Susan Kuznitsky is an Internationally recognized artist that teaches the world over.    Recently Susan was a featured artist in Pastel Journal and won First Place in the Portrait Section of Pastel 100!  Don’t miss this chance to Join award-winning artist Susan Kuznitsky for a three-day workshop and elevate your understanding and skill set of pastel painting.

‘No matter the season or the subject, it is the light that draws us in.

We strive to ‘capture the light’ in our paintings. But as important as it is to have colorful lights it is just as important to have colorful darks.’

Susan will focus on the concept of Broken Color: using different colors in the same values to add excitement to your paintings as well as different approaches to the underpainting.

There will be demos on a variety of subjects, and you will have the option to paint along from the same image or work from your own reference. There will be time for one on one personal and constructive feedback during the course.

Each day will begin with a demo and a Power Point Presentation covering the following topics:

Color and Relativity – how color is influenced by the color around it.

Painting ‘white’ – how to create colorful whites in your paintings.

High Chroma – how to use the power of strong color without over doing it.

Painting Dappled Light – creating light filled and emotional paintings

More things to be covered:

• The power of the underpainting
• Working from photos – what to leave in and what to leave out
• Drawing tips – line, rhythm, negative shapes
• Lost and found edges
• Color and value
• Mark making
• Organizing your pastels – in studio and plein air

Whether you are a landscape painter or figurative painter you will glean insights and techniques to take your paintings to the next level.

This class is appropriate for all levels of skill.