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12 Month Still Life with Cathy Pearce

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  1. Introduction

    Introduction
  2. Month 1
    Breaking your pastels in half
  3. Mark Making
  4. Month 2
    Dexterity and handling
  5. Month 3 - Pottery
    Introduction
  6. Materials Needed
  7. Exercise 1 and 2
  8. Exercise 3 and 4
  9. Month 4 - Flowers
    Materials Needed
  10. Exercise 1
  11. Exercise 2
  12. Exercise 3
  13. Month 5 - Painting Glass
    Materials Needed
  14. Month 6 - Reflections
    Introduction
  15. Guide
  16. Demo
  17. Month 7 - In The Garden
    Guidance
  18. Video
  19. Month 8 - Sketching With Pastels In The Garden
    Video and Guidance
  20. Month 9 - Choose a Favourite Item to Study
    Guidance
  21. Video
  22. Month 10 - Seasonal dried seed heads and a return to some expressive mark making
    Guidance
  23. Video
  24. Month 11 - Finding an Exciting Composition
    Guidance
  25. Video
  26. Month 12 - Christmas Baubles
    Guidance
  27. Video

Working in your sketchbook or on basic cartridge paper the first exercise is to practice and have fun finding the wide sweeping pastel stroke which will be your most useful and versatile mark. With practice this mark will soon become an easy way to draw and paint with one movement without needing to draw any outlines which can flatten a 3 dimensional object. The illustration below shows a few examples and variations of this mark but you will also find your own too.

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