Our recommended path for beginner's, bringing together various Pastel Academy courses covering a range of topics and styles.

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.
Our recommended path for beginner's, bringing together various Pastel Academy courses covering a range of topics and styles.
If you've completed the Beginner's path, the Intermediate Path is the next step with a more advanced selection of courses.
A demonstration in using Frisket Masking film to create the background of a bird painting.
Stephen shows you how to paint a sky in a painterly and loose style with only 3 colours in a 15 minute tutorial.
A written guide on avoiding the trap of trying to include everything from a reference photo.
An introduction to blending with fingers as well as some blending of pastel on pastel, using a limited grey and blue palette with some sandy tones to create a moody scene.
Steve guides you through creating his snow scene from a photograph of a cottage, without the snow!
Fiona teaches you how to work quickly, resulting in more lively and expressive mark making, with 46 minutes of video tuition.
Tricia guides you through painting a cat's eyes in a realistic style, with 80 minutes of video tuition.
Join Su as she guides you through painting Puffins with over 1 hour 40 mins of video tutorial.
Follow along with Julie Skoda as she creates a landscape using limited colours.
Join Caitlin as she guides you through 15 minutes of video to produce a unique still life abstract.
Robert's written guide covers some Innovative pastel techniques.
A written guide about focussing on the most meaningful colours to compliment your subject.
Join Fiona for 2 hours of tuition, painting a still life of Autumn leaves.
Learn how Denise develops a soft pastel portrait using pastels (along with pastel pencils) to layer, blend and block in to create a beautiful painting.
A 2 hour demo where you can work along with me to create a portrait of a young woman with long blonde hair. The main focus is on getting really complementary and realistic skintones.
Join Brent for some vivid Aboriginal art, painting a pair of Dhinawan Emus.
Join Peter for a plein air session with lots of tips and lessons.
Create a still life floral painting that is lively and colourful with lots of exciting mark making.
A written guide taking you through the creation of a Seascape.