KAREN MIURA - www.KarenMiura.com
August 11, 2023, Museum of the Dog, NYC. Karen teaches a pastel class for the public once a month. We attended in September 2019 and had such a great time we took the class again on August 11. The class had about 5 tables with 4 people at each table. Everyone had a photo of a pet and if they had no pet Karen's pup, Lucy served as a model. While we worked Lucy visited each table to say Hello throughout the two hour class.
Our photos were duplicated on a copy machine in B&W. Once they were given to us and trimmed we turned the photocopy over and coated the back with black pastel chalk. Next the photo was placed on a white sanded piece of card stock (supplied to us). Then using a regular pencil we were to trace all important features of our pet onto the card stock.
A basic starting point was created from the tracing. The color photo we brought gave us the details and colors to aim for - with Karen's tremendous help!
How to deal with a black cat? Karen looked at the photo and pointed out the shades of blue and highlights that could be included.
