Mediums: Mixed media in oil, cold wax & pastel
Level: All levels welcome
Class Dates: Tuesdays, August 4-18, 2026
Class Times:
• 11:30 am-1:30 pm Pacific Time
• 2:30 pm-4:30 pm Eastern Time
• 7:30 pm-9:30 pm UK Time
This workshop explores a layered approach to painting that begins with soft pastel and drawing marks and evolves through oil paint and cold wax. Artists will learn how to build depth through layering, scraping, and excavation, allowing earlier passages of color and mark making to remain part of the final surface.
Working on oil paper or panels, participants will explore pastel underpainting, sealing layers with cold wax, mixing oil paint with wax medium, and developing richly textured surfaces. Demonstrations will focus on layering techniques, pigment stick mark making, and balancing transparency and opacity in the painting.
This workshop encourages an intuitive process where paintings develop through discovery, response, and the gradual building of surface history.
Suitable for artists working in pastel, oil, acrylic, or mixed media who are interested in exploring layered painting processes.
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$225.00
Debora Stewart is a Signature Member and a Master Pastellist of the Pastel Society of America and a member of the Master’s Circle of the International Association of Pastel Societies. She is also the author of a Northlight book titled Abstract Art Painting: Expressions in Mixed Media and a series of videos on abstract painting from Northlight TV. She teaches workshops for artists in abstraction throughout the U.S. Her pastels and paintings are available through galleries in Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois.
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