Liz Haywood-Sullivan
The Fine Art of Pastel
This has led me to teaching. Until you try teaching you don’t know if you will like it, or even be good at it. As my career progresses, teaching has become more and more an important part of who I am as an artist. Interacting and sharing with students has informed my work and made me a better artist. The past ten years I have devoted to being president of two art non-profits, first the International Association of Pastel Societies, and currently, the North River Arts Society. After this interlude in the non-profit sector, and after teaching around the world, I believe now is the right time to bring my instruction online to you.
My instructional videos will closely follow my own interests in the pastel medium, which includes living the life of an artist. I can’t separate the two. In addition to lessons in how to use this stunning medium I will also be discussing traveling with pastels, how they are made, framing and presentation, inventory, and so much more. I am open to your suggestions.
It is exciting to bring these videos to life, and I look forward to working with Epiphany to share my love of this remarkable medium with you.
If we haven’t yet covered a topic you’d like to see let us know and we’ll add it to the list Thanks! Send us an email
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Silver Subscription Permanent Core Videos:
Good Bones: Beginning a Painting
This first set of core videos are always available for all silver subscribers. The following set of videos are available for three months after publication. A gold membership has access to all of Liz’s videos indefinitely for as long as the membership is active.
These steps will work for any medium.
The principles I discuss in Good Bones are the structure of my teaching. I suggest you watch them first since I will refer back to these techniques and will be using the terminology I introduce in them throughout my future videos.
These techniques have been passed down to artists for ages, from teacher to student.
They ask you to slow down, not rush into a painting, and apply a more deliberate approach. If you take a deep breath and enter into your painting process by using these steps, it will help you achieve more successful compositions, more accurate drawings, and better values. These steps will make the adolescent stage of your paintings (when they inevitably start to fight you back) less painful, and lead to more successful painting outcomes.
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Archived Live Demos
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PASTEL PAINTING FUNDAMENTALS
Good Bones: Beginning a Painting
The principles I discuss in Good Bones are the structure of my teaching. I suggest you watch them first since I will refer back to these techniques and will be using the terminology I introduce in them throughout my future videos.
These techniques have been passed down to artists for ages, from teacher to student.
They ask you to slow down, not rush into a painting, and apply a more deliberate approach. If you take a deep breath and enter into your painting process by using these steps, it will help you achieve more successful compositions, more accurate drawings, and better values. These steps will make the adolescent stage of your paintings (when they inevitably start to fight you back) less painful, and lead to more successful painting outcomes.
The Beauty of the Pastel Medium
The Power of Underpainting
Underpainting can seem like a big mystery. The number one question I hear is what color to use? Once again, it’s not the color that is important, but value. The following videos explore underpainting and will give you a variety of ideas on how to approach this fascinating and fun technique.
Exploring Surfaces
The Landscape Series
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The Seasons Series
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Plein Air and Traveling with Pastels
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SmART Business: After the Art is Done
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