Pan Pastel Hoopoe Birds

Zoom Pastel Class

 

I have been teaching an introduction to Pastels for the Seminole County Library for this past month via Zoom.  The class was successful with 17 or 18 particpants each of the four weeks. They produced lovely, colorful and original pastel drawings of the subjects that I selected. 

We started with a landscape so that they could work without the restrictions of a drawing and learn to use most of the strokes and blending techniques.

The following week, we drew this clown fish. The Library them

e for the Summer Reading Program is Tails and Tales and I was asked to include an animal so I included three. I chose animals that were distinctive in color and markings so that the students would have an easier time creating the images.

Next came the Toucan.

And during last night's class we drew a Racoon. This is the image I drew for the class, no mean feat since I have to draw sideways during the class. 

They have drawn fish, fowl and four leggeds and have asked for a monthly class. I'm so glad they enjoyed my favorite medium and somehow I plan to provide these students with a monthly class. 

Pelican for Skillshare class

This lovely Pelican, completed with Pan Pastels and a very few pencils, is the subject of my latest Skillshare Class.