New Intro to Pastel Class begins Thursday!

Want to learn about Pastel Painting?  Love the beautiful softness and richness of pastel, but don't know where to begin?

My new "Intro to Pastel Class Begins this Thursday.

This class is on Thursday mornings, January 24 - February 28th, from 10 am to 12:30 pm at the Carrboro ArtsCenter.   Class #1030 on page 11 of the new 2013 Winter-Spring ArtsCenter Class Catalog.

Click here for the catalog.

This class gives an overview of different pastels, pastel pencils, papers and materials, as well as pastel blending techniques. We will work from both photos and still life set-ups, with emphasis on shapes, values, and hard/soft edges. Special care in framing pastels will be discussed as well.

Class runs for 6 weeks, $120 non-members, $108 members.

Email me for a materials list at  k-e@mindspring.com.

 You can register in person at the ArtsCenter front desk, by mail with the registration form in the Catalog, by phone at (919) 927-2787 x201 with a credit or debit card, or online at www.artscenterlive.org.

Come join us, whether a beginner or intermediate level student that wants a refresher, and learn about the wonderful medium of pastel!

Would love to work with you in my class!

See you there!


Kim Werfel

http://www.kimwerfel.com

Flora, Goddess of Flowers

My latest off the easel...a playful one :)  Another from my trip to the Renaissance Faire in Huntersville, NC last October.

"Flora, Goddess of Flowers", pastel, 12"x17"©Kim Werfel

 This piece posed a few new problems for me to solve.  First of all, I rarely paint flowers so it was a new subject matter for me.   I really wanted to capture her beguiling expression and the riot of color so I went for it!  

Halfway into the piece I realized that the flowers were competing big-time with her face.  So I dramatically softened all the edges in the flowers leaving the flowers on her hair with the most contrast and the sharpest edges leading your eye there.  I let her arms show more than in the photo, but softened the edges there too so your eye wouldn't rest there.  

Finally, her face was in shadow and the red flowers were bouncing color into her face, so I pushed that too in order to bring your eye back to her face as the focal point.  I justify this by naming her a Goddess!  A fun experiment for me.

Hope you enjoy my adventure in pastels!

See more work at my website http://www.kimwerfel.com

Kim Werfel.

Come to the ArtsCenter's Instructor Open House and Learn about New January Pastel Class

 

The ArtsCenter of Carrboro is sponsoring an "Instructor Open House" event this Monday, January 7th, from 6-8 pm to help kick-off the new winter-spring classes. Meet me there...I'm the one with the pastels and demo on my easel! :)

 

 

 

My next "Introduction to Pastel Painting Class" is on Thursday mornings, January 24 - February 28th, from 10 am to 12:30 pm at the Carrboro ArtsCenter.   Class #1030 on page 11 of the new 2013 Winter-Spring ArtsCenter Class Catalog.

Click here for the catalog.

 

 

 

This class gives an overview of different pastels, pastel pencils, papers and materials, as well as pastel blending techniques. We will work from both photos and still life set-ups, with emphasis on shapes, values, and hard/soft edges. Special care in framing pastels will be discussed as well.

Class runs for 6 weeks, $120 non-members, $108 members.

Email me for a materials list at  k-e@mindspring.com.

 

 You can register in person at the ArtsCenter front desk, by mail with the registration form in the Catalog, by phone at (919) 927-2787 x201 with a credit or debit card, or online at www.artscenterlive.org.

 

Come join us, whether a beginner or intermediate level student that wants a refresher, and learn about the wonderful medium of pastel! 

Come meet me Saturday and sign up for my class!

 

See you there!


Kim Werfel

 

http://www.kimwerfel.com