Medium: Students will be working in hard and soft pastels with wet underpainting. Photo references and a still life will be provided.
Materials: Students should refer to the class materials list.
Registration: Each student needs to enroll individually.
Location: Sedona Arts Center, Theatre Studio in the Art Barn.
Are you drawn to the beauty and versatility of pastel but don’t know where to start? This crash course is for you. We will have pastel demonstrations, exercises, and plenty of at-easel encouragement. Learn how to block in a design, underpaint using a wet wash, experiment with a variety of pastel surfaces and materials. With an emphasis on achieving correct values, colors, and shapes you will create an exciting floral still life and leave the workshop with skills to begin your pastel journey.
Please bring your lunch and a sense of adventure.
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Nori Thorne
An award-winning pastelist, Nori was featured artist in Art of the West’s July/August 2023 issue and was juried into Pastel Society of America’s Enduring Brilliance and 99 Voices in Pastel. She will be visiting artist at the Amerind Museum in October 2024, concurrent with the exhibit, The Power of Pastels. Currently she is working on a series of paintings inspired by ancient ruins and pictographs found in the red rock canyons near Sedona.
Materials List – students must bring the following with them:
Small sketchbook (used for notans and thumbnail sketches)
9B Pencils and pencil sharpener
Cheap craft watercolor brushes, 1.5” wide, flat
Small selection of Nupastels – the 12 piece assorted set at Dakota Art Pastels is $20.00.
Medium and soft pastels. If you don’t have any, you could purchase Unison’s 8-piece mini set in red/orange ($16.95) and green ($16.95) at Dakota Art Pastels.
We will work on 12 x 16 panels. You can mount your own paper as pre-mounted, sanded panels or you can purchase white 12 x 16 Ampersand Pastelbord ($17.00) at Dakota Art Pastels. I also like Dakota Uart P400 8 Ply Board ($16.50). Bring at least 2 panels to the workshop.
Paper towels
Please note: I will have a selection of hard and soft pastels for you to experiment with and a limited number of pastel panels you can purchase.
Students may register online or by calling the Sedona Arts Center Office at 928-282-3809, ext. 1.
Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express are accepted or student may pay with cash or check by registering in person during office hours Monday – Friday, 9 am – 5 pm.
In-Person and Online Classes Cancellation
Students must cancel or transfer at least 7 days prior to the first day of class.
If a student cancels or transfers before the 7-day cut-off, a 15% fee will be applied.
If a student cancels within 7 days prior to class, there are no refunds.
If Sedona Arts Center cancels the class for any reason, all payments made will be refunded in full.
Important Message
The Sedona Arts Center is not responsible for providing make-up sessions or issuing refunds, credits, or transfers for courses missed as a result of illness, emergencies, or other events beyond our control. There are absolutely no refunds after the cut-off date for any reason, unless the Sedona Arts Center has to cancel the workshop, then all fees paid will be refunded in full.
