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Workshop Dates: Sat 21 Nov & Sun 22 Nov
$100 per day or $180 for both days

Life-Drawing with Pastels

Day 1
We will begin life-drawing from the model, working up from 1 minute "gestural' drawings in the morning using just greys and black (either charcoal or pastel, or both!) Then moving into colour, creating more of a likeness with flesh tones in the afternoon.

Day 2
Using our sketches from the previous day, we will experiment, splashing a bit of ink around with pastel over the top...........similar to what was done at the Portrait workshop in September

About Colina Grant F.R.A.S.

Painting has always been my passion. I won a scholarship before leaving school which entitled me to enter the National Art School and during the semester breaks I was able to work in a commercial art studio in Sydney. I was able to combine the two for the next 6 years enjoying both so much that when family arrived I was able to do freelance art work and continue studies at Gymea Tech. It was during this time that I began entering competitions and, spurred on by success, I began to teach myself pastel. With this medium alone, I have now won over 130 1st prizes.

The immediacy and brilliance of pastel often make it the favourite medium I must admit, and it has become the one I am asked to demonstrate and teach. These classes take me interstate and beyond from time to time and have always been an enjoyable way to see the world and meet some wonderful people! I am currently a member of Castle Hill, Shoalhaven, Ryde and a life member of Parramatta, and a Fellow of the Royal Art Society of N.S.W.

The Combined Art Societies of Sydney have awarded me Artist of the Year 8 times.

Materials List for Colina Grant’s Pastel Workshop

• 3 different tones of white , grey and black pastels, black +/- coloured inks . Rags, icecream containers with lids. one sheet of black Canson paper cut in four, 2 to 4 sheets of mid-toned colour fix paper

• A soft cloth or chamois. Stiff (old) bristle brush.
  

• Bulldog clips.
  

• Kneadable eraser and/or soft plastic rubber

• A plastic bag is a good idea to put scraps in.
  
• Glassene paper to put between you finished works , otherwise some nice flat sheets of “butchers” paper will do.
• “Crystal Kote” fixative .