Triton Online 2025: The Joy of Pastels

Join us for our 5th year of the Triton Online Series, and for Jeff Bramschreiber’s 25th year of teaching for the museum! Discover the joy of working with a variety of pastels (soft pastels, pastel pencils, and oil pastels) as a dry and wet medium, as well as painting and drawing a variety of fun and challenging subjects. For the first time, students will be able to select six, eight or ten week sessions, so don’t miss it! ALL levels are welcome.

Schedule:

Week 1: 1/13 - Bell Pepper Trio (Pastel Pencil and Alcohol)

Week 2: 1/20 - Snowy Sunset (Soft Pastels)

Week 3: 1/27 - Cheetahs (Pastel Pencil)

Week 4: 2/3 - Water Lilies (Oil Pastels)

Week 5: 2/10 - The Harbor (Soft Pastels)

Week 6: 2/17- Indigenous Portraits (Pastel Pencil)

Week 7: 2/24 - Anchovies and Sardines (Oil Pastels)

Week 8: 3/3 - Classical Ruins (Soft Pastels)

Week 9: 3/10 - Bowl of Grapes (Pastel Pencil and Alcohol)

Week 10: 3/17 - Kilauea (Oil Pastels)

Recommended Materials List:

• 24 count Soft Pastel Set (Recommendation: More is better)
• 24 count Pastel Pencil set (Recommendation: More is better)
• 24 count Oil Pastel Set (Recommendation: More is better)
• 9”x12” or 12”x16” Mi Teintes Pastel Paper Pad
• 9”x12” or 11”x14” Drawing Paper Pad
• 11”x14” Vellum Bristol Board Pad or 11”x14” 140 lb. Cold Press Watercolor Pad
• 5mm Mechanical Pencil with HB Lead or HB pencils with Pencil Sharpener
• White Vinyl Eraser
• Tombow Mono Zero Eraser
• Extra-Large Kneaded Eraser
• White All-Stabilo Pencils
• Wet Ones Wipes
• 1 Jar of Art Guard Creme or Noxema Cold Crème

For a visual list of preferred materials on Amazon, email Jeff at [email protected]

Questions? Please contact [email protected]

Jeff Bramschreiber has been drawing and painting for over forty years, and while he is primarily a pastelist, he also frequently works in acrylic, watercolor, silverpoint, most dry media and even airbrush. His artworks hang in private collections throughout the United States and Europe and have received many awards.

A local art advocate, he has served as an art club president, (East Valley Artists and Santa Clara Art Association), as a juror with nearly fifty shows to his credit, as treasurer and lecturer for Silicon Valley Open Studios, as a demonstrator and lecturer for many of the Bay Area art clubs, colleges and museums.

Jeff also worked at University Art San Jose for 21 years before its closing in 2018 as an assistant Manager, Frame Designer, and Community Art Liaison. Mr. Bramschreiber has also helped coordinate, organize, and participate in numerous local art shows, group shows and events throughout his career.

Currently he is an exhibiting and “live paint” artist at Kaleid Gallery in Downtown San Jose; Jeff is also an art instructor for the Triton Museum of Art, The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, and The Villages Arts and Crafts Association.

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