This past summer I took a pastel workshop with Tricia Reichert who teaches locally at Cal Poly. She's a very good teacher. She teaches drawing, watercolor, printmaking, and probably more...in addition to soft pastel. On the last day of class she told us of a new pastel society that was just starting up so I attended their meeting that very day and joined. It's a great group! Today some of us got together to paint birds. We are getting ready for the California Bird Festival in Morro Bay morrobaybirdfestival.org/ this coming January. I always wanted to paint a raven. It turns out they do not migrate. Google tells me that sometimes they wander south in fall and winter! Here's a link to the California Central Coast Pastel Society-3cps.org/
I spent four days painting in Santa Barbara, taking a workshop from Barbara Jaenicke. She is a wonderful teacher and I had a challenging great time! Two out of four presentable paintings...not so bad for a beginner...!? Both paintings were done in the studio. We did paint en plein aire but those two did not survive!
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AuthorI am Jo-Neal Graves Boic, born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Long time resident and teacher in Santa Cruz County, currently living in Capitola, California. Archives
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