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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
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Exercise 1

The first video illustrates using large bold sweeping strokes to replicate the fluid movement and shapes of the petals and leaves. Ignore the vase and simply concentrate on the flowers. By keeping your arm free you will be able to keep your work loose and expressive. Avoid too much detail at this stage as it will make your work very tight. The idea is to observe and paint the character of the flowers, stems and leaves with fluid pastel marks. Note that I haven’t used any blending at all.

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