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Upcoming events

    • 24 Oct 2024
    • 9:00 AM
    • 25 Oct 2024
    • 3:00 PM
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    PPS Presents

    2 Day Online Workshop by 

    Christine Swann, PSA, IAPS-EP

    October 24 – 25, 2024

    $250.00

    The Piedmont Pastel Society is excited to offer an online workshop with Christine Swann.  Through her two-day workshop, artists will build a portrait from start to finish from life.  She will teach her step-by-step, five-layer process in the pastel medium which focuses on accuracy and light.  Understanding the “Thirds of the Head” methodology will let any artist become more accurate in portrait work to obtain a likeness whether working from photos or a model.  The class will emphasize that understanding the Law of Light and its rules dictate how value and color are related when constructing the complex topography of the head.  Academic lessons on the structure of the head will also be covered along the way, but most important will be letting go of the terms “hard” or “soft” when talking about pastel and switching over to “power.”

    All levels welcome!






Past events

10 Apr 2024 Jam Session with Diana Sanford
02 Nov 2023 Terrilynn Dubreuil Two Day Zoom Workshop
10 Jun 2023 Statewide Exhibit Awards Ceremony and Reception
08 Jun 2023 Mood and Atmosphere with Fresh Eyes and Tony Allain 2 Day Workshop
08 Jun 2023 WAITLIST for Mood and Atmosphere with Fresh Eyes and Tony Allain 2 Day Workshop
05 Jun 2023 Mood and Atmosphere with Fresh Eyes and Tony Allain 3 Day Workshop
29 Apr 2023 Fun with Florals w/Laurie Basham
15 Apr 2023 Eve Miller
18 Mar 2023 Desmond O'Hagan
18 Feb 2023 Anna lisa Leal
02 Feb 2023 Statewide Show and Workshops Open for Entry
21 Jan 2023 Susan Kuznitsky Demo
28 Oct 2022 Mark Ivan Cole 3 Day Virtual Workshop
15 Oct 2022 PPS Member Show 2022/Mark Ivan Cole Demo
16 Jul 2022 Laurie Basham Demo
01 Apr 2022 Tara Will 3 Day Workshop
19 Mar 2022 Tara Will Demo
19 Feb 2022 February Zoom with Colette Odya Smith
15 Jan 2022 January Zoom With Jeri Greenberg
19 Oct 2021 Susan Kuznitsky, Capturing the Light in Pastels, 3 Day Workshop
21 Aug 2021 Kim Eshelman Zoom Demo
17 Jul 2021 Sandra Lo: Still Life Demo
19 Jun 2021 How to Prep My Photos: Terrilynn Dubreuil
22 May 2021 Miriam Durkin Figure Drawing Demo
17 Apr 2021 Barbara Jaenicke
24 Mar 2021 Christine Swann Workshop
20 Mar 2021 Christine Swann Demo
20 Feb 2021 Ginny Stocker
23 Jan 2021 Abstracting the Landscape... Getting the Glow! Laura Pollak workshop
23 Jan 2021 Abstracting the Landscape Demo by Laura Pollack
14 Nov 2020 2020 Member Show November 14, 10-12:30
24 Oct 2020 Malia Bryngelson October 24th Demo & Paint-Along
10 Apr 2020 TBD - Please check back after pandemic is over.
28 Mar 2020 Anne Strutz Workshop "Marks In Motion"
29 Feb 2020 Regina Burchett "The Other Side of Art - Managing and Promoting your Work"
25 Jan 2020 Diane Pike Workshop - Painting the Landscape Inside Out
25 Jan 2020 Demo- Diane Pike - Painting the Landscape Inside Out
09 Nov 2019 Jeri Greenberg Demo & Member Show Opening Reception & Luncheon
05 Oct 2019 Tracy Ference Workshop - The Power of the Portrait
05 Oct 2019 Free Demo- Tracy Ference - The Power of the Portrait
10 Sep 2019 Member Art Show Registration and Information
06 Apr 2019 Marilyn Dwyer Workshop- Focus on Drawing
06 Apr 2019 Free Demo - Marilyn Dwyer
16 Mar 2019 Deb Ashton- Creating a Sketchbook Habit
23 Feb 2019 Regina Burchett Workshop- Skies, Clouds and Storms
23 Feb 2019 Free Demo - Regina Burchett
01 Jan 2019 Robert Carsten- Mastering Our Individual Expression
10 Nov 2018 Donna Biggee Still Life Workshop- Nov.10
20 Oct 2018 Dec. 9 Raffle for Jen Evenhus Painting- Tickets on Sale
10 Oct 2018 Jen Evenhus- 3 Day Workshop Oct. 10-12
08 Oct 2018 2018 Member Art Show- Online thru Dec. 31
12 Sep 2018 Members PopUp Program - Underpainting Techniques
02 Jun 2018 Laura Pollak- DRIVEN TO ABSTRACTION!
02 Jun 2018 Laura Pollak- Free Demo
21 Apr 2018 Jeri Greenberg- Telling A Story With Figures
21 Apr 2018 Jeri Greenberg- Free Demo
25 Mar 2018 Nancy Nowak- Sunday Plein Air
24 Mar 2018 Nancy Nowak- Saturday Workshop
24 Mar 2018 Nancy Nowak- Free Demo
17 Feb 2018 PASTEL 101 with MALIA BRYNGELSON
27 Jan 2018 Pastel Paint and Play with Anne Strutz
02 Dec 2017 Annual Member Holiday Party
07 Oct 2017 Tom Christopher - Demo: Pastel Painting and Beyond
04 Oct 2017 3-day Workshop - Tom Christopher PSA IAPS-MC - Pastel Painting and Beyond
02 Oct 2017 Piedmont Pastel Society's Fifth Annual Calendar Show
26 Aug 2017 Photographing Fine Art
06 May 2017 Stan Sperlak - Demo: On Becoming a Better Landscape Painter
03 May 2017 Stan Sperlak - 3 day Workshop: On Becoming a Better Landscape Painter
18 Mar 2017 Mini-Workshop - Marsha Savage - "It's the Journey. Learn to Navigate Your Paintings!"
18 Mar 2017 Program / Demo - Marsha Savage -"It's the Journey. Learn to Navigate Your Paintings!"
21 Jan 2017 Mini-Workshop - Leslie Hudson-Tolles: Animals in Landscape
21 Jan 2017 Program / Demo - Leslie Hudson-Tolles: Animals in Landscape
03 Oct 2016 3-day Workshop - Karen Margulis PSA IAPS-MC - The Mystery and Magic of the Underpainting: Unlocking the Key to Successful Underpaintings
03 Oct 2016 Karen Margulis Workshop Balance Payment
17 Sep 2016 Let's Get Together and Paint!
14 May 2016 Mini-Workshop - Diane Pike: Capturing Light and Color
14 May 2016 Program / Demo - Diane Pike: Capturing Light and Color
21 Apr 2016 Merging Mediums; A Visual Collaboration
19 Mar 2016 Mini-Workshop - Nancy Nowak: Taking Your Pastels to the Next Level by Setting Yourself up for Success
19 Mar 2016 Program / Demo - Nancy Nowak: Taking your Pastels to the Next Level by Setting Yourself Up for Success
16 Jan 2016 Mini-Workshop - Walter Standford: Painting Pet Portraits
16 Jan 2016 Program / Demo - Walter Stanford: Painting Pet Portraits
14 Nov 2015 WORKSHOP - Addren Doss: “Birds of a Feather . . .”
14 Nov 2015 PROGRAM / DEMO - Addren Doss: "Birds of a Feather"
08 Oct 2015 DEMO - Dawn Emerson: "From Photograph to Personal Expression"
05 Oct 2015 WORKSHOP - Dawn Emerson: "From Photograph to Personal Expression with Pastel"
04 Oct 2015 Announcing Piedmont Pastel Society's 2015 3rd Annual Member Calendar Show,
19 Sep 2015 WORKSHOP - Karen Margulis (IAPS-MC, PSA): “Cooking with Color: Recipes for Exciting Color in Your Paintings"”
19 Sep 2015 PROGRAM / DEMO - Karen Margulis: "Cooking with Color: Recipes for Exciting Color in your Paintings"
18 Jul 2015 WORKSHOP - Regina Burchett: “Skies, Clouds and Storms”
18 Jul 2015 PROGRAM / DEMO - Regina Burchett: "Skies, Clouds and Storms"
30 May 2015 WORKSHOP - Susan Sinyai: “Breathing Life into your Still Life”
30 May 2015 PROGRAM / DEMO - Susan Sinyai: "Breathing Life into your Still Life"
21 Mar 2015 PROGRAM / DEMO - Kurt Weiser and Regina Burchett: "Get Your Art Out There"
17 Jan 2015 WORKSHOP - Suzy Hart: “The Poetic Pastel Portrait”
17 Jan 2015 PROGRAM / DEMO - Suzy Hart: "The Poetic Pastel Portrait"
15 Nov 2014 PROGRAM / DEMO - Walter Stanford: "Smoothscapes"
20 Sep 2014 PROGRAM / DEMO - Addren Doss: "Painting Animals"
17 May 2014 PROGRAM / DEMO - Suzy Hart: "Painting the Figure"
15 Mar 2014 PROGRAM / DEMO - Nancy Marshburn: "Approaching a Still Life, My Perspective"
18 Jan 2014 PROGRAM / DEMO - Regina Burchett: "The Other Side of Art: Organizing and Promoting Your Artwork"
16 Nov 2013 PROGRAM / DEMO - Wendy Musser
21 Sep 2013 PROGRAM / DEMO - Diane Pike
20 Jul 2013 PROGRAM / DEMO - Adele Goodman
22 Jun 2013 PROGRAM / DEMO - Anne Kiefaber: "Make your Still Lifes Sing!"
09 Mar 2013 PROGRAM / DEMO - Kurt Weiser: "Creation of a Pastel Painting from Start to Disc"
19 Jan 2013 PROGRAM / DEMO - Walter Stanford: "The Whimsical Side of Art in Pastel"

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