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State Winner for 'Building Communities' in the Telstra Best of Business Awards 2024; State Winner for 'Promoting Sustainability' in the Telstra Best of Business Awards 2022
State Winner for 'Building Communities' in the Telstra Best of Business Awards 2024; State Winner for 'Promoting Sustainability' in the Telstra Best of Business Awards 2022
Intermediate Soft Pastel – Paint the Places You Love with Caroline Reid (NEW)

Intermediate Soft Pastel – Paint the Places You Love with Caroline Reid (NEW)

$395.00 - $395.00
$395.00
$395.00 - $395.00
$395.00

What if you could paint the places you love?
What if you could rediscover the wonder and awe of our local Ngunnawal country — to capture the Australian light, the freshness of the wind, and the shadows alive with colour? This is the magic of soft pastel.

This intermediate course explores the expressive possibilities of soft pastel – ‘the dust of angels’. Building on your basic knowledge of surfaces, techniques, mark-making and materials, you’ll continue your journey creating nature-inspired artworks with depth, luminosity, and life.

Each week, you’ll take home a vibrant, expressive landscape that celebrates your connection to place.

Dates: 5 – 26 March 2026
Day/Time: Thursdays, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: NatureArt Lab, M16 Artspace, 21 Blaxland Crescent, Griffith, ACT

If this course books out, please contact us if you would like to be added to a wait list for this or future classes.

Course Description:

This course will continue your journey with soft pastels, applying your basic knowledge of surface types, pastel types, mark-making, and basic studio practices to some local landscapes and nature. At the end of each class you can expect to produce a lovely landscape in soft pastel. 

NB: Suitable for inexperienced pastellistes continuing on from ‘Basic Pastels’.

NB: Mandatory Course Materials: We provide professional tutoring and you must bring your own materials or you will not be able to complete the class exercises. You will need a good range of landscape soft pastels (more than 40) and a small number of hard pastels for drawing. If you need to buy a set, the tutor recommends sets supplied online from https://softpastels.com.au/:

Soft Pastels Sets

Hard Pastels

Learning Outcomes:

  • Build on the basics of knowledge of the materials, mark-making and basic soft pastel techniques.

  • Master dust control and layering

  • Learn to apply underpainting techniques

  • Finish a class landscape project each week using the techniques and materials we have learned about.

Level of experience:

Suitable for students who are more than beginners but and who wish to develop their soft pastel journey. Note-it is essential you have your own collection of soft pastels with a range of tones and colours.

Materials List: 

NB: Mandatory Course Materials: We provide professional tutoring and you must bring your own materials or you will not be able to complete the class exercises. NB: This course is for soft pastels NOT oil pastels

You will need a good range of landscape soft pastels (more than 45) and a small number of hard pastels (approx 10) for drawing. If you need to buy a set, the tutor recommends sets supplied online from https://softpastels.com.au/:

Recommended Soft Pastels Sets


Recommended Hard Pastels

Or

  • Set of pastel pencils (https://www.softpastels.com.au/pastel_pencils/derwent/derwent_set_details.php?ri=5831)

  • Paper will be supplied by the tutor and purchased directly (approx. $10 per night).

A list of other materials will be sent to you prior to the workshop:

NB: This course is for soft pastels NOT oil pastel

 

About the tutor:

“Love Where You Live”

Caroline Reid is a contemporary landscape artist based in Canberra. She draws deep inspiration from the rugged, semi-alpine terrain that surrounds her—flanked by mountain ranges to the east and west, and the Snowy Mountains to the south.

Though art has always been part of her life, Caroline spent many years working in science and industry policy, leaving little time to pursue a professional art career. It was through plein air painting that she reconnected with her creative practice, using it as a path to physical and emotional recovery, grounded in her profound care for the natural world.

For Caroline, the life force in nature is endlessly restorative. She is especially drawn to the wild beauty of Kosciuszko National Park and the remote areas of Namadgi National Park. There, the movement of water and the warmth of sunlight are more than just elements—they’re the vital energies that breathe life into the landscapes she paints.

Her work spans a variety of styles, from realism to impressionism, with a particular love for soft pastel and watercolour as her mediums of choice.

NatureArt Lab Awards:

  • 2022, Telstra Best of Business Award Winner for Promoting Sustainability, ACT
  • 2024, Telstra Best of Business Award Winner for Building Communities, ACT

Image credits: Caroline Reid

 

 

 

Discount Policy: Students may be eligible for Seniors Discount and/or Member Discounts on checkout.  If you are unsure about eligibility or how to claim this discount, please email info@natureartlab.com.au.

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