PA - LESSON #1 - Introduction to Pastels

[claude]

Dennis, I have oil pastels, are they the same as soft pastels or do I have to buy a new box? BTW Thanks for the free classes, watched the replay this morning, you look younger than 2 years ago. Facelift? New mascara? 

[dennis]

Good to hear from you again Claude   It's because of all the members keeping me on the run - no time to get or feel old   How's the greenhouse  work going?


Oil pastels is a different technique to the soft pastels. There are some reasonably cheap soft pastel sets (30 per box) that one can buy.

[Val]

       There's our shaggy little frenchman! Have missed you!     Really! 

Look forward to seeing you in technicolour pastel...you might want to consider what the discerning nouveau pastel artistes are wearing this year!
 

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     I've got mine!   

[Bev S.]

Thanks, Dennis!

[eftpower1]

Dirty ras a frash!!!!!9

Even when my world slows down enough for me to watch   grumble grumble I don't get to!!!!     30 below Fahrenheit and the internet goes SOUTH!!!

But on the bright side, I can now ID with VAL    and her "puter problems  in the Caribbean, ( and how cold is it where you are, Val?)

What I did see , before the net "froze" was "WOW"  what a picture!  The up grade results are fantastic    ....Claude, glad to see ya !

Brian

[Val]

Oh Brian!  we've had to put light blankets on the bed! Not just one....but 2!!  Sometimes gets into the low 60's at night  One night last week we went down to 58!!  Daytime is about mid 70's, the odd day makes it up to about 84. Might have to go    back to the east Caribbean...didn't get this cold there! 

[Ray3]

Hi Dennis I am having problems with downloading the PDF handout on my iPad it just shows the front cover and nothing else is this a problem with my iPad. Ray

[Bev S.]

Oh Brian!  we've had to put light blankets on the bed! Not just one....but 2!!  Sometimes gets into the low 60's at night  One night last week we went down to 58!!  Daytime is about mid 70's, the odd day makes it up to about 84. Might have to go    back to the east Caribbean...didn't get this cold there! 

2 blankets??? How many blankets if it gets to 5 (F)?? That's what it is here right now!!! Woo Hoo that's cold!!!

[dennis]

Ray, I've just done a test and the PDF opens fine on my computers.
When I opened in my iPad I get the same as you. Will check with Nolan shortly and come back to you.

[NHC50]

Oh Val you poor thing. My heart bleeds for you. That you have to put up with those cold temps. 
Come to Kansas. It was 5 degrees last night.

Claude good to see you are back. Hope you have been staying out of trouble. But we know better than that.

Nina 

[Ray3]

Thanks Dennis

[musika]

If you long-press, the option comes up to open in a new tab. It works there.

[Ray3]

Thanks Ray have it now cheers

[Riya]

Hi Dennis, and all you lovely friends, I just saw the free pastel lessons and just had to do these, booked them and looking forward to it. I do have soft pastels but don't use them often, would be time  . Drawing isn't a great problem, so I think and hope I wil be able to follow the class. I missed all of you and ofcourse painting, hopefully I wont have problems with my wrist again. Just today I am allowed to use my right wrist again, even it was just for one hour.

[Val]