Painting: Pastels (Beginner)


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Students must purchase the required materials for the class. Download the supply list from the class description or contact the Community Services office to obtain the list.

Pastel is a colored drawing medium made from pure colored pigment mixed with a binder to form a stick. The soft texture of these pastels can create smooth, smudgy lines and intense colors.

BASIC PASTEL PAINTING TECHNIQUE
 
  1. Work Vertical, using the tips, working with flat side, blending, layering, mixing, hard and soft pastels, mixed media
  2. Techniques: scumbling, layering, blending, dragging, dusting
  3. Shading: Highlight, Shade, Shadow, Reflected Light, and Cast Shadow.
  4. Shading techniques by rendering two-dimensional shapes so that they appear realistically three-dimensional.
  5. Types of Strokes: Edge, side strokes
  6. Creating Value Scales: Blending (hatching, cross-hatching, pressure strokes)
  7. Blending charcoal with your fingers, scumbling, masking
Who is this course for: Beginner artists and creatives who want to learn pastel techniques.

Supplies: Soft pastel supplies options 

 




 
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Class Details

4 Session(s)
Weekly - Tue

Location
Los Angeles Valley College

Instructor
Carmen MacDonald 

 

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Tuition: 

$99.00

Registration Closes On
Tuesday, July 7, 2026 @ 12:00 AM

Schedule Information

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s)
7/7/2026 - 7/28/2026 Weekly - Tue 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM Valley Glen, Los Angeles Valley College  Map Carmen MacDonald 

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