The Child at Home

Childhood is over in the blink of an eye. As parents and caretakers we watch children grow and evolve into the people they will eventually become. As artists we have the opportunity to honor these tender moments. In this exclusive online workshop Corey Pitkin PSA, IAPS-MC will show you how he captures the quiet moments of a child's inner life. While Corey demonstrates his pastel techniques he will discuss photography topics such as staging a scene in your home, working with children in a photoshoot, and how to choose a photo to paint from, and much more. Corey will demonstrate using a full-color pastel palette working from a photograph. The photo reference will be provided or you can choose your own to work from.

You will need:

Soft pastels, preferably in the Earth Tone range. Some examples are:

Unison Natural Earth (NE)

Unison Brown Earth (BE)

Terry Ludwig Umber Shadows and Shades

Terry Ludwig Maggie Price Grays

Richeson Hand-rolled Soft Pastels Earth Browns

Willow charcoal (I recommend Coates)

Assorted pastel & charcoal pencils

1 piece of sanded pastel paper, student’s preference, any color but white. Corey will be using Canson Touch

A drawing board and clips or tape

A kneaded eraser