Pastel Lessons

The class guides you through the process of developing a wooded landscape with oil pastels. Learn how to bump up color contrasts to make a more dynamic landscape that resembles a painting.

This class guides you through the process of creating a pen and ink drawing of a horse. Learn how to use hatching and cross hatching to build textures and form. Learn how to use the quality of line to imply form and add variety to a line drawing.

This class emphasizes developing a thick application of the medium, working from the background to the foreground. Techniques for creating the illusion of space and applying oil pastels are covered, allowing you to create the impression of brushstrokes and learn how oil pastels can be used in a painterly manner.

This class teaches you how to use PanPastels to paint a dynamic landscape. You’ll start with creating the initial sky and background using large applicators, then build the middle ground and foreground with layered colors and varied mark-making to mimic brushstrokes. This class emphasizes loosening your technique and thinking in broad shapes rather than tight details, allowing the medium’s painterly qualities to shine.

Learn how to use oil pastels to create the illusion of water ripples in this recorded Live Lesson.

How to find the right mark to create different textures with pastels.

A look at a few techniques for applying the new medium of PanPastels - recorded from a live lesson.