Indoor Pastel Landscape with Clark Mitchell

In this two-day intensive workshop, students will be introduced to the ethereal world of painting landscapes using pastels, diving deep into the process of evoking the natural world.

Led by award-winning plein-air painter Clark Mitchell, this workshop will cover scene selection and constructing composition, sketching, dynamic underpaintings, values, the nuanced differences between painting and drawing, and high contrast compositions.

Each day will begin with Clark giving a fun and informative talk, followed by a demonstration. After the demonstration, each student will begin working with their chosen landscape, with one-on-one guidance provided by Clark.

The expectation should not be to come up with a “finished” painting, but rather to practice the various aspects of creating a landscape while becoming familiar with the medium.

When: March 22- 23, 2025 from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Age: 18+

Skill Level: Intermediate

Early Bird Rate: $375 plus fees

*Register by Feb. 23 to take advantage of this discount.

Price after Feb. 23: $425

Materials: Materials list will be provided for students to bring.

Location: Cura Contemporary in the Edes Building | 17395 Monterey Road, Morgan Hill CA, 95037

About the Artist:

Growing up in the shadow of the Rockies, Clark Mitchell discovered a love of the natural world. Given a set of fine old German pastels by his father when quite young, he quickly embraced the medium for its ease of handling, brilliance of color and portability. Through personal exploration as well as study with other artists Mitchell has developed the talent to create both tightly rendered scenes as well as looser, more abstract suggestions. He received a bachelor’s degree in art from Colorado College in the seventies and moved to San Francisco to continue his studies at the Academy of Art College. Mitchell then left San Francisco with his partner over thirty years ago and moved north to the beautiful Sonoma County wine country. Mitchell has won many awards for his art, as well as been featured on magazines and journal coveres.

Host or Publisher Cura Contemporary Gallery