Announcement: You do not need a season pass to attend the International Paint Out at the Rhoneymeade Arboretum in September
This began with a wonderful slide show plus original works of art in Desmond O 'Hagan's unique style. He emphasizes the value of color, the temperature and the intensity; the shapes of dark and light. This promises to be a very interesting workshop. Day 2 Desmond uses a very bold approach. He really presses hard I the pastel stick, changes direction with the pastel and blocks in the composition. He began with a charcoal sketch, and used a black pastel to define shapes. He continues using a dark shade of blue to further define shapes. His graphic design background is obvious in this approach. He really keeps things simple, he establishes "detail "with varying pressure, (Note