a. WS08 - The Soul of the Matter
Two-Day Workshop | FULL
Corey Pitkin - The Soul of the Matter
The strength of a composition often lies in its simplicity. Using a limited palette, Corey will address how he achieves the soulful essence of his approach to the figure. Students will be guided through the process of creating a figurative painting that focuses on design and tension. Students are encouraged to use a very limited palette of pastels that focus more on differing values than color. Live model on the first day, to photograph as reference material for the second day.
NOTE FOR ALL IAPS WORKSHOPS: You must bring your own portable easel, and a board to support your paper. The room will be set with chairs which can be moved around to suit your preference. You can stand at an easel and use the table for your supplies, or you can bring a table easel and sit to work. Rubbing Alcohol will be provided for the students' use.
IMPORTANT: Please bring a plastic or cloth sheet to place under your easel, or table, to protect the hotel's carpet.
Suggested Materials:
Soft pastels, preferably in the Earth Tone range. Some examples of sets are:
Unison Natural Earth (NE)
Unison Brown Earth (BE)
Terry Ludwig Umber Shadows and Shades
Terry Ludwig Essential Grays
Richeson Handrolled Soft Pastels Earth Browns
several dark warm pastels, individual sticks or full sets from:
Unison Dark Colors set of 8
Townsend Intense Dark set of 12
Sennelier Dark Tones set of 24
Willow charcoal (I recommend Coates)
Assorted pastel pencils in earth tones & neutrals (Caran d'Ache & Faber-Castell have a good selection)
charcoal pencils, soft & hard
1-2 pieces of sanded pastel paper, student’s preference, preferably a dark color.
A drawing board and clips or tape
A kneaded eraser
An iPad (or other tablet to display the reference image) and stand (both optional)
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