The Costumed Portrait with Corey Pitkin

Travel back to the Gilded Age in this unique Zoom workshop with Corey Pitkin PSA, IAPS-MC. Working from a costumed model in his studio, Corey will show you how many of his pastel techniques were inspired by some of the great masters of the late 1800s such as John Singer Sargent, Anders Zorn, and Ilya Repin. The focus of the workshop will be on color choices, mark-making, and how a simple design can be effectively used to create a powerful portrait. Corey will demonstrate using a full-color pastel palette. The model will be displayed on a split-screen allowing students to paint along. The workshop will end with a group critique.

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