Pastel Painting With Karen Miura
Thursday, August 13, 2026. We once again (third time) joined a class with Karen Miura to create pet pastel portraits. Fun, local, with results you can take home with you of your pet. Tonight we had a class of about 12 participants. One cat and the rest dogs were represented. The process begins with a color photo of the pet in a 5 x 7 format. If you cannot obtain the photo the personnel at our meeting place, Museum of the Dog https://museumofthedog.org/ will print it for you. Karen supplies a sturdy paper with a piece of carbon paper on top, taped in place. This paper sandwich is topped off with the photo of our pet. Next a sharp pencil is used to outline all significant markings on the pet. Karen helps all to ensure no significant feature is missed.
Next the color photo and carbon paper are removed. What we see is a representative of the pet from the carbon paper and our outlining. Then the fun begins. We learned when working with pastels you do the dark colors first. Look at your photo and choose colors. Karen supplies a wonderful array of colors. She teaches the nuances of color as she advised each of us on our pet portrait. If you want her help on a feature (for me it was eyes and nose) she cheerfully comes over and makes your portrait come alive. Some photos I was able to capture:
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