(Summer21) Visiting Artist Workshop: Painterly Pastel Landscapes with Cheryl O'Neil

Visiting Artist Workshop: Painterly Pastel Landscapes with Cheryl O'Neil
Days: Thursday 
Date: September 9
Time: 9:30AM - 3:30PM
Location: Art Barn Painting Studio
​Fee: $150 plus materials (materials list below)
 
Pastel and landscape are natural companions because pastel beautifully depicts light and atmospheric effects.
Soft (chalk) pastels are fun to use, vibrant, and expressive.  This informative one-day workshop explores the basic principles of pastel painting and will cover materials, composition, value, and color. We will focus on technique and experimentation through a series of demonstrations, guided exercises, and individual instruction. Using landscape photographs as inspiration, you will learn to simplify a composition and paint a strong, expressive landscape. For beginning and intermediate students or those wanting to try a new medium.
Tentative class schedule:
Morning: Welcome/Overview of class, review supplies and how to set up pastels for class and home studio, discuss principles and techniques through demonstration, guided exercises and hand-outs
Lunch: Brown bag or pick up your lunch at a local market
Afternoon: Choose your landscape photograph to simplify  and paint, followed by individual instruction at the easel.

Class Materials list:

• Instructor will provide UArt sanded paper, Canson Mi Teints Gray Tone paper, and toned tan sketchbook paper
• 3 or more landscape photographs that you wish to work from

A variety of hard and soft pastels such as:

• Prismacolor NuPastel set of 12 or more, assorted colors

And

• Rembrandt, Unison or Richeson (soft pastel half-stick sets)

Or

• Mungyo Soft Pastels set of 48 square chalk, assorted colors (available on Amazon for around $14),

**Please note, do not bring oil pastels to the workshop**

• Isopropyl alcohol, 70% or 90%
• Small plastic cup or glass jar
• Paper towels and wet wipes (for cleaning hands) or “Gloves in a Bottle” (cream for skin protection)
• Glassine or wax paper (for covering pastels in progress)
• Synthetic watercolor brush (inexpensive, around one inch)
• Pencil, kneaded eraser, scissors and ruler
• Vine charcoal
• Artist tape (white)
• Drawing board or foam core sheet, around 16x16 or larger
• Beach towel to place under your work to catch dust and dropped pastels.

Recommended online suppliers:
www.dickblick.com
www.dakotapastels.com

Cheryl O’Neil's Bio:
Cheryl O’Neil is a pastel painter, art instructor, and art therapist. The beauty and whimsy of her surroundings inspire her artwork. She captures those qualities through distinctive compositions and bold colors. Originally a painter in acrylic and oils, Cheryl has been painting in pastels for the past twenty years and is always looking forward to where her creative journey will take her next.
For the past fifteen years Cheryl and her husband have made an annual September pilgrimage to The Vineyard, pastel supplies in tow. Exploring the island on foot and slowing down to take in the island’s natural beauty have been an integral part of her creative process and joy. She lives in Newton, MA, with her husband and her beloved perennial garden.
For more information, please visit www.cherylroneil.com
@cheryloneilart  (Instagram)