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2-Day Pastel Workshop:
Pastel Painting Interiors
with Desmond O’Hagen
Friday, October 5 and Saturday, October 5th
10:30 AM – 4:00 PM
This two-day course will include the following:
• A slide presentation and lecture on painting in pastels including people, still lifes, interiors, urbanscapes, and landscapes.
• Discussions on painting materials, surfaces, developing your painting style, and working methods unique to pastels.
• Demos emphasizing composition, color, and technique.
• Daily individual critiques of students’ paintings in progress.
Additional topics explored include solving common painting problems, experimenting with new approaches to painting, working from photographs, framing pastels, and tips on photographing interiors and people for reference material. This course is designed for each student to work at his/her own pace while enjoying the experience of painting with pastels and or oils. Daily demonstrations.
MATERIAL LIST
Set of soft pastels with a good variety of dark, medium, and light colors (no oil pastels or nu pastels). The brands Desmond uses are Unison, Rembrandt, Sennelier, and Jack Richeson soft pastels. If interested (but not necessary for the workshop), Desmond designed a pastel set for Jack Richeson Co. called Desmond O’Hagan Essential Pastels which can be purchased at Dakota Arts and Judson Art Outfitters:
https://www.dakotapastels.com/product/RichesonHR40DesmondOHagan?cat=242&idsku=18890
Desmond O'Hagan Essential Pastel Set/40
Also bring a drop cloth, pastel paper of choice (not too heavily sanded), easel, drawing board support for pastel paper, and photographs from which to work.
Please bring a good variety of photographs including figurative, landscape, urbanscape, etc. Lastly, please bring two medium thick point magic markers (black and medium grey) and a few sheets of regular white paper.
Workshop Details
Location: TBD
FEE
Pikes Peak Pastel Society Members: $250.00
Non-members: $350
About Desmond O’Hagan
Desmond O’Hagan was born in Wiesbaden, Germany and was raised in the United States. He enjoys working in a variety of media, but his primary focus is pastels and oils. Constantly challenging himself has translated into a fulfilling career in fine art encompassing several oneman shows and participation in group exhibitions in the United States, Japan, China, and France. O’Hagan was recently awarded Eminent Pastelist status with the International Assoc. of Pastel Societies. He is a Master Pastelist with the Pastel Society of America and is listed in Who’s Who in American Art. O’Hagan has won several awards at the Pastel Society of America’s annual shows in New York City. He has also won the George Innes, Jr. Memorial Award from the Salmagundi Club. At the 1999 International Association of Pastel Societies Exhibition held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, O’Hagan was awarded the Prix’d Pastel Award (Best of Show). In May of 2005, he was inducted into the IAPS “Masters Circle”.