Portola Art Gallery’s Jan Prisco Offers Weekly Pastel Plein Air Painting Classes at Allied Arts Guild and Other Peninsula Loc

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Portola Art Gallery’s Jan Prisco Offers Weekly Pastel Plein Air Painting Classes at Allied Arts Guild and Other Peninsula Locations

EVENT: Weekly Pastel Plein Air Painting Classes with Jan Prisco

DATES: April 16 - August 2014, Wednesday afternoons, 1:30 - 4:15 P.M.

LOCATION:
Allied Arts Guild, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025

STUDENT LEVEL: Beginning to intermediate pastel painters. Classes limited to six painters per class to ensure individual attention.

COST: $30/class, $100/4-class bundle

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION: Jan Prisco, 650.341.9519, [email protected]


MENLO PARK, Calif. -- The Portola Art Gallery’s Jan Prisco will offer weekly pastel plein air painting classes at Allied Arts Guild and other Peninsula locations, on Wednesday afternoons from 1:30-4:15 P.M., starting April 16 and running through August.

Beginning and intermediate pastel painters are welcome. Classes will be limited to six painters per class to ensure individual attention. The cost will be $30 per class, or $100 for a four-class bundle.

Pastels provide a natural medium for plein air painting due to their immediacy and their vibrancy of color. Classes will include demonstrations and cover valuable pastel tools for success, including hard pastel, soft pastel and watercolor underpainting, as well as the importance of sketches and value studies in order to create a solid composition prior to beginning a painting.

The first four classes will include review of pastel painting basics and will be held at Allied Arts Guild, one of the most beautiful and historic spots on the San Francisco peninsula. From there, classes will be held at various locations along the Peninsula. A materials list will be provided upon registration.

Jan Prisco, of San Mateo, works primarily in pastel and oils. In portraiture, her goal is to capture the likeness and vitality of those she paints by studying and capturing the gesture, reflection of light, facial expression and color.  When painting landscapes, Jan works toward capturing the mood and light of the spot she is painting. Her goal is to pull the viewer into the painting through use of texture, light and color. More information about Jan’s work is available online at http://www.janprisco.com


About Portola Art Gallery
Portola Art Gallery exhibits high quality, representational art by 16 Bay Area artists. Painting, pastel, photography and ceramics can be viewed at the gallery, located at the Historic Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park, CA.

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