This is an introductory class in color theory, color mixing, and classical fundamentals of portrait drawing and light effect. Over four weeks, students will be guided through a stage by stage drawing process of constructing the head and face in colorful chalk pastel! The pastel provides the opportunity to use a paint-like wash of color for larger areas via pastel stick and to draw in the finer anatomical detail via pastel pencil. Students work from a live model and one long-pose for all four weeks. The instruction includes weekly lectures and demonstrations and one-on-one guidance and feedback. For those brand new to drawing through intermediate artists, adults, and teens!

About the instructor: Rami Baglio is a New York City and Northampton MA-based artist who holds a BA from Hampshire College and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art. She is classically trained in portrait and figure painting and drawing.