2-day workshop
Friday October 23rd from 5:00pm - 6:30pm &
Saturday, October 24th from 10:00am - 11:30am
What are Soft Pastels? Soft pastels, also known as Chalk Pastels, are small compact blocks of dry pigment and range from soft to hard working sticks. Chalk pastels blend easily and create a vibrant matte, soft finish drawing.
The 2-Day Soft Pastel Workshop is an efficient introduction to the vibrant, immediate possibilities of the medium. Each day begins with series of short warm-ups to build confidence in blending, mark-making, and color theory alongside live demonstrations of technique. Students will be encouraged to use their fingers to blend, smudge, and manipulate the material directly on the surface. All skill levels are welcome!
All Experience Levels Welcome!
$20 Supply Fee Included in Class Price
Ages 14 & up
All Supplies Included!
Feel free to email us with any questions at maggy@sttammany.art.
Location: The Art House at 320 N Columbia St in Downtown Covington
About Amber
Amber Hart is a first-generation American born citizen from a Belizean family that immigrated to New Orleans in 1976. She grew up in rural landscapes as she moved back and forth over state lines throughout her childhood. The adverse lifestyle shaped behavioral tendencies such as seeking out constants in public and private spaces as a source of grounding. Those constants became objects of comfort being charged by psychological tension in her paintings. Hart credits the act of painting as a catharsis by applying her personal constants, plurality psychology and domestic livestock, to act as placeholders for the human psyche in malleable realities. It is a metaphor for the consciousness of a present state, which is for her the act of ruminating. The work has been shown nationally in Baton Rouge Gallery, Ogden Museum of Art, and Southern Mississippi Museum of Art and LeMieux Gallery. Hart was featured in Juxtapoz magazine in 2025 after being awarded 'Best in Show' by Evan Pricco at Baton Rouge's Gallery Annual Surreal Salon exhibition. She lives and works in Covington, Louisiana.
Glowing Feedback for Amber from One of Her STAA Students: “I’ve gained confidence with color mixing, brushwork, and composition over the last few weeks. Thank you for being such an inspiring mentor and for creating such a welcoming studio environment.”