Dramatic Light in Pastel
Adult Online Art | Available
Online on Zoom | 3 Saturdays Oct 12,19,26 2024 | 10am-1pm Arizona Time (*always on Mountain Standard Time) | recording will be available for 2 months
Artists have been using light to create drama in their work for centuries. Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Wyeth, and countless others have elevated light from an afterthought to a protagonist in their work. Dramatic light creates compositions with immediate emotional impact that grab your viewer's attention from across the room. Using both historical and contemporary examples, master pastelist Corey Pitkin will demonstrate how he uses light to create work that is both emotional and mysterious. This 3-day workshop will include lectures on historical examples and how light affects color, a live photo shoot with a model, pastel demonstration, and group critique of assignments. Students will be provided a photograph to work from but are encouraged to bring their own reference images.
Corey Pitkin
Corey Pitkin PSA, IAPS/MC
A predominantly self-taught artist, Pitkin’s award-winning work has been featured in The Pastel Journal, Art Renewal Center, Portrait Society of America, Pratique des Arts Magazine, and International Artist Magazine, and is held in collections across the world. He is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America and has achieved Master Circle status with the International Association of Pastel Societies. Pitkin teaches frequently in his local art community and regularly travels for workshops. He currently resides in upstate New York with his wife Esther and children Anastasia and Xavier.