Studio 528 Fine Art Workshops
"Award winning pastel artist, Melanie Stimmell Van Latum, will take you through the exciting process of creating a dramatic portrait in soft pastel. Learning to see skin tones in a different way and to extend your visual perception of color will bring your portraits to a new level."
Located on the 5th floor of the Spring Arts Tower building, Studio 528 offers a unique creative experience. Take part in the Renaissance of the Historic Bank District, home to over 40 galleries and one of LA's most vibrant areas for art. Featured courses include "Visual Narratives" a hands on photography workshop with Susan Burnstine an award winning Fine Art and Commercial Photographer, "Making Art with Toy Cameras: Low Fidelity Photography" with Aline Smithson Photo Gallery Editor of Light leaks Magazine, "Dramatic Portraits in Soft Pastel" with Melanie Stimmell an award winning pastel artist and the only woman to have received the title of maestro in both Italy and Germany and “Foundation Drawing and Panting in Oil” with Deborah Martin, ownder & Director of the Deborah Martin Gallery in Downtown LA, recently selected for New American Paintings Studio Visit Magazine, October 2008.
Next Scheduled Workshop:
Saturday June 13th 2008 12:30-4:30pm.
Todays pastel is not just for producing impressionistic works the like of Degas and Mary Cassatt. Instead, soft pastels are used by major entertainment studios for color and character development sketches. Some of the major animated films of the last 10 years have used the medium to capture the color and mood of the film with vibrant results.
Melanie Stimmell Van Latum, a master pastel artist, will take you on a wonderful exploration of the medium. Supplying you with all the materials you need, she will guide you through the basics of learning to paint like a pro so you can go from quick sketch to a detailed, dramatic still life like a studio pro.
