Beginner Pastel Painting


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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, blend, 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, sides 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 that want to learn pastels techniques.
 





 
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Class Details

4 Session(s)
Weekly - Thu

Location
Los Angeles Valley College

Instructor
Carmen MacDonald 

 

Notice

Please read:  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.

Tuition: 

$99.00

Registration Closes On
Thursday, May 7, 2026 @ 12:00 AM

Schedule Information

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s)
5/7/2026 - 5/28/2026 Weekly - Thu 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM Valley Glen, Los Angeles Valley College  Map Carmen MacDonald 

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