Current Workshops: 
Victoria Kwasinski ~ Kathy Beekman

Masks are required at all workshops until the public health situation improves.
Victoria Kwasinski - "Abstract Oil Pastel Workshop" 
Saturday, November  20, 2021 -- 9am - 3pm
First Presbyterian Church of Littleton 
1609 W. Littleton Blvd.
Littleton, CO 80120
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We will do exercises and studies to learn how to create a good composition using abstract designs and patterns.  We will then work with multiple layers of oil pastels to complete
several small finished pieces.​
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Supply List:
  • Pad of Bristol paper (either brand is acceptable)
  • Inexpensive set of oil pastels
  • Prismacolor ebony pencil (available at Guiry's or online)
  • Flat plastic palette knife (required style of knife in picture above)
  • Ruler
  • Blue tape/masking tape
  • Sketchbook paper or newsprint  (to be used to make a mat mask)
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Oil Pastel 1
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Oil Pastel 2
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Oil Pastel 3
Kathy Beekman -- "Painting Yummy Landscaptes in Soft Pastel" via Zoom
Saturday, January  22, 2022 -- 9am - 12pm
​Maximum 12 students
​Hills and grasses, and bushes, oh my!  In this three hour course you will learn how to paint distant hills, foreground grasses and bushes of all types.  Look forward to a follow along painting demonstration with Kathy.
Supply List:
  • Basic 12-color box of Soft Pastels (NOT oil pastels!) A box with a larger pastel stick count is always acceptable. (Recommended pastel brands: Sennelier or Terry Ludwig Pastels)
  • (2 or more) sheets of paper (Recommended paper brands: Rising Stonehenge in any color (black is Kathy’s personal favorite) and Arches
  • Photos or book images of landscapes with depth (background, middle ground and foreground”
  • Baby wipes or wet paper towels for immediate and easy cleaning of your hands
  • Apron
  • A work surface covered in newspaper or kraft paper (soft pastels give off a lot of dust)​
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"Old Timers"
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"Fine Cold Water"
​Optional (but recommended):
  • Can of a pastel final fixative
  • Dust Mask which will provide adequate protection against dry pigments and most dusts
  • Disposable Latex Gloves for protecting your hands from pastels
  • Newspaper, glassine, or kraft paper to protect your paintings after they are completed
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"Floating Clouds"
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​After you attend a workshop we'd appreciate it if you would fill out and submit the Workshop Evaluation form.
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