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Welcome to APS!
We are a pastel painting organization, composed of enthusiastic volunteers, serving a membership spanning all skill levels.
Aspiring beginners to master pastel painters, from across the United States and beyond, enjoy our online programming.
Our mission is to promote the art of pastel painting while providing outreach and education to our members.
Become part of a dynamic arts community!
Join us for free educational opportunities with recognized pastel artists.
Try our low cost online workshops and expand your creative toolkit.
Don’t miss our much loved Pastel Adventures!
Exhibit you pastel paintings in APS online non-juried member shows, juried regional shows, and international shows.
Join APS and have automatic membership in the International Association of Pastel Societies and eligibility for IAPS sponsored shows.
Online Zoom Workshop
Saturday, July 11th
1:30 - 4:30
In this inspiring Online Pastel Painting Workshop award-winning artist Laura Pollak you will show you how to simplify your landscape compositions so you can create a more powerful painting with greater luminosity and more emotional impact.
Laura will be focusing on showing you how to develop 5 MAJOR SHAPES, and 3 MAIN VALUES, to create a GLOW in your landscape paintings. Utilizing this way of developing compelling compositions will help you create paintings that feel both dynamic and unified, while maintaining a sense of spontaneity and imagination. This empowering way of working with a landscape will increase your mastery with pastels no matter which style you like to paint in. It is also a versatile method of developing a painting that is easily adapted to other subjects!
You will be painting a landscape from a photo of your choice, or you may use a reference photo that Laura will provide. The summer months provide lots of colorful scenes that are perfect for painting in pastels!
The supply list (which will be emailed to you several days after you register) indicates the materials Laura recommends, but you are free to work in the materials that work well for you.
To learn more about Laura scroll down to the bottom of this listing.
REQUIREMENT: You must be a current APS member to attend.
WORKSHOP FEE: $60