PASTE L SOCI ETY OF AM E R ICA. Pastel Workshops OCTOB E R NOVE M B E R 2013

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1 PASTE L SOCI ETY OF AM E R ICA Pastel Workshops OCTOB E R NOVE M B E R 2013 The Pastel Society of America annonces 19 new workshops by acclaimed pastel artists. All workshops take place in the historic National Arts Clb of New York.

2 Yor Own Jorney Discovering with Frederick Somers, PSA October 6-7, 2012 Creatively Using Photographs with Patricia J. Wynne Before the Storm Painting Atmosphere with Rae Smith, PSA Master October 21, 2012 March 2-3, 2013 Be inspired and informed by the se of photograph references, landscape, still life, portrait or natre stdy, while avoiding being dependent pon the photographic image. The two class sessions will be York City Noctrnes New with Janet A. Cook, PSA This two day workshop will be a hands-on experience where artists can explore pastels sing techniqes Somers has learned throgh his career. Dry washes, adding and removing color, sing pastels as a wet medim and sing color fields as part of composition are some of the things that will be covered. Demonstrations will focs on both his techniqes and the thoght process he follows as he develops his paintings. Spend a day painting atmosphere all kinds of atmosphere! Whether it s a stormy day, a misty day or twilight, there are all sorts of techniqes to consider. PSA president, Rae Smith will lead stdents on an exploration of the air arond s. A one day workshop might not be enogh, bt it s a good beginning! Light on Black! Exploring with Christine Ivers, PSA October 28, 2012 Alla Prima Pastel with Bill Creevy, PSA Master November 4, 2012 Captre the excitement of NYC at night in pastel and water media. Enhance reflections and attribtes of night light by sing vivid nderpainting with pastel overlay. Working from photographs, stdents will learn how color, vale and perspective are important in captring the character of the city in vibrant pastel. An instrctor at the PSA School for Pastels, Cook s pastels are in nmeros collections. The Winter Landscape in Pastel with Liz Haywood-Sllivan, PSA Janary 18-20, 2013 & Hall of Fame 2011 October 21, 2012 In this hands-on workshop, stdents will learn the fndamental skills, materials and techniqes for completing a finished pastel in jst one short sitting. Paint stnning landscapes and experience the magic of painting on black textred Gator board. Enjoy the immediacy of brilliant color when pre pigment is applied to the ltimate of dark vales. Achieve impressive reslts while working on Ivers handmade boards available for prchase for a nominal fee at the workshop. Bring yor own photo or work from some that will be available. All levels welcome. Please contact the PSA office in advance of the workshop date for yor spply list: Stdy the color of snow, the effects of shorter days, and how to paint bare branches against the sky, etc. Participants will paint on black paper and nderpaint on sandpaper, exploring winter in its intricacies, and how it relates to pastel painting. Demonstrations and grop critiqe daily, along with individalized instrction at yor easel. All levels welcome devoted to sing photos as compositional tools, color inspiration, memory aids and detail reference. Class exercises will show how to change a photograph of any sbject to make an image that is niqely yor own. & Places: A Painterly Approach tofaces Portraits & Landscapes with Alain Picard, PSA March 9-10, 2013 Day one, Alain demonstrates a painterly approach to the portrait, massing shapes loosely and modeling toward the finish. Day two, Alain demonstrates a painterly approach to the landscape, revealing how the massing in shapes is applied to varied sbject matter. Working from their own photographic references, stdents receive individal instrction on the principles of shape, vale, edge, color and design. All levels welcome. psaoffice@pastelsocietyofamerica.org

3 Interpreting the Landscape with Barbara Cortney Jaenicke, PSA March 15-16, 2013 The Myriad of Color in Water with Dick McEvoy, PSA April 14, 2013 When water is still, it often allows for light and reflection to bonce off its smooth srface, illminating the colors arond it, rather than in it. The Portrait Painting with Ellen Eagle, PSA April 28, 2013 A Coloristic Approach to Landscape & Cityscape Painting with Frank Federico, PSA Master & Hall of Fame 2012 May 24-26, 2013 Painting is first energy and then techniqe, is the philosophy of instrctor Federico whose method is a niqe and exciting way to achieve a painterly pastel Move past copying a scene to interpreting it. Stdents will work on several small exercises that address selecting a color palette, developing a strong composition and simplifying bsy sbject matter in order to create a mood rather than jst a well rendered pictre. Barbara will give plenty of demonstrations and provide lots of help at the easel. Painting an Expressive Portrait with Wende Caporale, PSA Master March 23, 2013 Painting from live models, stdents will be gided throgh the process of creating a portrait with an emphasis on drawing, composition, vales and color. Simltaneosly they will be encoraged to proceed in a fashion that enables them to nderstand what to think abot as they observe the effect of light on form. movement of water is captred by seeing the entire myriad of colors on and below the srface, and by commnicating an nderstanding of light s reflection and refraction. This work shop is aimed at helping one see more than yo have before when painting water. Step-by-Step Portraits with Cécile Hoel, PSA April 20-21, 2013 Participants will learn pastel portraitre sing a for-step method: 1) light charcoal sketch in three vales; 2) advanced sketch in one color in three vales (nder layer); 3) fll color, creativity; 4) mystery of the eyes and the backgrond. Day one stdents will work from a photo to learn notions and rles of portraitre; day two stdents will work from a life model to achieve a beatifl painting. As stdents work from the model, Ellen helps her stdents engage in intense color analysis of the sbtle gradations of flesh tones and translate the complexities of tone and form into a beatiflly harmonios constrction. Digital images of the instrctor s works in progress will illstrate the development of her perceptions from start to completion of her portraits and still life paintings. Ellen s book, Pastel Painting Atelier, will be pblished by Watson-Gptill on April 23, Pan Pastels Everything bt the Kitchen Sink with Mindy Lighthipe May 18-19, 2013 PanPastel Colors are professional grade soft pastel colors packed in a niqe pan format (cake-like) that can be mixed and applied like paint. Available in 80 vibrant colors, they are very low dst for a cleaner working environment. Learn to combine PanPastels with other medims like watercolor, goache and colored pencil. The workshop covers creating backgronds, textres and details. A list of materials will be sent pon registration. All levels are welcome. rendering while stressing characteristics of composition and design. Demonstrations will show application of pastel over water media nderpainting. Working from landscape and cityscape photos and sketches and sing varios toned srfaces, participants will enhance their coloristic approach to pastel painting. Stdio Landscape Painting: Master Concepts of Color and Design with Dog Dawson, PSA Master & Hall of Fame 2008 October 4-6, 2013 Learn by observing demos from this award-winning artist, a master of both the landscape and figre. Topics covered: 1) Three types of powerfl compositions; 2) Seven principles sed to create the illsion of depth; 3) Use of a limited palette; 4) Find color soltions as yo pain; 5) Approaches to nder painting; 6) Use of edges to create the illsion of a textre; 7) Find the organizational shape; 8) The Field size theory of color. Please contact the PSA office in advance of the workshop date for yor spply list: psaoffice@pastelsocietyofamerica.org

4 Go Figre! with Diane Rosen, PSA Master October 20, 2013 Explore the playfl se of acrylics and other techniqes that add energy and expressive power to yor pastel figre paintings. Workshop discssions and individal instrction inclde fndamentals of composing in massed shapes, getting the most from a limited palette and working with layered washes, drips and spatters. All levels welcome. Fablos Florals with Christina Debarry, PSA October 27, 2013 color harmony, vale and temperatre. Learn to see and create lost and fond edges; examine the role of line and the interplay of light and shadow in creating depth of space. Waterfall Wonders in Pastel with Robert Carsten, PSA November 17, 2013 Explore the sensational sbject of falling water with this award-winning instrctor. Working from photos or sketches, emphasis will be on design, light effects and vale contrast, color, and expressive application of pastel. Create translcent watery effects, reflections, flowing water, wet and dry rocks, moss and more. All levels welcome. Register Now! FEES: One day workshops $100; two day workshops $250 and three day workshops $450 Intimate classes with one-on-one instrction 9:30 am 4:30 pm FALL 2012 WINTER/SPRING 2013 FALL 2013 Oct. 6-7 Frederick Somers, PSA Discovering Yor Own Jorney Oct. 14 Bill Creevy, PSA Master & Hall of Fame 2011 Pastel Alla Prima Oct. 21 Rae Smith, PSA Master Before the Storm Painting Atmosphere Oct. 28 Christine Ivers,PSA Exploring Light on Black! Nov. 4 Janet A. Cook, PSA New York City Noctrnes Jan Liz Haywood-Sllivan, PSA The Winter Landscape in Pastel Mar. 2-3 Patricia J. Wynne Creatively Using Photographs Mar Alain Picard, PSA Faces & Places: A Painterly Approach to Portraits & Landscapes Mar Barbara Cortney Jaenicke, PSA Interpreting the Landscape Mar. 23 Wende Caporale, PSA Master Painting an Expressive Portrait Apr. 14 Dick McEvoy, PSA The Myriad of Color in Water Apr Cécile Hoel, PSA Step-by-Step Portraits April 28 Ellen Eagle, PSA Portrait Painting May Mindy Lighthipe, PSA Pan Pastels Everything bt the Kitchen Sink May Frank Federico, PSA Master & Hall of Fame 2012 A Coloristic Approach to Landscape & Cityscape Painting Oct. 4-6 Dog Dawson, PSA Master & Hall of Fame 2008 Stdio Landscape Painting: Master Concepts of Color and Design Oct. 20 Diane Rosen, PSA Master Go Figre! Oct. 27 Christina Debarry, PSA Fablos Florals Nov. 17 Robert Carsten, PSA Waterfall Wonders in Pastel Debarry will gide her stdents to explore the lsh and rich experience of painting florals with a sensibility to color and its nances. Emphasis will be on PSA Workshop Payment & Refnd Policy for all Workshops (Effective November 2011) 1. On all workshops fll payment is reqired at the time of registration to reserve yor place in the workshop. This is the only method to reserve a place in a workshop. If a workshop is fll there will be a wait list with admission based pon first come, first served. 2. If yo cancel yor reservation in a workshop 15 days prior to the workshop, we will refnd the fll workshop fee. 3. If yo cancel yor reservation 14 days or less prior to the workshop, there is no refnd nless we are able to fill the slot from a wait list. If this happens, yor fee will be retrned mins a $50 handling charge 4. Cancellation notice to PSA is by , fax or phone dring work hors only. PSA starts conting from the PSA receipt of the notice of cancellation dring office hors. Office hors are posted on the web and on the office voice mail. 5. There are no exceptions to this policy. Please contact the PSA office in advance of the workshop date for yor spply list PASTEL WORKSHOPS Registration Form (Please Print) Name Address City State Zip Telephone (Day) (Eve) Date of workshops yo wish to attend:_ Amont enclosed (To register, a check for the fll amont of each workshop mst accompany this form.) Please make checks payable to: PASTEL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 15 Gramercy Park Soth, New York, NY 10003

5 PASTEL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INC. 15 Gramercy Park Soth New York, NY The only school devoted solely to pastel, the PSA School for Pastels is located in the Tilden Mansion of The National Arts Clb. This glorios, Gothic Revival brownstone, located at 15 Gramercy Park in New York City, is designated as both a New York City Landmark and a National Historic Landmark. Architect Phillip Johnson called the mansion, among the most beatifl in New York. The PSA School for Pastels is located in the historic bilding of The National Arts Clb. It is the only art school devoted solely to pastel. Please contact the PSA office in advance of the workshop date for yor spply list: psaoffice@pastelsocietyofamerica.org