Coffee Culture Canada

The Skinny Barista. 2014.

12" x 11.5'

Pastel & Charcoal

Casey Klahn

Galt is an urban hamlet in Ontario where I spent last week teaching and enjoying the culture. It was a fine time, and I want to thank Edward Hanson at Pastel Studio Canada, and Pastel Artists Canada, for having me.

American Falls

American Falls. 2014. 

Vine Charcoal and White Compressed Charcoal. 

@8" x 10." 

Casey Klahn

Intervening Space. American Falls. 2014. 

Vine Charcoal and White Compressed Charcoal. 

@8" x 10." 

Casey Klahn

Casey Klahn painting at Niagara Falls.

Shades Mill

Shades Grand River, Canada

14.5" x 18.5."

Pastel

Casey Klahn

Absalom Shade & Galt in the Rain

The name Absalom Shade sounds like a character Johnny Depp might play in a movie, but he was actually a city father in southern Ontario.  The eighteenth-century founder of Shade's Mill would be proud of this singularly beautiful little hamlet today.  Part of Cambridge, and now called Galt, it is also the location where I taught my workshop this past weekend.  My full report will follow soon.

Galt in the Rain

8" x 10"

Pastel

Casey Klahn 

The Grand River in one-time Shade's Mill.

Pastel Studio, Canada

Galt

Absalom Shade

Cambridge, Ontario

At The Pastel Studio of Canada

Large workshop space!

I am pleased and proud to be teaching at Canada's exclusive purveyor of high-end pastel materials, The Pastel Studio of Canada, in Cambridge, ON.  You will find Diane Townsend and Roche open stocks and sets, just to mention two of the brands carried.

Yesterday I set up the space for my workshop, and took a short break to walk around beautiful, old Cambridge and Galt, with its Scottish stone-mason built structures and the river.  Of course it rained like mad, and yet I took an old fold of paper and a pencil and did up some proper sketches as references to paint.  Back in the studio, with the proprietor Edward, I created a pastel scene of Galt in the Rain.

Galt in the Rain

@8" x 10"

Pastel on Lava Grit, Mounted

Casey Klahn

Pastel Studio, Canada

Pastel Studio Art Supplies

I'll be at the Pastel Studio shop in Ontario, Canada,  this weekend.  The See Differently workshop participants will be making new art - never seen before in the history of the world.  It is a thrilling experience for me, and I am always inspired by these classes.

You may see a report via iPhone, but otherwise I won't have my laptop with me on this trip.  See you soon.

Pastel Studio

Workshops

Pastel Studio Canada

I will be teaching the workshop, See Differently, Authenticity & Your Art, June 2-3, 2012, in Cambridge, Ontario at the Pastel Studio Canada.


Visit the web sight of Pastel Studio Canada here, to sign up.  Workshops page.  Openings are few.

Take It Out Back

Behind The Garage

9.5" x 13"

Charcoal, Graphite, Chalk, Pastel

Casey Klahn

This garage drawing will be a book cover in the not-too-distant future.  


Oh Canada!  Come June 2nd and 3rd, I will be bringing my workshop to Cambridge, Ontario at the Pastel Studio store.  The Pastel Studio of Canada is a tremendous place to resource everything from Roche and Diane Townsend pastels to Wallis and Colourfix surfaces.  Contact or phone here.  Two days, $250 Canadian.


Ken Elliot is teaching a one day workshop in Parker, CO.  Painting strategies, and succeeding as an artist.  This will be a rewarding Denver area workshop from a colorist artist!


My Denver Area Workshop:  One more space!


Studio.  Do you use a projector in your studio?  I have had these old school opaque, and reflecting projectors in the past.  This year, I have stepped up to a digital LED projector, and also an LED flat light pad.  The high tech. light pad was a help for me in transferring the garage image from its original, plein air drawing to what would be a finished mixed media piece.