Exciting news – Jessica Wesolek of Cre8it.com has announced a new Cre8it workdate using PanPastels. A 5 week video lesson online workshop starting 6th November 2009.
A truly new art medium is a very rare thing . . .
Reformulating, repurposing, and repackaging are common ways to keep art supplies that have been around for centuries, feeling new.
But, PanPastels really are new and very different from the soft pastels on which they are based.
Artist grade soft pastels are an old and traditional medium (1600s). They look wonderful, but they behave in certain ways which make them hard to use for many artists. They aren’t easy to store, they are fragile, and they create an unholy mess of dust. They also have to be fixed with sprays that smell and are toxic.
So, the introduction of PanPastels has knocked the socks off anyone who tries them, because they do not create that mess, are easy to handle, and have a consistency that almost feels creamy, even though they are a dry medium. They blend like a dream, and can be applied with special “brushes” like you would apply paint. The colors are so rich it is like working with pure pigment, and maybe the best thing of all, they erase!!!
When I first heard of them, I literally ran out to get them and I have been having a love affair with them ever since. I have learned a lot about using them outside of the traditional pastel paradigm, and how to combine them with other media. In this workshop. I will share that information with you.
Each week, for 5 weeks, you will be given a video lesson on how to use PanPastels and the special tools that come with them, called Sofftools.
We will learn to “paint” and draw with Pan Pastels and to combine them with other media for some fantastic and unusual results.
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Click here to visit the Cre8it website and sign-up for the PanPastel online workshop
To read more about this exciting new medium visit the Journal Craft store. We are offering a 10% discount on supplies for the workshop. Please email – enquiries (at) journalcraft.co.uk – when you have registered for the workshop and we will give you the discount code.
