Supply List
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Lesson Notes
Here’s a list of the supplies needed to go through the course. I have listed the supplies I used plus other suggestions. It will be helpful for you to have these supplies on hand so you can work along with me.
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Course Progress
Lessons
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GETTING STARTED
- Welcome!
- Tips on getting the most out of this workshop
- A Tour Of The Course – WATCH THIS!
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MATERIALS
- Introduction to pastels
- A look at some pastel starter sets
- Pep Talk: Invest in the Best
- Introduction to papers
- A look at some pastel paper brands
- An introduction to paper colour
- Pastels on white or light paper
- Introduction to black paper
- Pastels on black paper
- Pastels on mid-value, neutrally coloured paper
- Introduction to fixatives
- Some fixative brands at work
- The arguments for using a floor easel
- How to choose a floor easel
- Other supplies
- Pep Talk: Your Studio
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SKILL BUILDERS
- Mark-making
- The importance of pressure
- Breaking your pastels (deliberately!)
- Pep Talk: Be Fearless
- Introduction to Values
- Organizing your pastel sticks into values
- Composition Basics Part 1
- Composition Basics Part 2
- What is a thumbnail?
- Some thumbnail examples
- Thumbnails – one last thing
- Pep Talk: Look See Do
- Colour Basics
- Everything’s relative
- Working with negative shapes
- Magic Squares
- Blocking in the Big Shapes
- Creating colour studies
- How to choose colours for your first layer
- Choosing first layer colours
- Scumbling
- All About Edges
- Greying bright colours
- Making corrections
- About backgrounds
- Pep Talk: Be Kind To Yourself
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THE DEMOS!
- Setting up the still life
- Pep Talk: Working From Life
- Creating the thumbnails
- Drawing up the image on paper
- The DEMO on speed
- Pep Talk: Choosing Music
- The entire DEMO in real time
- DEMO – Part 1
- DEMO – Part 2
- DEMO – Part 3
- DEMO – Part 4
- DEMO – Part 5
- DEMO – Part 6
- DEMO – Part 7
- DEMO – Part 8
- DEMO – Part 9
- DEMO – Part 10
- DEMO – Part 11
- DEMO – Part 12
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AFTER THE PAINTING
- Pep Talk: Paint Now, Judge Later
- Are we there yet?
- Questions to ask near the finish
- So is the painting finished?
- About signing
- Preparing to sign
- Signing the demo
- A few more words about fixative
- Fixing the demo piece ….outside!
- Pep Talk: Stay Healthy
- Preparing your piece for storage
- About framing
- Pep Talk: What to Paint Next
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THE WRAP-UP
- The end….or the beginning
- Blooper reel!
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PHOTO GALLERY
- Images painted
- Pastels used
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RESOURCE VIDEOS
- Create Gorgeous Greys
- Using a Viewfinder
- Cleaning Soft Pastels
- High Key – What Does That Mean?
- Low Key Painting – What Is It?
- Prune Plums in a Bowl
- Bowl and Fork with 8 Schmincke Pastels on Toned Paper
- Bowl and Fork With Terry Ludwig Muted Colours on Light Paper
- Eggplant and Garlic with Mount Vision Pastels
- Painting Glass
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