Animal Pastels (Ages 18+)

Strengthen your observational skills with a toolkit of five simple drawing techniques! After practicing the skills, you can choose to work from a photo of any animal you want. From start to finish, using pencil and chalk pastel, in just 10 hours you will learn how to create the most detailed and realistic full color image you’ve ever made. Zan Lombardo brings 40 years of experience teaching pastels.

Class 1: Five Drawing Techniques working from b/w bird photos, choose final animal

1. Circles and Ovals
2. Contour Line
3. Negative Space
4. Upside Down
5. Shading Only, No Lines, 5-step Value Scale

Class 2: Layout Animal with white chalk using photo as reference and 5 techniques

Class 3: First and Second Layers of chalk using chalks lined up from light to dark

Class 4: Background, Details, take photos, take work home

Supplies will be provided by the Instructor- please bring $10 to the first class to cover the cost of the supplies