Description
Experience the joy of using soft pastel sticks to create quick, powerful urban sketches. You’ll go directly from pigment to paper as instructor Ken Czech shows you how to employ various techniques to achieve desired effects. Suitable for beginners as well as experienced pastel artists, participants will learn mark-making, composition and styles of approach for subjects including buildings, landscapes and people.
Distance to sketching location:
None
Average walking time:
None
Learning Goals
In this workshop, participants will:
- Learn about various pastel applications and techniques, including mark making
- Learn composition and approaches for various types of urban sketching scenes and subjects
- Explore pastel versatility and how to create sketches that range from moody and impressionistic or descriptive and intricate
Supply List
- A selection of soft-pastel sticks, maybe 6-8, including lights and darks
- Small sheets of pastel paper cut to size (about 8×10)
- Stick of vine charcoal for sketch layouts on paper
- A sketchbook with a stiff cover or backing board to support the paper
- This is a new course; more supply details to come
Urban Sketchers Chicago 