COURSE- Soft Pastels & Mixed Media with Edward Hanson

Thursdays, 1 - 3 pm. January 8, 15, 22, 29, February 5, 12 (6 weeks).

$153 Members /$180 non-members- HST added starting January 1.

To learn more about Edward and his work, please visit:

https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/hanson

Please note: Students supply the basic materials for their course (see Supplies List below description). 

Soft (Dry) Pastel is a very versatile medium allowing itself to be used in a variety of Mixed Media techniques. Dry Pastel can be combined with mediums such as Watercolour, Acrylic Paint, Oil Paint and Collage. Impasto effects can be created through the use of Gel Mediums and Modeling Paste. This course will explore the use of Watercolour, Gel Mediums and Modeling Paste to build the image base and then completed using several Dry Pastel techniques. The exercises will be explained and demonstrated, inspired by compositions of Landscape and Objects (Still Life). This course encourages self expression and it is expected to complete several works during the 6 weeks. 

Instructor Supplied Materials Fee $15 Includes: Professional Watercolour Paper, Acrylic Modeling Paste & Pastel Medium.

Supply List Required 

• Basic Set of 24 Soft Pastels (Preferably Medium Softness or Softer, can be Student or Professional grade) 
•  2 or 3 Graphite Pencils HB - 2B 
•  Soft Charcoal Pencil (optional) 
• Pastel Pencils (optional) 
•  Basic Set of Tubed Watercolours (Professional Grade is not necessary unless you already have them) 
•  Watercolour Brushes - 1” Flat, #10 Round (Student Grade) 
•  Small Palette Knife ¾” 
•  Empty Plastic Container ( Yogurt , Margarine etc.) 
•  Masking Tape Neutral Colour ( No Blue or Green Painters Tape)

****Please note that the Pastels in this course are NOT Oil Pastels ... Only Soft, Dry Pastels are used in these sessions