Mediums: Pastel or water-based media
Level: All levels welcome
Class Dates: Mondays, August 10-24, 2026
Class Times:
• 9:30 am-noon Pacific Time
• 12:30 pm-3:00 pm Eastern Time
• 5:30 pm-8:00 pm UK Time
In this course, we look closely at the three pastel drawings by Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (1834 – 1917) in London’s National Gallery. Made in the late 1880s and 1890s, these works beautifully illustrate his breadth of approach. Laura will demonstrate using soft pastels but you are welcome to use any coloured drawing or painting material you like. Much of the discussion will be about colour and compositional choices, which is equally applicable to painting. Laura is particularly fond of and familiar with these works and will encourage slow looking. The energy, invention and atmosphere of them is truly dazzling and inspiring.
Materials: Soft pastels on pastel paper or tracing paper, alternatively, water-based paint or any coloured drawing material
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$225.00
Laura Smith(b.1980) is a painter living and working in London. She completed her BA at the Slade School of Fine Art in 2003 and went on to win the Richard Ford Award and the Drawing Prize during her studies on The Drawing Year at The Prince’s Drawing School (now the Royal Drawing School) in 2004. She graduated from her MFA at the Slade School of Fine Art in 2012, winning the Clare Winsten Memorial Award. Laura was shortlisted for the Threadneedle Prize in 2011 and has recently shown at the Mall Galleries, Jerwood Space, Flowers Gallery, Lubomirov-Easton and the Royal Academy of Arts.
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