Satin & Citrus: Pastel Still Life Brilliance
Art in Action: Live Class Replay
Course Summary
🍊 Satin & Citrus: Pastel Still Life Brilliance
Bring fruit to life with glowing color, velvety textures, and rich reflections! In this lesson, we’ll explore how to capture the satin sheen of fabric, the subtle play of light on textured metal, and the radiant brilliance of orange rind with pastels.
✨ Course Takeaways:
-Master techniques for rendering satin drapery with soft transitions and shimmering highlights.
-Capture metal surfaces with reflected light, patina, and depth.
-Create the illusion of orange rind texture and juiciness through layering and blending.
-Balance warm and cool colors for realistic contrast.
-Develop confidence in building complex surfaces in a single composition.
📚 Lessons Learned:
-How to achieve a glossy vs matte surface in pastel.
-Using edges and blending to suggest roundness and form.
-Layering pastels to create depth and luminosity without muddiness.
-Incorporating fabric folds and cast shadows for stronger composition.
-How light interacts differently on fruit, fabric, and metal—and how to show it convincingly.
Course Curriculum
