Waiting For Autumn

• 🗓 Tuesday 2nd September
  This is the bit that often stops people before they even start - I’ll show you how to trace your squirrel image onto your pastel paper (I’ll be using a 21cm square of Pastelmat, including a border). Then we’ll walk through how to choose your colours - bring a scrap of pastel paper to test on. I’ll have the mic open for questions about your colour choices too! If we get some spare time at the end we'll do some sketches of the squirrel too.

• 🗓 Tuesday 9th September
  We’ll begin with the background around the edges of the squirrel, then start that gorgeous squirrel face.

• 🗓 Tuesday 16th September
  We’ll continue working on the squirrel and develop the beautiful fur

• 🗓 Tuesday 23rd September
  If we've finished the squirrel we'll work on the background

• 🗓Tuesday 30th September

  Contingency week if we need more time.

Supplies You'll Need:

During the class I will talk extensively about colour choices and techniques and the exact colours I'm using as I'm using them. You do not need the same exact colours as me, only similar colours which are outlined below. I'll go more in depth with the colour choices during the first lesson.

Tuesday evenings 6.50pm (BST) which is 1.50pm (EST)

Fully recorded for later viewing.

You favourite pastel paper 21cm x 21cm (8.25 inches). I'll be using Pastelmat.

For the tracing you'll need graphite or other transfer paper and an HB pencil.

If you are drawing freehand or with the grid (not pastel paper) you will want to have some tracedown transfer paper or graphite transfer paper to transfer it to the pastel paper afterwards.

You can use either pastel pencils, pastel sticks or pan pastel. Use whichever you have available. I will show you how to choose your colours in week one.

You'll need greens, ivory, burnt orange or tan colours, browns, warm and cool greys, dark blue, black and white I'll be helping you choose your colours in week 1.