 8 years can be a part of this workshop
Come and explore soft pastels/ colored charcoal and feel the beauty and softness of the medium while creating what your heart desires. In a 3-hour guided session, participants will learn blending and create a vibrant painting of their choice.
You can do a Ganesha, Krishna, landscape, abstract whatever resonates with you.
Learn all the techniques required to master it and go back equipped to make anything and everything.
You will take back a finished work on a beautiful textured handmade paper.
Date – 25th Feb, Sunday
Time – 02.30pm-5.30pm
Age: 8+ and adults
Fee – Rs 1,200 + Gst (inclusive of workshop material)
About the Art Instructor:
Priyanka, a graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute, has been painting professionally since 2004. Her works have been exhibited internationally and she has been reviewed in worldwide media More information on the artist can be found on www.priyankasgallery.com, www.facebook.com/studiochhavi
