Charlie Berger
Pan Pastels
Fridays from 9:30-12pm
5 Week Session: February 27-March 27
This workshop is for artists who have some previous experience in drawing and/or painting, but are interested in getting to know a new medium and enhance their artistic skills! Pan pastels is a combination of drawing and painting using powdered pigment and a range of soft mark-making tools. The dry materials and ease of application will open you up to a new world of painting!
You’ll learn the benefits of color mixing with a limited palette -- how to start with a strong composition -- and get much better at effective color mixing. We’ll focus on developing a strong composition and effective color application, but our primary focus will be learning to paint more loosely and with greater confidence. In this small-group session you'll take your abilities to a higher level with three hours of concentrated exploration and significant personal feedback each week. You’ll return to your studio with confidence and the skills to make strong, personal paintings.
Tools and materials provided for the first session! Charlie will provide individual students with a small set of pan pastels if they do not already have them. From there, he will share a Materials List.
TGIF
Fridays from 1-4pm
5-Week Winter Session: January 30 - March 6
TGIF! = Thank Goodness it’s Friday! Three hours of personal creative time with plenty of Charlie’s professional feedback & advice. Work on your own creative projects in the medium of your choice!
Bring your own tools and materials -- easels, tables, taborets, and drop cloths are provided.
This is a drop-in class – you may attend one, two, or all five sessions. Please call, text, or email to reserve your workspace in advance. $35/class.
Body Language: Drawing the Nude Figure
Saturdays from 9:30-12:30pm
5-Week Winter Session: February 7 - March 7
Participants will work from direct perception of professional nude models, predominantly in long poses, to create studies, sketches and more finished drawings.
Group and individual instruction will focus on observation, measurement, gesture and the geometry of the human figure. We will build our skills in using contour and cross-contour while recognizing proportion, foreshortening, and the use of tonal value to define form and create mood and expression.
For experienced artists and those who may be new to figure drawing but have some previous drawing experience. $210 Class Fee includes the model fee. Limited to 10 participants.
Please call, text, or email to reserve your workspace in advance.
Contact
513-212-4679
Bio
I am an artist and educator whose passion is teaching. I have more than thirty years of significant drawing, teaching and teacher training experience, working with both adults and students at the high school and college level.
I was an adjunct assistant professor in the School of Design, College of DAAP, at the University of Cincinnati for five years, and Director of North Light Art School for F&W Publications in Cincinnati for 13 years. I have taught at many of our great local institutions including the Art Academy, Thomas More College and Northern Kentucky University. I earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of Art, DAAP, at the University of Cincinnati, and a Bachelor of Art degree from Dickinson College.
I currently offer small group classes at The Woman’s Art Club/Cultural Center in Cincinnati, OH, as well as private and small group classes in my studio in Pleasant Ridge and in Studio 806 at The Pendleton Art Center.