Painting with pastels can be daunting and confusing if you are not familiar with them. There are certain tools and techniques that demystify the pastel painting process and make it an enjoyable, fun, and enchanting medium to paint in. In this class, you will learn colour theory, smudging and blending, the best paper and pastels to use, and all other little tips and tricks I have picked up along the way, from my own experience of painting with pastels over the past ten years. Whether you are a beginner to painting in general or with pastels, or you wish to explore a new medium as an artist or deepen your practice with pastels, I will meet you were you are and provide you with the necessary information and practices to paint beautiful pastel paintings inspired from real life images or surreal abstract landscapes from your imagination - whatever inspires and sings to you loudest.