Our recommended path for beginner's, bringing together various Pastel Academy courses covering a range of topics and styles.
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Course List
Each month we’ll have a hand picked selection of brand new and exclusive online trainings, workshops, PDF guides and live Q&A’s.
We’ll make sure there’s a range of tuition materials to suit all experience levels – from absolute pastel beginners to professional artists. There’s bound to be something for everyone every month.
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Intermediate Path
If you've completed the Beginner's path, the Intermediate Path is the next step with a more advanced selection of courses.
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Advanced Path
If you've got a good grip on the foundational pastelling skills, this path takes you through the more advanced courses at the Pastel Academy.
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The Magic of Colour with Julie Swan
Julie Swan covers the relationship between colours in this written guide.
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Capturing the Different Textures in Birds with Kit Gray
Kit explains the importance of textures, and how to capture all the different textures in birds.
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Forest Glow with Nina Squire
Paint a woodland scene in low sun with a 1 hour demo from Nina Squire.
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Advanced Path
If you've got a good grip on the foundational pastelling skills, this path takes you through the more advanced courses at the Pastel Academy.
Included with Membership
Intermediate Path
If you've completed the Beginner's path, the Intermediate Path is the next step with a more advanced selection of courses.
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Loch Teacuis with Peter Wood
Paint the beautiful Scottish scene with Peter Wood, with 50 minutes of video tutorial.
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How to Paint an Elephant with Tracey Maras
Paint an Elephant on textured background with Tracey's written guide.
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Crashing Wave with Andrew Moodie
Paint a lively seascape with Andrew Moodie. 20 Minute video and guide.
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Beginner’s Path
Our recommended path for beginner's, bringing together various Pastel Academy courses covering a range of topics and styles.
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Elements of Portraiture with Cath Inglis
Cath Inglis lays down the fundamental components of a portrait, with over an hour of videos tutorials.
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Boat Tutorial with Julie Swan
Paint a seaside scene with boat, with a written tutorial from Julie Swan.
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White Isn’t White with Tricia Taylor
An intermediate/advanced tutorial on painting a White Rose, studying different shades of white. 50mins.
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Brickyard Lane Fishponds, Bridlington with Peter Wood
Paint a sunset through trees and snow, with Chinagraph Pencil, watercolour and pastel.
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How To Pastel Detailed Feathers, with Sue Kerrigan-Harris
Learn how to pastel detailed feathers without actually “drawing” a single feather.
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How to Paint a Screech Owl in Pastel, with Tracey Maras
Learn to paint a Screech Owl with a detailed guide from Tracey Maras.
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Plein air: The Good the Bad and the Ugly, with Rhonda Abrams
Rhonda encourages you to work en plein air, and helps you prepare for problems that you might encounter.
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12 Month Still Life with Cathy Pearce
A 12 month pastel course designed to stimulate an exploration of everyday objects from life rather than using photographic references.
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Landscape with Isopropyl Alcohol Underpainting with David Shkolny
A written guide on using an Isoprpyl Alcohol Underpainting to create a landscape.
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Beached on Sandy Shore with Lucy Brangwin
Lucy teaches you to create calming scenes using a variety of blending techniques with over an hour of video.
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Clouds with Grey Set, with Alisa Semones
Join Alisa for just over an hour of tutorial on painting clouds using the Unison Colour Grey Set.
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Painting a Portrait with Unison Colour Pastels with Jack Barnhill
Join Jack as he demonstrates in his written guide, using pastels in a portrait.