Intro to Oil Pastel
Instructor: Lia ter Heide
Tuesdays 5:30-8:30pm
5 weeks: November 18 to December 16
Location: In-person Williams Building room 255
$240 (supplies not included)
Prerequisite: None
Oil pastels are an exciting, tactile medium with a versatility that bridges drawing and painting to create works with smooth blends, luminous washes or bold impasto effects. In this introductory course, students will explore colour blending, mark-making techniques and compositional fundamentals on a variety of surfaces, applied to a range of subjects, as they learn to construct vibrant, painterly drawings.
Syllabus
Week 1:
- Mark-making techniques and approaches
- Still life
Week 2:
- Foliage and flowers
Week 3:
- Landscape
Week 4:
- Portraiture
Week 5:
- Abstraction
Supplies
- Montmartre Premium Extra Soft Oil Pastels, Vibrant Hues, set of 120 are highly recommended
- 1 inch flat bright synthetic bristle short handle paintbrush
- Small diamond or trowel shaped metal offset painting knife (palette knife)
- Stonehenge Papers: 1 full sheet (22" x 30") each of Warm White 245gsm, Pearl Grey 245gsm, Kraft (brown) 245gsm, Black 245gsm. We will be dividing the full sheets into quarters and eighths as we progress through the class.
- Cardstock paper, white, 2 sheets 8.5" x 11"
- Glassine, waxpaper or parchment paper (roll or sheets)
- Vegetable oil (1/2 a cup of cooking oil in a small leakproof container is fine)
- Painter's tape (green or blue masking tape)
- Stainless steel erasing shield/drawing template with basic shapes and lines
- Rags or paper towel
- Scissors