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Monthly Pastel Painting Lessons Online with Marla Baggetta
The Premiere Pastel Painting Lessons Membership Subscription from one of the most colorful artists in the world.
“I’m excited to announce enter the 7th year of my flagship instructional offering – Monthly Pastel Painting Lessons Online. There is a whole universe of content for you to learn from and enjoy here, hundreds of hours’ worth, with new lessons added Every Month.”
– Marla Baggetta, Creator of Painting Lessons with Marla
As featured in many art books and journals
Marla’s talent, passion and educational focus has not gone unnoticed by the art community at large. She is also an award winning fine artist, sought after speaker and educator whose number one goal is to pass on her own knowledge and practice of beauty and joy to as many people as possible, including YOU!
The online pastel painting lessons subscription for everyone. Here's what you get in first 12 Months:
85
SESSIONS
with 12 more in 2026! Each session has
at least 4 step-by-step painting video lessons!
300+
VIDEOS
In First 12 Months as a subscriber. Over 400 Hours of Content!
85
IN-DEPTH
COLORFUL
STEP-BY-STEP EBOOKS
A Veritable Encyclopedia of Pastel Painting
Beginners
I have carefully designed these lessons to be accessible to those who are just getting started with pastel painting. And if you need a more in depth introduction to pastel painting, check out my workshop: Pastels for the Serious Beginner
Amateurs
Does a busy lifestyle only afford you several hours a week to dedicate to Pastels? Not to worry! I have carefully designed these monthly sessions to be balanced and digestible, thereby ensuring progress even when access to the easel is limited.
Professionals
Even if you have been working with pastels for most of your life, I have something valuable to offer with these lessons. Be it a hard earned insight, or a refreshing return to the fundamentals, I share from the depth of what I have learned in my career.
Meet Your Teacher
Who is Marla Baggetta?
Marla is an incredibly talented, award winning fine artist who works with galleries throughout the US. Every year she travels the globe teaching workshops and speaking at art events to inspire other painters.
She has been hard at work over the last several years teaching thousands of students around the globe on her premiere online art school, Painting Lessons with Marla.
“Whether you are completely new to pastel painting or looking to build on the foundation of knowledge you already have, these lessons are an exciting journey into the world of pastels. I’ll help you to gain confidence with the medium and learn to create dynamic pastel paintings of any subject. You’ll learn my techniques for using loose, confident mark-making to convey energy, atmosphere and emotion as you paint in pastel!”
Marla Baggetta
Decades of experience collected and poured into the Pastel Painting Lessons Online Subscription!
We are now in our Seventh Year of Production!
Lessons are Divided into Monthly Sessions
All Active Members get All Content From Year 1, YEar 2, YEAR 3, year 4, YEAR 5, Year 6 And Year 7!
(New Lessons Added every Year. you will have access as long as you maintain your subscription!)
Special Features for Year 7!
We are overjoyed to announce that Tony Allain will be joining the Painting Lessons with Marla family, delivering monthly video lessons. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our esteemed members to learn from a leading figure in the world of pastels.
ARTSPEAK
Candid Conversations + Lessons with Modern Masters. Their contributions will provide us with a well-rounded understanding of what it means to be a working artist in our contemporary world!
MASTERY MINDSET
New feature that aims to enrich your learning path with freedom and flexibility, helping liberate you from conceptions of linear development! Unlock the keys to mastery!
Quick summary of what you're getting
in your FIRST 12 Months as a subscriber!
Each Monthly Session Contains Multiple Step-by-Step Videos
+
a Detailed PDF Study Guide!
Over 300 Videos and 85 Study Guides!
New Sessions in Year 7:
MONTH ONE
MONTH TWO
PLAN YOUR APPROACH
MONTH THREE
SHADOWS
MONTH FOUR
DYNAMIC SYMMETRY
MONTH FIVE
MINIMALISM
MONTH SIX
PERSONAL APPROACH
MONTH SEVEN
INTERVALS
MONTH EIGHT
STILL LIFE SURFACES
MONTH NINE
MOVING PAST YOUR REFERENCE
MONTH TEN
ORGANIC TEXTURES
MONTH ELEVEN
SPACES FOR HUMANS
MONTH TWELVE
WATER REFLECTIONS
Sessions From Year 6:
MONTH ONE
MONTH TWO
MONTH THREE
DESIGN + COMPOSITION
MONTH FOUR
MONTH FIVE
MONTH SIX
MONTH SEVEN
MONTH EIGHT
MONTH NINE
MONTH TEN
MONTH ELEVEN
MONTH TWELVE
YEARS 1-5 SESSIONS:
MONTH ONE
GETTING STARTED: THE BASICS
MONTH ONE
GARDENSCAPES
MONTH ONE
CLOUDS
MONTH ONE
NORTH AMERICA
MONTH ONE
MARLA LANDSCAPES
MONTH TWO
HOW TO PAINT WATER
MONTH TWO
RIVERS AND STREAMS
MONTH TWO
CHICKENS AND DUCKS
MONTH TWO
SOUTH PACIFC
MONTH TWO
STILL LIFE FLORALS
MONTH THREE
SKY AND CLOUDS
MONTH THREE
FLOWERS
MONTH THREE
WEATHER
MONTH THREE
EAST ASIA
MONTH THREE
URBANSCAPES
MONTH FOUR
DEALING WITH FOREGROUNDS
MONTH FOUR
BIRDS
MONTH FOUR
STILL LIFE
MONTH FOUR
THE MIDDLE EAST
MONTH FOUR
CUTE CRITTERS
MONTH FIVE
INCLUDING STRUCTURES
MONTH FIVE
MASTERS FOCUS
MONTH FIVE
INTIMATE LANDSCAPES
MONTH FIVE
EASTERN EUROPE
MONTH FIVE
ABSTRACT LANDSCAPES
MONTH SIX
WORK SMALL & GET BETTER FAST
MONTH SIX
SUNRISES AND SUNSETS
MONTH SIX
SNOWSCAPES
MONTH SIX
AFRICA
MONTH SIX
FOOD
MONTH SEVEN
THE PLEIN AIR EXPERIENCE
MONTH SEVEN
THE ITALIAN LANDSCAPE
MONTH SEVEN
FIGURES IN THE LANDSCAPE
MONTH SEVEN
MONTH SEVEN
NOCTURNES
MONTH EIGHT
HOW TO PAINT GLOWING FALL SCENES
MONTH EIGHT
FLOWER FIELDS
MONTH EIGHT
WAVES
MONTH EIGHT
LATIN AMERICA
MONTH EIGHT
WATER IN MOTION
MONTH NINE
UNDERPAINTING TECHNIQUES
MONTH NINE
FALL COLOR
MONTH NINE
EXPANSIVE LANDSCAPES
MONTH NINE
THE ARCTIC
MONTH NINE
BIRDS
MONTH TEN
THE SEASONS IN PASTEL
MONTH TEN
ROADS + PATH
MONTH TEN
ORDINARY BEAUTY
MONTH TEN
SOUTHEAST ASIA
MONTH TEN
ROSES
MONTH ELEVEN
FOCUS ON COMPOSITION
MONTH ELEVEN
SEASCAPES
MONTH ELEVEN
MASTERS FOCUS
MONTH ELEVEN
INDIA
MONTH ELEVEN
SURFACES
MONTH TWELVE
MOUNTAINS
MONTH TWELVE
ROCKS + CLIFFS
MONTH TWELVE
FIGURES IN INTERIORS
MONTH TWELVE
ISLANDS
MONTH TWELVE
PORTRAITS
Bonus Session
Nocturnes
Bonus 1 + 2
How To Create Beautiful Paintings From Reference Photos + 200 Landscape Photos to Paint
New Year 6 Session Wraps Step-by-Step Lessons added Every Month!
More Features
2 Members-Only Livestreams Each MOnth
Members will receive special access to members-only livestream events. Lots of fun things will happen here, and there will be an opportunity for live Q+A with Marla as well as critique feedback.
Inside The Artist's Studio
New videos that I create each month exploring topics which I have never presented before! My personal process creating new art, and working behind the scenes sharing my eureka moments drawn from personal research and study
Learning Pathways
MemberS only fAcebook Group
You will be invited to join an exclusive Facebook group where you can interact, collaborate and create with fellow students!
Exclusive Members only Discounts
All subscribers receive exclusive discount of $20 off of all of my online workshops. These workshops offer a deep dive into specific topics. I am always hard at work on something new. Don’t miss out!
All content is 100% digital. Get instant access.
Watch and learn on the go, on your smartphone, tablet or laptop. Marla’s site is designed to work with you, where you work Learning pastel painting has never been easier.
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Here are the New Monthly Pastel Painting Lessons Online Sessions for Year 7
Everything you need to start or expand your pastel painting experience is right here!
Become a member and gain instant access. Members start getting access to all year 1+2+3+4+5+6 content right away and maintain access as long as you have an active subscription membership. Please see pricing and sign up for more details.
You will still get all of the content from Years 1-5!
NEW!
MONTH ONE
When To Stop
Included in the session:
39 PAGE PDF
6 VIDEOS
6 STEP-BY-STEP DEMONSTRATIONS
NEW!
MONTH Two
PLAN YOUR APPROACH
Every painting begins before the first mark. Whether you lean toward structure or spontaneity, your conscious or intuitive choices set the stage for what unfolds on the surface. This chapter invites you to consider how your materials, your subject, and your mindset shape the direction of your work.
Included in the session:
30 PAGE PDF
4 VIDEOS
4 STEP-BY-STEP DEMONSTRATIONS
NEW!
MONTH Three
SHADOWS
This chapter invites you to listen to that language. To consider shadow as an active participant in your composition. It is not simply the place where light falls away, but the space where form, depth, and feeling emerge.
Included in the session:
32 PAGE PDF
4 VIDEOS
4 STEP-BY-STEP DEMONSTRATIONS
NEW!
Month 4
DYNAMIC SYMMETRY
Included in the session:
28 PAGE PDF
4 VIDEOS
4 STEP-BY-STEP DEMONSTRATIONS
NEW!
Month Five
Minimalism
In painting, less can often speak more clearly than more. A minimalist approach is about clarity, focus, and poetry as opposed to emptiness or absence. By stripping away excess, simplifying forms, and limiting color and detail, we open a space where the essence of the subject can resonate more deeply.
Included in the session:
37 PAGE PDF
4 VIDEOS
4 STEP-BY-STEP DEMONSTRATIONS
NEW!
Month Six
PERSONALIZING YOUR WORK
Included in the session:
35 PAGE PDF
4 VIDEOS
4 STEP-BY-STEP DEMONSTRATIONS
NEW!
Month Seven
INTERVALS
This month, we delve into the captivating world of color, exploring its power to define scenes, create mood, evoke emotion, and convey depth in our pastel compositions. Understanding color and mastering its use is fundamental to developing as an artist, as color is not just an attribute of sight but a complex language of its own.
Included in the session:
267 PAGE PDF
4 VIDEOS
4 STEP-BY-STEP DEMONSTRATIONS
NEW!
Month Eight
STILL LIFE SURFACES
By carefully observing lighting, color, composition, and details in textures, forms, and the interplay of light and shadow, we evoke mood and depth. Calling attention to small details helps to capture the essence and energy of an object transcending mere representation with every intentional brushstroke, creating a moment frozen in time, full of story and character.
Included in the session:
42 PAGE PDF
7 VIDEOS
7 STEP-BY-STEP DEMONSTRATIONS
NEW!
Month Nine
Moving Past Your Reference
Included in the session:
27 PAGE PDF
4 VIDEOS
4 STEP-BY-STEP DEMONSTRATIONS
NEW!
Month Ten
ORGANIC TEXTURES
To capture organic textures in painting, we need to learn to see structure in chaos and find rhythm in what seems irregular. These textures ask the painter to translate natural complexity into marks that carry weight, direction, and tone, beginning with gesture and abstraction.
Included in the session:
27 PAGE PDF
4 VIDEOS
4 STEP-BY-STEP DEMONSTRATIONS
NEW!
Month Eleven
SPACES FOR HUMANS
The absence of a person can carry just as much emotional weight and narrative power as their presence, because the space itself – shaped by light, shadow, and the arrangement of objects – becomes a reflection of human experience that are filled with potential energy that suggests the stories, emotions, and actions of those who have been there, will be there, or will return.
Included in the session:
29 PAGE PDF
4 VIDEOS
4 STEP-BY-STEP DEMONSTRATIONS
NEW!
Month TWelve
WATER REFLECTIONS
Water is a living surface, a shifting lens, a second sky. In painting, reflections offer more than duplication; they give you a way to restructure reality, to reframe balance, and to suggest what lies beneath or beyond. A mirrored surface can create calm or distortion, symmetry or surprise. It can anchor a composition or fragment it. What appears above can be bent, echoed, or lost entirely in the water’s version of the world.
Included in the session:
28 PAGE PDF
3 VIDEOS
3 STEP-BY-STEP DEMONSTRATIONS
MONTHLY PASTEL PAINTING LESSONS ONLINE
- Over 400 Hours of Video
- 73 Illustrated Study Guides
- Monthly Super Stream + Critique Stream Live Lessons
- Monthly Guest Lessons with TONY ALLAIN
- Artspeak – Guest Artist Lessons + Interviews
- Mastery Mindset – Learn Like a Master!
- Inside the Artist Studio – Insights + Inspirations
- Learning Pathways – Guides to our Library
- Mileage Training Archive
- Exclusive Member Discounts
- Private Facebook Group
- Early Access to In Person Workshops
- AND LOTS MORE!
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BONUS PACK
Extras to help learn even more!
How To Create Beautiful Paintings From Reference Photos
Working from life is unquestionably the optimal way to work, but it’s not always possible. Weather, mobility, time constraints, among other things makes painting from life impractical some of the time. Weather is often an issue for me. No matter how hard-core you are, sometimes conditions will not allow you to do your best work outdoors. You may be on a painting trip when there isn’t enough time to paint all the many scenes that inspire you. If we don’t use photo reference in these cases, we could miss out on an opportunity to paint something of great merit.
200 Landscape Photos to Paint
I always suggest that you take your own photographs, but because I know it’s not always possible for everyone to do that, I’ve put together this resource pack of 200 reference photos. I have many, many students struggle with what to paint and whether their photos are appropriate. I decided to share some of my pictures with you hoping they’ll spark new ideas on what makes a good subject. Some of them I’ve painted, some I haven’t. I hope that they will inspire you to get to the easel and perhaps take some photo expeditions of your own.
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All content is 100% digital. Get instant access.
Watch and learn on the go, on your smartphone, tablet or laptop, while you are riding in a bus or waiting for your favorite cup of coffee. Learning pastel painting has never been easier.
Try this course with no risk.
It takes about 60 seconds to sign up. Don’t wait!
100% money back guarantee.
I am fundamentally committed to your success and happiness. If for any reason you are unsatisfied with my Monthly Pastel Lessons Online, within 30 days of first signing up, I will issue you a 100% refund. No Questions Asked!
I am always hard at work improving my offerings to you and I welcome all feedback, both positive and negative.
Marla Baggetta
