After completing their base layer of oil pastels, Laurel Brusseau (left) and Sylvia Moore (right) brainstorm on how to bring out the finer details in their works. Photo by Mary Ellen Kirking.
This week the Brush Bunch welcomed a special visitor, Jillayne Hanson, to teach us a class in oil pastels. Mary Ellen Kirking was kind enough to open up her beautiful home in Cavalier for us to use as a work space. This also helped shorten Jillayne’s commute from Minnesota.
Jillayne is primarily a self-taught artist but always having had a passion for art, she completed a commercial art degree at S…
