The attendees provided some noteworthy take aways from the workshop. We asked them what they found to be the most valuable:
- Pastel quality, paper quality, strokes and marks.
- Instead of only working dark to light, identify the light, the focus of the scene.
- It's great to see the various approaches. I learned about using vine charcoal to start a painting.
- Keeping light and shadow colors separate in your tray.
- Yes...wonderful use of varying strokes.
- I will improve edges.
- Yes...take time to do thumbnail and interpret photo.
- Yes...I will be more aware of creating more variety of textures in the painting to create receding.