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Class Description

Step into a peaceful countryside scene with this soft pastel class focused on painting an old-world masonry bridge. These arched bridges, with their timeworn textures and natural elegance, offer the perfect opportunity to practice landscape composition, contrast, and soft detailing—all while creating a scene full of charm and calm.

Your Learning Journey Includes:

🌗 Light vs. Dark Contrast: Learn how to place dark tones against light to create stunning contrast and bring structure to your landscape.
🍃 Delicate Foliage: Discover how to render fine leaves and branches that add softness and realism to the scene.
🧱 Simplifying Masonry: Master techniques for suggesting detailed stonework without getting lost in every brick—less is more!
🌊 Refining Water Textures: Explore ways to simplify and adjust a distracting water surface so it supports the composition instead of stealing attention.

Tools for Success:

🎥 Step-by-Step Video Demonstration: Follow along with detailed guidance as the scene is built from the ground up in real time.
📄 On-Demand Access: Learn at your own pace, anytime you like, with the ability to pause and revisit any part of the lesson.
📥 Downloadable Reference Pack: Includes all the reference images and materials you need to support your painting journey.

Aimed at beginner to intermediate artists, this class is ideal for anyone wanting to improve their soft pastel technique while creating a landscape that evokes calm, nature, and timeless beauty.

Join now and bring this peaceful stone bridge to life in soft pastel!

You Will Need

  • Set of Soft Pastels
  • Toilet Paper for blending
  • Bread for erasing mistakes
  • Charcoal Stick
  • Ear buds
  • Brushes for blending
  • Surgical Gloves (optional)
  • Soft Cloth
  • Pastel Paper