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Autumn Bliss:
Falling Light,
​Rising Joy


Pastel Expressions: Open to All Media

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Pastel Art Session | Sept. 9 - Oct. 14, 2025
Autumn Bliss: Falling Light, Rising Joy
A 6-week pastel class with Mary Telfer
Step into the season with soft color, creative flow, and community connection.

In this 6-week pastel session, we’ll work from a shared bunch of beautiful photo references - curated for light, texture, mood, and seasonal inspiration.

Each week, you’ll be invited to explore a fresh theme like glowing skies, quiet joy, or cozy interiors. Paint alongside me or take your own creative path - we’ll come together once a week on Tuesdays for feedback, painting time, and conversation.
Whether you’re chasing autumn light, layering texture, or letting your pastels wander, this class offers the structure to stay inspired and the freedom to be yourself.

Autumn Bliss 2025

$150.00

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Autumn Bliss 2025

$150.00

Buy now
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OR use the button on the right to pay $75 now and you'll receive an invoice for $75 three weeks into the session!

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$75.00

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Autumn Bliss: Falling Light, Rising Joy
6-week Zoom class: 
Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7 & 14, 2025
Tuesday mornings from 11:00AM – 1:00PM CST.
$150 for the six-week class (or 2 payments of $75)


What You’ll Get:
  • A shared bunch of photo references to use all session (you can add your own too!)
  • Weekly inspiration themes to gently guide your focus (totally optional)
  • Two hours each Tuesday on Zoom for group connection, sharing, discussion, and painting
  • A private Facebook group to share your work and stay inspired
  • Gentle guidance, joyful community, and creative momentum

Suggested supplies to have on hand:
  • Some type of pastel paper about 11" x 14". I absolutely LOVE PastelMat. You can buy it in single sheets or pads.
  • Soft pastels and hard pastels. I use and recommend Unison hand-rolled soft pastels and Prismacolor (hard) pastels.​
  • A surface (table, board, or easel) to work on.
  • Either the image I email you to work from or one of your own.
  • A smooth non-textured rag (I use a soft t-shirt cut up to about 4” x 6”) and/or pastel blending sticks, tortillons.​
  • A good cup of coffee, tea, or hot cocoa to savor as you create. 


​Check out the happy faces below and join this fun, creative group!
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  • home
  • about
  • CLASSES / COURSES
    • the creative collective
    • Ride the Wave
    • Art Camp for Grown-Ups
    • Pastel Class - Zoom
    • Pastel Class - Zoom
    • Pastel Class - Autumn Bliss
  • Free Instruction
    • Simplify Your Process: 5 Steps to Creating a Series of Art
    • FREE 7-Daily Art Challenges
    • FREE Vegan & Cruelty-Free Art Supply Guide
    • Watercolor Sky Instruction
  • Testimonials
  • portfolio
    • Nature Pastel Paintings
    • Pastel Paintings
    • rescued
    • abstracts
    • coupon queens
    • Too Confrontational for Amsterdam
    • revenge
    • the yellow wallpaper
    • ladies who lunch
    • non-literal self portraits
    • orange dove project - a radical pet-a-dogy
    • the bride's dilemma
    • flora paintings
  • Art is Hard. Make it Anyway.