It's time to leave portraiture for something less exacting and more exciting.    The object of this class is to play free and loose with your pastels and escape into impressionism.  

As artists, we are forever people watching.  Restaurants, street corners, parks....all places that harbor  intimate scenes whereby the settings or accoutrements suggest the story of  the figures within. 

This is your opportunity to  weave a tale around stranger or soul mate.  Dramatic light is the key to the success of this type of work.  Bright sun or lamplit corners will make a painting like this jump off the page so take your time and collect lots of resources to work from.