PAINTING PHOTOS WITH PAN PASTELS & WAX

This is one of my favorite mediums to work with. Pan Pastels are versatile. These cake like pigments can be used to boldly paint, softly blend, lightly tint, add stencil designs or hand color photographs. In this workshop, you will be given several demonstrations to show you all the countless ways that these are used in my art process. I will also demonstrate the best applicators, brushes and tools to use when painting with these multitude of powdered pigment cakes. We will apply a few layers of wax medium to each photo surface before we get started using a variety of oil pastels, pan pastels and pigment powders. These powder like pigments give the artwork a more diffused and transparent dynamic layering with depth development. We will use stencils and mask off areas to control where the pigments fall. In this workshop, you will find out which brand and type of pastel to use for the specific effect you are wanting to achieve in your art pieces. Demonstrations will include using the butane torch, mixing powder pigments with molten wax and application procedures. All materials are supplied in this intense mind blowing workshop.