Instructor: Lia ter Heide
Tuesdays 5:30-8:30pm
5 weeks: May 12 to June 9
Location: In-person Williams Building room 118
$250 (supplies not included)
Prerequisite: None 

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Syllabus

This course focuses on interpreting the landscape on paper using the unique painterly experience of drawing with oil pastel. Indoor sessions will work from photographic references, and if weather permits, we will attempt to spend some sessions drawing en plein air (outdoors), working directly from the observed natural landscape. Previous experience drawing with oil pastels is highly recommended.

Supplies

• Soft buttery oil pastels, recommend one of the sets of 120 or more: Recommended brands: Montmartre Premium Extra Soft Oil Pastels, Soho Urban Artist, Meeden, Artecho (Available from Amazon) please note: Instructor does not recommend harder pastels such as Holbein, Staedler, Pentel, etc, you will NOT get the same results.)
• Stonehenge Colors 9"x12" pad or Stonehenge 245GSM full sheets torn into smaller sizes or other similarly heavyweight paper with a bit of tooth 
• 2 flat approx. 3/4" synthetic bristle paintbrushes
• Small diamond or trowel shaped offset steel painting knife (palette knife)
• Smooth surface medium-heavy weight paper in a range of colours
• Small basic set of watercolour paints (hard pan is fine)
• A small jar or bottle of water and a small container or cup for water
• A few oil or wax based coloured pencils (Prismacolor Premier Pencils are recommended)
• Golden Acrylic Pastel Ground Medium 8oz size
• Spray fixative: SpectraFix Degas Fixative is recommended
• Oil such as vegetable oil, mineral oil, or unscented baby oil (a small amount, ie: 1/2 cup in a container that seals well is fine)
• Painter's (masking) tape
• Stainless steel erasing shield with basic shapes and lines
• Rags or paper towel
• Pencil
• A small sheet of unmounted masonite board (hardboard) or other smooth-surfaced stiff (not flexible) sturdy drawing board for supporting drawings in progress (at least as large as the paper you are working on)
• Roll or sheet of glassine, parchment paper or wax paper for protecting artwork

For outdoor sessions, please bring something comfortable like a blanket, cushion or chair to sit on and appropriate hat/shoes/clothing/bugspray/sunscreen to shield from sun and insects as well as deal with changing temperatures and conditions.