“BASIC PASTEL PAINTING” CLASS

“Basic Pastel Painting” instructors Cindy Griffith & Marcia Hill

There's still a little room in this class, sign up now!

Class date:  Saturday, May 30th, 2015

Class time:  10:30am-4:30pm (with a half hour lunch break)

Skill Level:  Beginner, ages 14+

Required sign up by:  May 22nd, 2015

Class fee:  $75.00 per student, plus materials (see materials list below)

Cindy Griffith- “Late Summer Storm”

Marcia Hill- “February Dawn”

You may find Cindy’s work at:  http://www.hungermountainarts.com

You may find Marcia’s work at:  http://www.marciahillart.com

Students will learn a wealth of information about the tools used with pastel painting, basic value, color, temperature, compositions and intro to the use of pastel papers

Materials list: (please bring)

1 set (24 or more ) of soft pastels Artists Mediums will have available (OR bring your own 20+ colors of good

student or artist grade pastels)

2 sheets (no larger than 9”x 12”) Canson Mi-tientes paper (cut down from larger sheet -White or neutral in color)

One sheet of 9×12 Art Spectrum sanded paper (students color choice.)

Wear studio –friendly clothes

Parking for class will be on side of building.

Refund Policy:
Please sign up early for classes. This gives us time to order the correct amount of supplies and prevents us from canceling the class if there doesn’t seem to be any interest. Full refunds will not be given for class cancellations. If you need to cancel 50% will be returned in the form of store credit and 50% will go to the teacher. If Artists’ Mediums needs to cancel for any reason, you will receive a full refund.

Now Showing-3 Artists

Amanda Amend,

Cindy Griffiths & Marcia Hill.
Thier amazing Watercolors, pastels and Acrylics are on display from now through the end of July!

Winter Clearance

40 -70 % off of Artists Grade oils, Student grade oils, Acrylics, Watercolors,
Paintstiks, even encaustics, and so very much more!

Just a couple days left to get these supplies at below our cost pricing!

Clearance prices EXTENDED with DEEPER discounts through Wednesday February 11th!

www.VTmakeART.com

Charcoals

 

 Rich creamy black charcoals come in a huge variety of products:

Of course there are Charcoal Pencils

Charcoal Pencils Black HB Hard	557-HB
Charcoal Pencils Black 2B Medium	557-2B
Charcoal Pencils Black 4B Soft	557-4B
Charcoal Pencils Black 6B Extra Soft	557-6B
Charcoal  Pencils White	558

 and Compressed Charcoal

Compressed Charcoal - 2B (12 min)	957 2B
Compressed Charcoal - 4B (12 min)	957 4B
Compressed Charcoal - 6B (12 min)	957 6B
Compressed Charcoal - (White) (12 min)	958

  Vine Charcoal in a variety of sizes and softness

We also usually have Powdered Charcoal and Charcoal Chunks.


But you are certainly not limited to just black charcoal, there are drawing materials like the Conte' Crayons which come in some nice earthy tones....

If you need more color you can move on to Pastels.
If you are looking for our selections of Graphite pencils click here.

Ordering up for the Holidays!

     We have Brush sets galore

All kinds of wonderful sketch, and Watercolor pads

Even Storage Boxes and other totes for your art supplies

We have even built Watercolor sets with color already in them for a REALLY GREAT PRICE!

Seasons Greetings from all of us at Artists' Mediums Inc.

We at Artists' Mediums Inc.
wish you all a safe and joyous Holiday Season!

 

 

We are very grateful for our talented, creative and inspiring customers, and wonderful friends and family!

Oil Pastel Class with Carol Boucher

Oil Pastel painting by Carol Boucher

Saturday, October 22nd

$60.00 per student

11:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. with a break for lunch.

Ages 16 and up.

Pre-pay sign ups required by Wed. October 19th

Call (802) 879-1236 or (800) 255-1290 to pay by phone

"Widen your horizons with oil pastel in this action-packed, intensive workshop. Create large or small paintings from imagination or from photos using vibrant Holbein oil pastels, or bring your own sets. Award-winning landscape painter Carol Boucher will teach you to prepare optimal surfaces using acrylic ground and gesso. Explore a variety of papers and boards. Carol will demonstrate methods of keeping vibrancy while blending colors using only the pastels. She will also present a brief slide show of her work.
Materials List available upon registration.

http://www.carolboucher.com/gallery/index-new-oil-pastels.htm

Holbein Art Supply Review

with Matt Hopper

Saturday, October 8th

from 11:00 a.m. through 2:00 p.m. (free).

Matt Hopper from HK Holbein Inc., who has literally grown up in the art industry, will answer all your questions about these fine art supplies that we carry here in at Artists' Mediums Inc.

Oils, Acrylics, Watercolors, Pastels, and the wide array of Holbein Artist's and Designer's Materials will be discussed, your questions are welcome!

TRY-IT Before you Buy IT!

TRY-IT events are hands-on with select product, and a knowledgeable advisor close at hand. Find out what we love about these products, and see if they're right for you.

Terry Ludwig Soft Pastels

Come in to Artists Mediums Inc. to test these wonderful soft Pastels,
This Tuesday evening, July 12th from 4:00-5:30 p.m.

Terry has created a vast array (over 400 intense colors) in a unique square pastel, that are uniformly soft across all densities of hue.

I will be placing an order with Terry Ludwig after July 20th, so if you want to get a set or even an individual stick of color - click here to get a special coupon and order now!

(When placing special orders for our customers we request a 50% deposit on merchandise.)

Fresh from Colorado!

Chelsea has just returned from a trip to CO which included a visit with Terry Ludwig of Terry Ludwig Pastels (and yes, we'll have these in the shop soon!) When she's settled back in, we'll have some pictures from her tour of the factory. Until then, here's a bit of background:

"Frustrated with the lack of color options available and few choices for very soft pastels, Terry Ludwig began experimenting with formulas for making his own pastels in 1995.

His goal: create a vast array of color in pastels that were uniformly soft across all densities of hue.

His result: over 500 intense colors, some of which are unavailable elsewhere, in a unique square pastel.

Crafting each pastel with a broad range of pigments by hand with minimal natural binders renders highly concentrated, velvety pastels. The square shape delivers thick, broad strokes and thin, precise lines where necessary."

Look for these in our pastel aisle soon...

Pastels

Winsor Newton is discontinuing thier line of Soft Pastels.

I am asking all my Pastel customers which Pastel line I should carry.
So far, I hear NUMEROUS answers!
I am waiting until there is a general consensus, (so let me know what you think!) but in the meantime, I thought I'd mention that the

Winsor Newton Pastels are at a 25% discount off of the list price right now,

until they are gone.

ALSO if you haven't heard about the Pan Pastels, I do have some of them in the store,

there are some really wonderful instructional videos on line that you might enjoy.

Click here to see the Pan Pastel videos.