Nicora’s 2 Day Workshop will be focused on COLOR DRAWING with Pastels. Utilizing Soft Pastels, Oil Pastels, Color and Drawing Pencils, Nicora has developed skills as a leading artist in this medium that are sure to take your artistry to the next level.

As you can see from her pieces below, learning from Nicora is a real opportunity. And, if you don’t already know her personally, you will discover what an excellent environment she creates in a workshop.

“Fine Art by its very nature implies fine relations. Art study is the attempt to perceive and create those fine relations of line, mass, color.

Harmony and beauty are fine relations that can be understood only through appreciations.

This class technique session will begin that training through the appreciation, observation and color harmonies worked out by means of the pastel medium.”

Artist Nicora Gangi

Nicora Gangi

“I taught a variety of disciplines over 29 years as professor at Syracuse University School of Art and Design Class ages - 18- 90 yrs along with children art classes (5-15) and Homeschool workshops (mothers, fathers and children ages 3-16).”

Soft Pastels

Approx. 50 soft pastel sticks (enough to give you a variety of hue intensity and value): Rembrandt/ Grumbacher, Sennelier or Schmincke. Select some hard pastel, Nupastel for line work and details. Especially have the primaries and secondary hues in your selection. A variety of pastel pencils (have at least gray, black and white)
vine charcoal.

Oil Pastels:

Similarly have a wide selection of OIL pastel sticks.

(Craypas) - Any brand name will do for just starting out- Sennelier is the finest oil sticks to have. Especially have the primaries and secondary hues.

Color Pencils:

Have a wide variety of colored pencils especially the primary and secondary hues. Prismacolor Or Faber Castell colored pencils are good foundational brands.

Paper and Supports:

For Pastels: A sheet or two of Canson Mi-Tentes, one colored (warm or cool) A Sheet of sanded pastel paper.

For Oil Pastels AND Colored Pencils: Bring Bristol board papers or Illustration Board (hard back) both boards should be smooth without or with very little texture.

If you fix your pastels bring your fixative, tissues or chamois(if you use either of these) .

EXTRA materials you should have with you:

Bring some white drawing paper no smaller than 9″ x 12″ for sketching. or your sketch book

Both a stiff bristle brush # 4 or 5 and a soft brush #3 / #2,

Kneaded Eraser

Drawing pencils - 3H / HB / 2B APRON, cotton rags, paper towels

SOBO Art Gallery is located at 127 S Boyd Street (see map) in beautiful Downtown Winter Garden

SCHEDULE

• • • Friday January 13th 10:30 am - 5:30 pm*
    • Saturday January 14th 10:30 am - 5:30 pm

*Please note: One hour each day will be taken for lunch. Here are some local Hotel and Dining recommendations. 

HOTELS

Downtown Winter Garden (Within Walking Distance of SOBO Art Gallery)

• • • Historic Edgewater Hotel

Oakland (Within about a 5 Minute Drive)

• • • Oakland Manor House

Local Area (Within about a 10-15 Min Drive)

• • • Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Orlando Ocoee
    • Hampton Inn & Suites Clermont

Resorts with Amenities (Within about a 25-30 Min Drive)

• • • Hilton Orlando
    • Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes
    • Four Seasons
    • Gaylord Palms
    • Disney Resorts

FOOD: Downtown Winter Garden

Within Walking Distance of Gallery

Breakfast & Coffee

• • • Axum Coffee (All Day)
    • Rosallie French Bakery (All Day)
    • NY Bagel & Deli (All Day)

Lunch/Dinner

• • • Plant Street Market (Crooked Can Brewing Building with Multiple Artisan Food Options)
    • Urban Flats
    • The Whole Enchilada
    • Pammie’s Sammies (next door to Gallery)
    • Rita’s Ice Custard
    • Thai Blossom
    • Downtown Deli
    • Burger Fi
    • Chef’s Table/The Tasting Room and Happy Hour (4-7)
    • Pilars Martini (Bar and Lounge)
    • Moon Cricket Grille
    • Attic Door
    • Winter Garden Pizza Company
    • Three Birds Cafe
    • Harrell’s Dogs
    • Fat Mike’s Hot Chicken

Fine Dining

• • • Market To Table
    • Matthew’s Steakhouse
    • Chef’s Table/The Tasting Room

Other Details To Note:

Our doors will open at 10am each morning. The studio center door is located on the south side of the SOBO building at 127 S. Boyd St.

 There are a few parking spaces available near the door and plenty of parking in the three floor (no fee) parking garage across the street.

 We have a refrigerator available to those of you who would like to bring lunch.