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· Monthly demonstrations
· Meet the demonstrators in person
· Your personal copy of Dusty Dialogue, the PASA newsletter published bi-monthly
· A discount card allows you to purchase art materials or picture framing at special prices
from leading suppliers
· The opportunity to show your work at PASA exhibitions – two or three times a year
· The opportunity to show your work to the world in our web-site gallery.
· Access to our library of DVD’s, videos, books and magazines
· Paint-ins and paint-outs from time to time
· Two day Master Class Workshops with World renowned pastel painters.
 
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Ross Paterson with two of his demonstration paintings |
Learn How to Paint and Draw with Pastels Without G oing to Classes....
Pastels are so beautifully immediate! You apply them directly onto the paper, mixing them then and there. Your paper surface is the palette. Could this be the main reason why we all love them?
Pastel Artists of South Australia (PASA) ia an art society created specifically to promote and teach the versatility of the medium. Members come from the ranks of serious painters, hobby artists and complete beginners.
It’s fair to say that the majority of people who join PASA have some experience in other media such as oils, water-colour and acrylics. They join PASA to discover a new way to paint with a medium requiring skills not usually used with conventional painting techniques.
 How PASA Works
The society meets in the afternoon of the second Saturday of the month. Meetings invariably feature an experienced demonstrator from our own ranks or a non-member artist who has agreed to share technical knowledge. By watching these demonstrations, you gradually begin to understand the medium and the techniques. This allows you to use you pastels at home and to apply the new knowledge to your own artwork.
At these meetings you’ll have the opportunity to rub shoulders with and meet artists just like yourself, or talk with highly skilled pastellists. The ambience is super friendly and the afternoon teas are legendary.
Pastel Painting & Drawing Classes Are Usually Not Available at Art Schools
Artists who want to learn to draw and Paint with Pastels often have only one option and that is to teach themselves. However these days there is another option. By joining PASA you can learn everything you need to know about the art of using pastels. No classes are involved and you always progress at your own pace.
 Master Class Workshops Unique to PASA
PASA is the only art society which regularly offers two day workshops, devoted entirely to pastel painting and drawing. Your tutors are our own members or visiting masters from overseas or interstate. Most other states in Australia have their own pastel society and visiting masters from overseas are often shared with other societies. The workshops are particularly useful for members who want to learn new techniques from world renowned artists. Tuition is personalised so that all attendees can expect to spend time with their tutor. PASA workshops are moderately priced so that no member is excluded.
 Pastel Painting Has Been Around For Centuries
Pastel painting received a significant revival with the French Impressionists, notably Degas who started using pastel in 1869. Gauguin, Matisse, Renoir, and Toulouse-Lautrec all used the medium with great success. In Australia the leading exponents of pastel painting have conducted workshops for PASA. Maxwell Wilks, Grace Paleg, Ross Paterson and Regina Hona are some of the famous names who have worked side by side with PASA members at recent workshops.
For more information
contact Kerryn Hocking (PASA Secretary)
Phone: (08) 8388 3418
email: kerryn.hocking@hotkey.net.au
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