Nancy Nowak Workshop
Learn the Beautiful Art of Pastel Painting
October 13 - 14
Friday and Saturday
9 AM - 4 PM
Cost $375
This workshop will cover in depth the foundations and techniques of pastel painting. Instruction and demos will include:
· Discussion on materials (supply list online)
· In-depth study of composition, value studies. color temperatures and color harmony
· How to select and work from a reference photo (importance of simplifying, massing, telling a story).
· Different methods and techniques of under-painting
· Step by step painting instruction with individual easel time and critiques
· Pitfalls and how to avoid them
· Discussion on what makes a successful painting
October 13 - 14
Friday and Saturday
9 AM - 4 PM
Cost $375
This workshop will cover in depth the foundations and techniques of pastel painting. Instruction and demos will include:
· Discussion on materials (supply list online)
· In-depth study of composition, value studies. color temperatures and color harmony
· How to select and work from a reference photo (importance of simplifying, massing, telling a story).
· Different methods and techniques of under-painting
· Step by step painting instruction with individual easel time and critiques
· Pitfalls and how to avoid them
· Discussion on what makes a successful painting
Artist Bio:
Striving to evoke an emotional response and awareness to the everyday beauty that surrounds us, Nancy Nowak paints in the representational style with an impressionist flair. A graduate from Cleveland Institute of Art, with a BFA degree, Nancy has exhibited her pastel paintings throughout the country and has won numerous national awards. She has been featured in Pastel Journal Magazine multiple times, along with receiving 1st place in the Pastel Journal Magazines’ Top 100 (2016) for her landscape. Nancy has achieved Master Circle status with the International Association of Pastel Societies, is a Signature Member of Pastel Society of America, and Member of Excellence in the Southeastern Pastel Society. Originally from New Jersey, Nancy now resides in Suwanee, GA.