Painting with Soft Pastels

Painting with Soft Pastels

Adult | Registration opens 11/19/2025 8:00 PM EDT

Adult all levels
1/12/2026-3/9/2026
9:30 AM-11:30 AM EDT on Mon
$224.00
$201.60

Painting with Soft Pastels

Adult | Registration opens 11/19/2025 8:00 PM EDT

Discover the vibrant world of pastels and watch your artwork come to life. Learn to draw, create an underpainting, layer colors, and finish with techniques to protect and showcase your work. The instructor offers individual and group guidance, handouts, class critiques, and a free subscription to the monthly Art Newsletter. 
Please note: NO class on 1/19

  • Please note the material list below

    Note: Jerry’s Artarama in West Hartford will have a complete set of materials at a discount
    price in my name for my students. Please ask at the desk.
  • Materials List for Soft Pastels

    ? A set of at least 30 Assorted soft pastels, preferably artist grade. Some choices include:
    Unison, Mount Vision, Rembrandt, Sennelier, Great America, or Schmincke.
    ? Tortillons in various sizes
    ? Drawing or sketch paper, 11” x 14”
    ? HB pencil
    ? Eraser
    ? Ruler
    ? Bristle brush size 8 or larger
    ? Gloves (optional)
    ? Mask (optional)
    ? Paper towels
    ? Palette for oil or acrylics
    ? Sanded pastel paper: Wallis Sanded paper, Uart Premium Sanded paper, or Mi-Teintes
    Touch Sanded Paper.
    ? Photos printed out to at least 8” x10”. No electronic references, please! Instructor will
    bring some photos.
    ? Paint of your choice: Oil (will need Gamsol Mineral Spirits), Acrylic, Watercolor with
    primary and secondary colors and white.

    Note: Jerry’s Artarama in West Hartford will have a complete set of materials at a discount
    price in my name for my students. Please ask at the desk.
Patricia Meglio

Patty began taking drawing and painting lessons in the late 90s, and starting in 2003, she began studying painting with local artists, including Marc Antony Massaro in Branford, CT, Terry Oakes-Bourret in Durham, CT, and Hagop Keledjian in Putney, Vermont. She paints mostly in oil on canvas or linen or on panels. Patty’s work is modern impressionist style, mostly depicting country landscapes, seascapes, and still life. Her inspiration stems from twentieth century impressionist art, including works by Sargent, Sorolla, de Lazlo, and Boldini, and modern artists including Schmid, Hanson, Guzik, Demers, and Liberace. She draws her inspirations, as they did, from early twentieth-century architecture, the art deco and Greek classical styles of urban buildings, weather worn barns and open pastures of the country farms, and rocky and sandy beaches lined with classic New England cottages. Patty is a past participant in juried competitions for the Clinton Art Society, Madison Art Society, Artwalk for the West Hartford Art League, and the Mavis Fenner Memorial for the Rowayton Arts Center, and is a winner of the Merchant’s Prize at the Madison Art Show in 2007. She has exhibited in numerous venues throughout the state of Connecticut and New Hampshire. Her work is held in private collections throughout the country. She is a member of the Hamden Art League and the Madison Art Society.