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Please join longtime art instructor Dave Zander for a fun, creative and informative class on the use of pastels and oil crayons in drawing. Mr. Zander is a 44 year vet with many, many years of receiving instruction at the U of M Studio Arts Department and dispensing instruction for the Chaska Public Schools. His class will feature some formal instruction, a look at great pastel works of the best such as Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas, studio time and also simple, nonjudgmental, helpful critiques.
Please bring a subject for a drawing to the first class. The class will stress composition, balance, organization of picture space, value, color and texture.
I've taught for 44 years in the Chaska Public School System. Mostly elementary art, but also at the senior high and junior high. I am the proud father of two great kids who are in their twenties. Here is a word about me:
As an artist, I love to depict lakes, streams, animals, all filtered through my feelings for this glorious subject matter. I look for the soul of a scene: if I don’t feel it, I am much less successful. Same for my animal depictions, my goshawks mean business, they are not just pretty. I am particularly interested in the contrast of exceptionally bright colors set against the pure white of my paper. I believe this allows my drawings and watercolors and oils to “breathe”. I use the blackest of India Ink to create dynamic contrasts with my whites and pastels. I believe this is the defining characteristic of my work.
David Zander
