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Register for
2024 Classes:
Scottsdale Artists' School
Oct 5 - Nov 2
Register for
2025 Classes:
Scottsdale Artists' School
Jan 11 - Feb 8
Sedona Arts Center
May 9 & 10

Learn the joys of soft pastel painting with Liz Kenyon

Learn to work with vibrant color, manage composition, expand rendering techniques, and create special subject matter. ​

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Liz demonstrates each day and gives you one-on-one attention. She sets up a challenge, goes into the basic principles involved in the process, then helps you apply those to your work. Beginning to advanced levels are all welcome.

 

Students say her classes "Allow them to stretch beyond their normal comfort zone".

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Core
Saturdays 9-12
Oct 5- Nov 2, 2024
Scottsdale Art School
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Paint forms photographed in strong, natural sunlight and isolate that edge of light and shadow. This makes pastel painting strikingly powerful.

Practice layering and glazing techniques that exaggerate illumination and transparency. Describe dreamy, leafy backgrounds as well as background settings of reflective glass containers, and dried-up old newspapers. Expand the 'sizzle' and richness of your colors. This is a 'how-to' technique class.
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  • All levels. 
  • Printed references furnished
  • Work at your own pace
  • Expect weekly demonstrations and friendly class participation
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Registration or Info:

scottsdaleartschool.org
or call 480.990.1422

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Class Location:

3720 North Marshall Way

Scottsdale, AZ 85251

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Sedonuts
Saturdays 9-12
Jan 11- Feb 8, 2025
Scottsdale Art School
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Be expressive, impressionistic and bold with soft pastel painting. Subject matter will range from tasty pastry, lucious produce to western rustic settings. 

You'll find it's easy to loosen up your style by creating a range of effects– Drag a pastel on its side, depositing a delicate veil– or press harder to leave a thick, creamy glaze. Applying small, direct dots of pastels can suggest texture and movement.

Expand your connection with color as you experiment with new combinations of vibrant pigments.

Each week, we start with a printed reference of crumbly pastries, juicy produce, or rustic structures found in sunny deserts.
 
This is a 'how-to' technique class.
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  • All levels. 
  • Printed references furnished
  • Work at your own pace
  • Expect weekly demonstrations and friendly class participation

 

Registration or Info:

scottsdaleartschool.org
or call 480.990.1422

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Class Location:

3720 North Marshall Way

Scottsdale, AZ 85251

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Juicy Fruits Workshop
May 9, 9-3:30 pm  &
May 10, 9-3:30 pm  2025
Sedona Arts Center
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​Learn to create expressive, impressionistic, and bold soft pastel paintings.

 
See how you can illuminate the shiny skin and rich darks of plump, juicy cherries. Build srtonger colors. Define lively style with stems that sway. Have fun layering creamy dots that enhance your background and establish harmony in your final painting.
 
Feel confident with instructor demonstrations and provided printed references. All levels welcome.
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This is a 'how-to' technique class.​
  • All levels. 
  • Printed references furnished
  • Work at your own pace
  • Expect demonstrations and friendly class participation

 

Registration or Info: 

Sedona Arts Center

or call 928.282.3809

 

Class Location:

Sedona Arts Center,

Theater Studio

 

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