With a firm foundation in drawing and achieving a likeness to the live model, students learn pastel application, from the basics to developing a finished pastel painting. There will be lectures on proportion and drawing, individual and group critiquing, and demonstration drawings for the class. Beginners to pastel, as well as professionals, can learn from this workshop.

Carol Peebles has been on faculty at The Pastel Society of America at the National Arts Club; Louisiana State University; The University of New Orleans, Pennsylvania State University and currently teaches at The New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts and her drawing Atelier, BlueEaselClub.com. She is the author of the books "Strokes of Genius 6: The Best of Drawing" and "Art Journey: Portraits and Figures, The Best of Contemporary Drawing." The winner of Pastel 100’s 2018 Ruth Richeson Gold Award, Carol has exhibited The Butler Institute of American Art; the Salmagundi Club, NYC; the National Arts Club, NYC; and The Ogden Museum, among others. Carol is featured in the April 2019 Pastel Journal. The New Orleans native received her MFA from Penn State University and her BA from the University of New Orleans.