Ella Delyanis

1/23—4/2, 10-weeks, 10 AM-1 PM (No class 2/20)

From quick sketches to rich, painterly applications, experiment with pastels as you become comfortable with this versatile medium. Work from still life, the landscape, and the portrait model as you try different papers and methods of application. Model fee included. $295

List of Materials for First Pastel Class

• 18” x 24” piece of grey Canson MiTientes pastel paper
• 18” x 24” piece of white Canson MiTientes pastel paper
• Pack of three sticks of medium vine charcoal
• 18” x 24” drawing board padded with 12 sheets of 18” x 24” newsprint drawing paper
• Clips to hold both padding and your pastel paper
• 3 sticks of Rembrandt soft pastels: grey, black, and white

PASTEL DRAWING SUPPLIES (COMPREHENSIVE LIST)

MOST OF WHAT IS LISTED BELOW IS INFORMATIONAL - DO NOT BUY ALL!

We will talk about exactly what you need in the first class.

Types of Soft Pastels

• Rembrandt (soft) - Suggested for beginners. Box of 30 half length sticks. (Best to get)
• Nu Pastel (generally harder than Rembrandt or Winsor Newton).
• Sennelier - Hand-made French pastels (very soft)
• Conte Pastels (harder)
• Yarka (harder)
• Schmincke (buttery, soft)
• Unison (soft)
• Rowney (soft)
• Holbein (medium hard)
• Girault (firm but soft)
• Great American (soft like Schmincke)
• Mount Vision (firm, fairly soft)
• Unison (firm but soft)

Other Supplies

• Paper, etc.
• Strathmore "500" series - charcoal paper; 18" x 24"; 100% rag; assorted tints (recommended to start).
• "Canson MiTientes" - available in various colors (recommended to start).
• Strathmore "400" series - pastel paper in various subtle shades; 18" x 24" (not recommended).
• Strathmore printmaking paper
• D'Arches "Cover" printmaking paper
• Wallis sanded (No Longer Available!) “Pastel Priemer” is similar
• Uart sanded paper
• LaCarte Pastel Board
• Pastelboard by Ampersand
• Sabretooth
• Windberg
• Art Spectrum Colourfix
• Schmincke Sannsfix
• Velour
• Pastelboard(Ampersand)
• Fixative
• Get Krylon - workable.
• Sennelier makes a non-workable pastel fixative.
• Miscellaneous
• Drawing Board with newspaper for padding recommended. (or just use a pad of newsprint for padding – clip to board – this is easier to do)
• Medium stiff bristle or nylon brush (in small and larger sizes)
• Soft brush, such as imitation or real sable, watercolor or makeup brush
• vinyl eraser
• Draw with medium vine charcoal and soft charcoal pencil

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