Pastel Skyscapes Workshop with David Wells

As a part of the RQAS Workshop Festival, join David Wells to learn more about using soft pastels and how to create your own skyscape!

This workshop focuses on capturing the colour and feel of an Australian afternoon Storm, including clouds, suburb landscape and foliage. Students will employ blending, layering and scumbling techniques to create individual artworks and explore personal expression, within a carefully structured class.

When: Saturday, 7th of March, 9am to 3pm

Ticket price: 

• $100 (RQAS Brisbane Members)

• $120 (non-members)

Location: Upstairs studio gallery, RQAS Petrie Terrace Gallery (unit 3/162 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane)

Materials list:

• 2 sheets of Art Spectrum COLOURFIX Original PAPER 340g A3 – Storm Blue

Please note-when buying pastels, the tint or tone of the colour is designated by the letter presiding it, for Art Spectrum Pastels, this is as follows

D = Darkest 

                             N = Dark

                             P = Pure Pigment

                             T = Tinted

                             V = Very Tinted

                             X = Extra Tinted.

It is important to get the right tint or tone where possible.

• Art Spectrum Soft Round Pastel – Titanium White #P500

• Art Spectrum Soft Round Pastel – WARM GREY #P584

• Art Spectrum Soft Round Pastel – POPPY RED #P511

• Art Spectrum Soft Round Pastel – BLUE GREY #P527

• Art Spectrum Soft Round Pastel – GREENISH UMBER #N579

• Art Spectrum Soft Round Pastel – AUSTRALIAN LEAF GREEN DARK #P576

• Art Spectrum Soft Round Pastel – Australian Leaf Green/Blue #P578

• Art Spectrum Soft Round Pastel – AUSTRALIAN LEAF GREEN LIGHT #P580

• Art Spectrum Soft Round Pastel – YELLOW OCHRE #P540

• Faber Castell Pitt Pastel Pencil - #101 White soft

• Faber Castell Pitt Pastel Pencil - # 170 May Green

• Faber Castell Pitt Pastel Pencil - #199 Black

• Faber Castell kneadable eraser

• Staedtler Metal Sharpener Double Hole

This workshop is suitable for attendees of all experience levels, and for both teenagers and adults. Make sure to purchase tickets soon as spaces are limited!

**Please note** this workshop will be held in the upstairs studio gallery which is only accessible via a flight of stairs.

Tutor Bio:

David Wells is a professional artist and art tutor, with an extensive background across many disciplines of both performing and visual arts. He has exhibited extensively, and his work has been regularly published in international journals, and has featured on the cover of both “The Artists Magazine” (USA, 2009) and “The Pastel Journal.” (USA, 2009 and 2014). He has been included in numerous national Art Prizes including the Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Queens Wharf Art Prize, Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize (2013, 2015, 2018), Brisbane Portrait Prize (2021, 2022) and the Lester Prize for Portraiture (2014, 2017, 2025) and was Awarded the Sunshine Coast National Art Prize in 2025.
In 2014 his portrait of Her Royal Highness Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge was accepted as a gift by the royal family and now hangs in Kensington Palace.