Lesson 2: Color, Expression, and Feeling
If you want to make sure your soft pastel drawings don’t smudge once you’re finished, try using a spray fixative to ensure the pastel stays put!
In the center of a piece of cardstock, draw a rectangle measuring 1” x 1 ¼”
Cut out the rectangle using an exacto blade
Voila! You have a viewfinder!
If the orientation of your drawing/painting is square, just cut a square viewfinder!
Lesson 1: The Big 2
Supplies
We will use pretty basic supplies in this class! So gather the following for each lesson:
Lesson 1:
Black and white paper (construction or cardstock)
Scissors
Glue Stick
Ruler/Straight Edge
Pencil
Optional: exacto blade
Lesson 2:
Soft pastels (I used both Alphacolor soft pastels and Prismacolor NuPastel Color Sticks)
Construction paper, cardstock, or colored illustration board
Sketchbook/drawing paper (my absolute favorite sketchbook is a Canson Mixed Media Spiral Bound Sketchbook)
Pencil
Lesson 3:
**In this lesson, feel free to use whatever medium you choose to create a larger piece. I will be working with acrylic paints and a 16” x 20” stretched canvas.**
Pencil
Sketchbook/paper
Ruler
