Margaret Ferraro

Margaret has taught pastel painting for over 30 years in the Ottawa Valley and Georgian Bay region of Ontario. With extensive experience teaching plein air painting, her work centres on the joy of colour.

Margaret’s love of colour has been a consistent important element of her pastel work for over 30 years. From traditional impressionism and realism to her use of open colour, Margaret’s work has been an exploration of how to use colour to many different effects.

To read about travel trips or other class experiences: blogging at margaretferraro.blogspot.com, and website: margaretferraro.com.

Website and Blog

Upcoming Workshops

VALUE: Boost Your Confidence

ICAN – Studio A (West)
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Half-Day Workshop

Learn several ways of analyzing value, become consistent in assessing and using value in your painting. Practise establishing value at the thumbnail stage, and how this greatly affects your composition and eye flow. Through becoming more value confident, learn how to loosen up with your colour choices, creating colour pallets full of vitality.

Pre-order your supplies from Studio Six or Wyndham Art Supplies at a discounted rate* and have them delivered to the conference! See Studio Six offer details. See Wyndham Art Supplies offer details.

Workshop Material List

Material List

Participants are asked to bring easels if at all possible.

All participants are required to bring drop cloths.

Pastels
Bring a selection of pastels that reflect your usual use of colours, (minimum 25). Then add at least 10 colours that you rarely use.

Paper

3 papers, no bigger than 12 X 18
- 1-white or light
- 1-grey or medium value and
- 1-black, or a dark value
You will also want to bring one pastel paper of your choice for a piece to start in the workshop, sanded on non-sanded
Sketch book or notebook
Some photo references for personal use

Optional

kneaded eraser
still bristle brush
masking tape (beige only, no colour)
foam core board to work on
baby wipes for cleaning hands
other tools to manipulate pastel

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Workshop Fee (PAC members): $75

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before registering for a workshop for a $50 Annual Membership.

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Contrasting Colour

ICAN – Studio A (East)
Sunday, June 4, 2023
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Full-Day Workshop

Make your colours dance by understanding how colour contrasts. Gain a clear understanding of value, temperature and intensity of colour and how these contrasting principles are employed in painting. Clarify your own personal preferences to gain a clear voice, that expresses exactly who you are, in terms of colour.