Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

Pastel painting in the Mono Basin

Negit Island from Lundy Canyon. Original pastel painting by Ane Carla Rovetta.
Negit Island from Lundy Canyon. Original pastel painting by Ane Carla Rovetta.

Imagine spending a summer weekend at Mono Lake equipped with a full set of pastel chalks and guided by the infectious enthusiasm of artist Ane Carla Rovetta—the result? Lessons in color organization, value exercises to warm up your artistic aptitudes, and several pastel paintings to take home with you at the end of the class. Sign up now for…

Capturing the Sageland in Pastel
July 24–26
instructor: Ane Carla Rovetta

Ane Carla’s talent and energetic teaching style will mix with the Mono Basin’s scenery for a perfect seminar. Her beautiful pastel paintings are currently on display and for sale in the Mono Lake Committee’s gallery—she captures the unique desert light and the Mono Basin’s features perfectly. Several paintings are left-handed studies drawn last year while her drawing hand was injured … her skill carries through even so! Come spend a weekend with this talented artist and gifted teacher in the magical Mono Basin.