Creating Vibrant Botanicals using Pastels with Nazanin Mohammadkhani

Cerulean Studio

Learn to create vibrant and eyecatching botanical compositions with pastels and explore your own creative style with Nazanin

Cerulean Studio Art Classes

We offer a broad range of small group classes and workshops in a friendly, relaxed environment, making use of our beautiful outdoor areas when the weather is fine - which is most of the time in Adelaide!

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Learn to create vibrant and eyecatching botanical compositions with Nazanin Mohammadkhani at Cerulean Studio. Scroll down to the bottom of this page to see images of her work in progress!Materials wil be provided as part of the cost, and you will have a choice between using soft pastels and oil pastels. You are also welcome to bring along paints or other mediums to explore the process of creating botanical paintings if you wish, but paint will not be supplied. You will be provided with paper to create your masterpiece to take home with you! Nazanin will guide you through the process of how to look at plants and flowers and start exploring a creative expression of what you see using pastels. Through this process you will start to uncover your own style, giving life to the work that is truly unique to you. PastelsThere are two main types of pastels: soft and oil. The immediate obvious difference between the two is that soft pastels create dust and are more powdery than oil pastels. Below, we provide a bit more information to assist you in deciding which type you may like to try. Soft Pastels Soft pastels are made from pigment with a small amount of binder, which usually includes chalk and gum arabic. Soft pastels feel drier and are an expressive, painterly medium- think Edgar Degas paintings of ballerinas! Soft pastels range in hardness and texture. Ultra soft pastels can break unless handled carefully. Soft pastels can be used for blending and building up the intensity of colour. A harder soft pastel feels drier and can be used to achieve finer detail, or for the first layers of a drawing. The texture of soft pastels can be described as velvety smooth.Oil Pastels Oil pastels use a different binder to hold the pigment together, which makes the pastel behave differently from soft pastels. They are creamy and oily in texture and have a satin sheen to them, and feel more buttery than soft pastels. As oil pastels warm up, the consistency of the pastel changes. The texture has been described by many artists as similar to lipstick. They are versatile and can be used in a number of ways, on a variety of surfaces. This makes the creating experience feel expressive and free . About your tutor, Nazanin Mohammadkhani <a href="https://www.instagram.com/design_story_official/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/design_story_official/</a>Nazanin started learning about professional drawings and perspective at the age of 8, thanks to her mother valuing her interest in painting her bedroom walls! What she learned from her teacher at that young age, though, provided a strong foundation for when she started teaching composition and perspective at a University School of Art and Architecture in Iran. Nazanin studied secondary school art and has a diploma in architecture and a Master of Arts in Industrial Design. She opened a gallery in her home country of Iran, accepting commissions and teaching drawing, painting and artistic techniques. She currently works as a high end jewellery designer, combining her Master of Arts in Industrial Design qualifications and her innate creativity, in addition to creating and exhibiting her artworks. Painting has been the inspiration and soul throughout all of Nazanin’s life, across many of her life journeys. Nazanin will share some of her secrets and knowledge from her many years of art and design experience in these classes.For more information about Cerulean Studio, visit our<a href="https://www.ceruleanstudio.com.au/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> website</a> or our <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ceruleanstudiogallery/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> instagram</a>We acknowledge the Kaurna, First Nations People of the Adelaide Plains, who are the traditional custodians of the land upon which Cerulean Studio is located. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging and recognise the history, culture and spirituality of all First Nations Peoples.

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