Plein Air Workshop Sponsored by Red Bird Sylvania
Schedule
Mon Jun 03 2024 at 05:00 pm to 07:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Sylvania Senior Center / A Program of Sylvania Community Services | Sylvania, OH
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Plein Air in Pastel Sponsored by Red Bird SylvaniaInstructor: Mary Jane Erard
Dates: Monday, June 3 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm -OR-
Monday, June 17 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Cost: Free
This event is sponsored by Red Bird Sylvania in advance of the Sylvania Plein Air Festival. Plein Air painting is about leaving the four walls of your studio behind and experiencing painting and drawing in the landscape. The practice goes back for centuries but was truly made into an art form by the French Impressionists. In this special course, Mary Jane will lead you through a series of exercises designed for the beginner through advanced pastel artists. Instruction will cover composition, color, and technique for painting with pastel, as well as working through individual challenges that students will encounter throughout the creative process. Individual instruction is tailored to each student's knowledge base of pastel and objectives.
Students will spend the first hour and a half (or so) working on a drawing to practice with the medium and loosening up. In the latter portion of the class, students will work on a more detailed and complete pastel landscape using the techniques practiced earlier in class. No previous experience is required. All materials are included and donated by The Art Supply Depo.
Classes are one single session. Choose either date when calling the Senior Center to register. To allow as many people as possible to participate, please just select one date to attend.
About the Instructor:
Mary Jane Erard is an award-winning artist, curator, and instructor painting mostly in soft pastel and mixed media with acrylic. Her works are usually rural landscapes of the US and Europe. Mary Jane's artwork is owned by many private collectors and included in several corporate collections. She has exhibited in many group and solo exhibitions since the mid 1990s. Ms. Erard's artwork has been published several times in national magazines and books including Best of American Pastel Painters and Southwest Art magazine. Mary Jane is a juried member of the Pastel Society of America.
To register for the workshop, please call the Senior Center at 419-885-3913. Space is limited to 15 people. Students should meet at The Sylvania Senior Center. In case of inclement weather, the class will be hosted indoors and students will work from source photos.
The Sylvania Plein Air Festival will be hosted in downtown Sylvania July 28 - August 2, 2024.
All events are accessible and volunteers will be available to help artists unload and load their supplies from their vehicle. For more information or to register for The Sylvania Plein Air Festival, visit: https://redbirdsylvania.org/plein-air/
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Where is it happening?
Sylvania Senior Center / A Program of Sylvania Community Services, 7140 Sylvania Ave, Sylvania, OH 43560-3529, United States,Sylvania, OhioEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
