Drawing with Oil Pastels w/Meadows & Skies
Explore the world of oil pastels in class—an ideal medium for all skill levels.
Date and time
Location
Shop Made In DC - Union Market
325 Morse Street Northeast #Suite 4 Washington, DC 20002Refund Policy
About this event
- 2 hours
CLASS DESCRIPTION:
Explore the world of oil pastels in my class—an ideal medium for all skill levels. Oil pastels are fun, easy to learn, and versatile dry media. That’s why it’s a perfect medium to explore in a short class. Learn oil pastel basics, materials, and techniques such as heavy and light pressure blending, layering, color mixing, gradient, and stippling while refreshing simple color theory approaches. Then, dive into a landscape drawing to demonstrate the learned techniques on paper using easy-to-intermediate reference pictures available in the classroom. Participants sit in groups of 2-4, sharing sets of oil pastels for a cozy, collaborative, and enriching experience. No previous experience is required—just enthusiasm for creative discovery!
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Ilgi Toprak is a native of Istanbul living in Washington, DC. She is trained as an architect, with intensive art and sketching coursework. She views being creative as more than a pursuit but a way of life. That is why, in 2020, she created a piece of art every day and started the Instagram account Meadows & Skies. She finds joy in translating the everyday beauty of nature using oil pastels. Through her artwork on Meadows & Skies, she focuses on capturing fleeting moments like sunsets and sunrises. One of her sunrise drawings is featured in SHE:DC in 2024.
Ilgi is a design educator with ten years of university-level design teaching experience in Turkey and the Netherlands. She specializes in teaching architectural design studio and basic design courses that involve practical demonstrations of design techniques and concepts, hands-on experience and guidance in studio setting. She holds a Ph.D. in architecture and is currently a researcher in urban studies.
Frequently asked questions
Yes! We are excited for any little aspiring makers to join us in the DIY classes, but we do ask that if your little is under 13 they are accompanied by an adult. Please know that some of our classes use sharp, hot, or otherwise hazardous tools for children’s use.
Yes! To substitute the event wine, we have a selection of local non-alcoholic options. Including canned coffee, assorted mocktails, water, or lemonade. Please let an associate know if you require a non-alcoholic option.
Our alcohol license prohibits the consumption of outside alcohol in our class area. Alcoholic beverages are available for purchase at our Union Market and Wharf stores, as well as non-alcoholic options. Georgetown does not have drinks available.
For a full refund to your original payment method, attendees must reach out to the Event Coordinator for a refund 3 days in advance of the class.
If an event is postponed, rescheduled, or cancelled, you will receive an email from the Event Coordinator to inform you of your refund options. If there is another upcoming class with the same instructor, you can also choose to transfer your ticket to a new date.
Our Wharf and Union Market locations are all wheelchair accessible for the class area. Our Georgetown location has a class area on the second floor that requires going up flights of stairs, so it is not as easily accessible.
Yes! Our Shop Made gift cards can be used for classes, you will just need to contact the location directly to have the card processed in our system and we can manually enter you into the Eventbrite backend.
Nope! Teachers and Shop Made provide all class materials unless otherwise stated in the class description.
You can email the Event Coordinator at catherine@shopmadebrands.com or call the store lines directly
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