Pastel Painting with Lindy

    Thought.   Movement . Pigment.

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If you somehow found this page without browsing the rest of the website, I'm Lindy Severns.
Painting western landscapes is what I do.

I love to share painting tips, and you'll find some on this site.
I also teach a very limited number of workshops. Either in person or here online, I illustrate some of the steps that go into my own pastel paintings. I discuss preparing the surface, drawing, composition, color, value... all of the elements that ultimately produce a finished pastel (or oil) painting.

Images of my own raw work in progress show the stages of creation. Browse through the links below, paint awhile, then return and browse them again with a more experienced eye.

If you're a beginner in pastels, I strongly recommend you tackle these elements one at a time...play with each at your own easel, cull what doesn't work for you, change what I do to suit yourself and in doing this, develop your own style. You don't need a studio full of supplies, and you certainly don't need a tray arranged with thousands of colored sticks.

I truly believe art's all about the process of creation.
And there are as many ways to create as there are artists.

At every level, art should be enjoyed as a journey, not a destination!

I encourage you to read my blog. While not exactly painting lessons, my art-inspired essays might make you, the artist feel less out of step with the rest of humanity. Honestly. I march to fiddle music myself.

                                                                              ALPINE BURROS
                                                                           thoughts on drawing and composition

                                                                                ALPINE BURROS 12 x 15 pastel by Lindy C Severns $1550 collection of Louisa & Jack Mayfield Alpine TX

                                                                                      BROKEN SKY OVER BLUE MOUNTAIN
                                                                                                  Adjusting Broken Color in a Sky & Landscape

                                                                                                 BROKEN SKY OVER BLUE MtT Lindy Severns 20x 50 pastel $4400 M/M Steve Kennedy Ft Davis TX

                                                                                                  SIERRA del CARMEN LIGHT
                                                                                                   basic pastel technique in a complex subject

                                                                                                 SIERRA del CARMEN LIGHT 24 x 36 pastel by Lindy Severns $3800 private collection

I agree to a very limited number of live demonstrations and workshops annually.
Teaching has to be fun, or I'd rather be painting!

My workshops are small, elite, high-energy events jam-packed with technique and information.
Enrollment is absolutely limited to 10-15 students, 10 being optimal but a little pricier.
You'll learn something, no matter where you are coming from. (Groups of mixed levels are not a problem for me.) By the end of three or four information-intense days, I'll know you and your work, and your head will be swimming with color and value and line and mass, and hopefully, a burning desire to create.

Mornings, we discuss materials and technique, then I demonstrate in pastels.
Each afternoon, workshop artists paint on their own.
Meanwhile, I rotate thru the room giving individual help at each easel.
Workshop participants may work on whatever subject they want to, in their medium of choice. (I'd prefer my students try pastels while I'm around to guide them, but that isn't requisite.)

The supply list is modest, even if you must purchase your pastel supplies for the first time. Supplies, remember, don't make the artist: Heart makes art. Supplies only make the artist happier.

Want me to come teach your group? Please fill out the following inquiry form and tell me a little about yourself and your group.

Lindy Severns Painting Workshop Inquiry

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Scroll down to see this demo painting in its finished form

At 9:00 am :
Demonstrations cover specific themes.
This one taught painting rushing water over a (red) pastel-toned surface. The painting is done to this stage prior to the workshop, then the segment(s) being taught (in this case, water and finishing touches) are done in front of the class. Each day has a different painting with a different instruction theme, such as painting sky, painting rocks, painting grass.... And the class is conducted with emphasis not only on the medium but on composition, drawing and design elements common to many kinds of art.

At noon:

Go ahead and get your feet wet--set up a pastel painting workshop in your area!

-Lindy Severns

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