These Courses are temporarily unavailable, sorry. If you are interested in any of them, please email me at michaelhowleysoulspace@gmail.com and then I can let you know when they have become available again.
Michael is delighted to be working in partnership with Art Tutor to be able to offer you online workshops. If you can’t make it to a class on a regular basis, they are a great way of learning to draw from the convenience of your own home, or anywhere with an internet connection! They can be viewed at your leisure and at your own pace. Michael currently has five tutorials recorded covering both working with pastels and sketching. The videos are professionally filmed in order to make it a clear and easy way to learn how to draw and paint. So, take a look at what Michael has to offer!
Pastel Painting Essentials – £31.56 (2hr – 3hr)
The Pastel Painting Essentials course will teach you fundamental pastel painting techniques that you can then apply to any subject matter you choose to paint.
It covers things like materials, blending, colour choice and tonal value. Many of the lessons in our other pastels courses will assume you know the basics taught in this course, so this a great place to start if you’re a newcomer to the medium.
Painting Landscapes in Pastels – £31.56 (Over 5hr)
The Pastels Landscapes Course shows you how to tackle the most common elements that make up a classic landscape painting – skies, trees, water, mountains and textures like rock, wood and stone.
Each section starts with simple studies and progresses you through to more challenging examples. Once you’ve completed this course, you’ll have the skills and confidence to tackle any pastel landscape.
Painting Still-Life in Pastels – £31.56 (3hr – 4hr)
Painting from life is challenging. But it’s also very rewarding when you get it right!
The Pastels Still Life Course is designed to enhance your observational skills, as well as adding to the repertoire of textures and effects you can render with your brush. You’ll learn how to paint believable glass, metal and wood as well as popular foodstuffs found in a traditional still life paintings.
Sketching the Landscape – £31.56 (Over 5hr)
In this course professional artist Michael Howley takes you through sketching Skies, Hills and Trees in graphite.Mike will also show you how he tackles foreground details and the importance of tonal keys.
This is then followed by four full final landscape sketches. A great way of developing your observational skills, as well as learning how to develop your own sketch book.
Capturing Atmosphere in Pastel Landscapes – £31.56 (Over 5hr)
If you have ever wondered how to capture atmosphere within your pastel landscapes then this is the course for you!
Join professional artist Michael Howley as he shows you how with these 4 stunning different landscapes classes.