What's the best way to improve painting skills another notch up? Taking a class. Albert Handell (http://www.alberthandell.com) is a favorite artist and teacher. The intensive was a paint along- we painted with the teacher outside every day from 9 AM to 6 PM, then had class indoors from 7:30 -9:30. Grand Marais provided plenty of inspiring subjects to paint. At each site we could watch Albert perform his magic with pastels, paint on our own, or a combination. Our skills improved noticeably from the first day. We were very fortunate to have this workshop experience, and look forward to creating many more beautiful pastel paintings.
