PAINTING SKIES WITH PASTEL WORKSHOP WITH ANNE STRUTZ, PSA, IAPS-MC

PAINTING SKIES WITH PASTEL 

DATE:  SEPTEMBER 10 and 16, 2025

TIME:  10-4

Fee: $225 for 2 Days  including supplies

LIMITED TO 6 STUDENTS

Painting Skies in Pastel: Some pastel experience preferred

In this 2 week series, we’ll explore how to effectively paint skies as a vital element in landscape painting. You’ll learn the fundamentals of aerial perspective, how to make thoughtful color choices, and various mark-making techniques to bring depth and atmosphere to your work. All supplies are included. I like to suggest if you have your own pastels please bring them to class. 

PLEASE NOTE:  CANCELLATION POLICY:  CANCELLATIONS RECEIVED AT LEAST 30 DAYS BEFORE WORKSHOP WILL BE ISSUED A FULL REFUND.  CANCELLATIONS MADE WITHIN 30 DAYS WILL BE ISSUED A 50% REFUND.

Class size limited to 6

ARTIST BIO:

 Anne Strutz, PSA, IAPS-MC annestrutzfineart.com
Anne Strutz is an artist in motion, pushing boundaries by infusing movement and energy into her paintings. For Anne painting begins with what you cannot see. She poses questions to herself before starting a painting. What is drawing me to this subject? What is the story I want to tell? What am I trying to express in each painting? No single mark is precious. No fear is allowed to enter the process behind the easel. All elements of the composition must work in unity. This process is critical for infusing energy into my work and allows me to respond directly to the piece as it evolves.
Anne’s journey as an artist has been a fulfilling adventure, leading her from fashion and textile designer in NYC, to teaching and developing art curricula for children in Philadelphia and Chicago. In 2013 Anne turned her focus to fine art. After viewing a pastel exhibition at the Noyse Museum of Art in Hammonton N.J. Anne began her journey with the pastel medium. The tangible aspects of the medium, with the ability to draw, paint, layer, and combine with other mediums has led her on an energetic journey pushing the qualities of pastel in her work. Anne’s work has been featured in the Pastel Journal multiple times, Pratique Des Arts and Strokes of Genius and the 2022 and 2024 IAPS Souvenir Book. She has written multiple articles for the Pastel Journal and Artist Magazine. Anne is the past president and workshop chair of the Piedmont Pastel Society. In 2019 she participated in the Dueling Demonstration event at the International Association of Pastel Societies convention which occurs every two years. In 2022 and 2024 Anne was invited back to be one of the faculty artists to demonstrate her techniques at the convention. Anne holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and currently lives in Pickens, South Carolina.