Pastel Photo by Doug Young; Roisin Photo by Laurie Lambrecht
Tickets
*Please note: This is a four-session course
January 14th, 16th, 21st, 23rd | 1:00 – 3:00pm
Spaces are limited
• $400 | Includes all materials
Join artist Roisin Bateman and adventure into the world of pastel! Over four 2-hour sessions, beginners and practicing artists alike will be guided through the process of working with this “magical dust,” finding out just how versatile and forgiving pastels can be. In a supportive and relaxed environment, participants will explore the world of color, focusing on value, hue, tone, warm/cool, and complementary colors. Using pan-pastels, pastel sticks, various cloths, and erasers, participants will have the opportunity to experiment with layers, adding and subtracting color to develop their work. Each session will begin with a series of easy and informative warm-up exercises, followed by working from life.
Step-by-step guidance will be provided, along with all necessary materials and equipment. In the words of Roisin: “All you need to bring is an open mind and heart!”
Class size is limited to 10 to ensure an optimal participant-to-instructor ratio.
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Roisin Bateman began her life and her art in the west of Ireland, and the rough textures of the Irish rock and sea are still in her brushstroke. In that landscape nature is veiled in soft light, mist, and rain, and the seasons change only gradually. Bateman says that in Ireland she became aware of processes in nature that she could sense but not quite see. In 1986 she moved to the South Fork of the eastern end of Long Island, a narrow peninsula surrounded by creeks, bays and open ocean. Here brilliant light is reflected back from the water and sand dunes, illuminating every object, sharpening every tone and hue. What Bateman had dimly glimpsed in Ireland became vivid on Long Island. Bateman is not a “landscape artist” in the traditional sense. Rather, nature’s laws of metamorphosis inform her work. Each painting unfolds as a plant might grow, step by step – between polarities of activity and stillness, what is hidden and what is revealed, gravity and levity – till at last it stands by itself, having reached its particular balance and end.