Mentorship is the fastest way to go from where you are today, to where you want to be! Learn How Mentorship Works or join this mentors group below. Not sure what stage you are? Click here for descriptions.
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MEDIUM: Pastel SPECIALTY: ✔ Technique
My commitment as a teacher of pastels is to provide you with the fundamental skills that will motivate you to stop duplicating the photo or landscape and show you how to deviate from reality and nurture your artistic inspiration.
The fundamental skills I cover are composition, value structure, temperature, and color harmony. I will also show how to use tools, brayers, squeegees, clear gesso, and alcohol to aid in creating layers of colors in pastel. Each session begins with personalized guidance and feedback on your work. A PDF of the lesson will provide examples of historical and contemporary artists.
Exercises/challenges are given at the end of each class and are designed to stretch your creative powers.
Carol’s EXPERTISE
Listed below are this Mentor’s specialty skills. Join this group if you want to grow in these areas.
Specialty: ✔ Technique
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Teaching How to Self Critique
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Studio Setup for Art Production
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Color & Composition
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Supplies and tools – what to use, where to save, and where to spend
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Technique Demos
Marketing:
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Shows & Exhibits
Carol is a great mentor! I love how she experiments, and tries so many tools to create effects. I’ve learned so much from her already. She gives excellent critiques and I can tell she wants us all to succeed! She really encourages questions and loves it when members participate.
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Your Membership Includes (click here):
Mentorship Session: Meet via video conference for a monthly 2-hour session with your Mentor and small group. You choose the mentor, we provide the group!
Mid-Month Session: Meet via video conference for a 1-hour session with your small group and Navigator to connect, share progress, encouragement, and support.
Weekly Events: Attend LIVE weekly events online, on hot topics like Finding Your Style, Composition & Critiques, plus master DEMOS. Access event recordings!
MyStudio: Access your private online studio space equipped with business tools and Mentorship Session Recordings.
Chat Group: Access your private online chat group to connect with your small group and Navigator (group facilitator) anytime.
Discounts: Enjoy member discounts on LIVE and ON-DEMAND courses, art supplies, and more!
Creative Process & Mindset Focused Group Are you ready to transform your small studies into larger, more compelling paintings? Join this artist focus group, where we’ll explore the dynamic interplay of composition, value, and color to help build impactful works of art.
Each session is designed to spark fresh ideas and sharpen your approach to balance, movement, and storytelling within your paintings. Through thoughtful discussions, hands-on exercises, historical reference, and collaborative critiques, we’ll guide each other in refining studies into beautiful compositions.
This isn’t just about technique or a particular medium—it’s about artistic growth, connection, and inspiration. Together, we’ll exchange perspectives, refine our vision, and push the boundaries of creativity.
Whether you’re an emerging artist or a seasoned creator, you’re invited to be part of this journey. Let’s learn, create, and evolve together.
Emerging
Mentorship Membership
$ USD90/Month
Focus: Creative Process & Mindset • Skills: Artistic style development, Creative process, Play & experimentation
On the 3rd Tuesday of every month 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM MDT Tue
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Emerging
Mentorship Membership
$ USD90/Month
Next session: August 05, 2025
On the 1st Tuesday of every month 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM MDT Tue
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MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST
Carol Strock Wasson, a signature member of American Women Artists, a Master Pastelist member of Chicago Pastel Painters. In 2019 she achieved Master Circle status with IAPS (International Association of Pastel Societies) and in 2022 became a Master at Pastel Society of America. She is focused on painting with spontaneity and freshness with primarily pastel medium and occasionally oil. Her dedication is evident in awards and entry into prestigious shows across the country. She has been a featured artist to many Plein Air events for several years.
Prestigious shows include International Association of Pastel Societies, American Women Artists, Indiana Heritage Arts, Arts for Parks, Pastel Society of America, Chicago Pastel Painters. Pastel Society of the West Coast, and Pastel Society of North Carolina.
Carol’s work encompasses the genre of the rural area she lives in, focusing on color, shape, and design in the plein air tradition as well as in the studio. Though she is known mainly for her work in the pastel medium, she also works in oil, monotype prints and watercolor. Carol teaches and works out of Strockwasson Studio at 317 N Columbia, Union City, Indiana.
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