Post-Impressionism Painting Workshop at the Library

Come to a free, expressive, hands-on workshop for adults and teens, with all materials included. Your instructor is award-winning pastel painter Gregory John Maichack, an MCC Gold Star Program Nominee.

This pastel painting workshop is designed for adults and teens, both sheer beginners to advanced participants who want to paint expressively. Maichack, a faculty member of the Springfield Museum Studio School, will explain exciting Post Impressionist concepts and then start you off by sharing a fearless approach to drawing. You will then find it effortless to work in tandem with the artist expressively drawing Starry Night with white charcoal pencils on black paper.

Also, van Gogh’s painting Terrace of a Café at Night (Place du Forum) will be explored and displayed in a large format to paint from, enabling further mastery of van Gogh’s unique vision. A demo of pastel handling techniques that allow a command of edges, scumbling, blending, slurring, and layering, and a demonstration of various strokes will fully illustrate van Gogh’s successful expressive methods. You will develop your own pastel paintings while understanding decorative qualities such as energetic line and bold color.

Sponsored by Hagaman Memorial Library.