Austin Pastel Society

Creating a passion for pastel!

Workshops

Silver Lining by Karen Margulis, 9×16

Karen Margulis, PSA, IAPS-MC
Spring 2021 Workshop
Expressive Pastels: How to Loosen Up and Add Spice to Your Paintings!


(Registration for members begins during the APS September 2020 meeting)

Saturday & Sunday, March 6 & 7, 2021

Location: Apache Shores Community Hall
14919 General Williamson Dr.

Workshop Supply List: PDF
Karen Margulis Bio: PDF
Workshop fee is $340 per participant. A $90 deposit holds your space, with balance due Feb 1, 2021. Please wait until registration officially opens to register and submit your deposit.
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Karen Margulis is a full time artist and art educator. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband. Karen received her BA in Education from the University of Florida and currently teaches painting workshops around the world.
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Karen is a contemporary landscape painter. She works in most painting media but has achieved recognition for her pastel paintings. She exhibited her award winning work around the world and has benn reviewed by Pastel Journal for her wildflower paintings. She is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America and a Masters Circle recipient of the International Association of Pastel Societies. She was recently a faculty member at the prestigious IAPS Convention.
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Karen has a passion for travel and painting while on location. She enjoys the opportunity to share her techniques and approach to making art in her workshops. She is known for her ability to make art simple, accessible to all and fun.
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She is also an avid Daily Painter and blogger. Karen paints everyday and shares her work, art tips and inspiration in daily posts on her blog ‘Painting My World.’
Karen is excited to share her love of art. As Degas said, “Art is not what you see. It’s what you make others see.” Karen looks forward to helping others share their own artistic vision.

Jeanne Rosier Smith has won numerous top awards, has exhibited work in museums nationwide and her work is in collections on five continents. Jeanne Rosier Smith bio

In our APS Spring 2020 2-day worksop provided by Jeanne, attendees learned to create the illusion of crashing waves in pastel, to go beyond the flat blues of photographs to enliven a seascape with the colors in your memory.

Candid photos from Jeanne’s workshop:

Jen Evenhus Workshop, March 4-5, 2019

Master Pastelist Jen Evenhus kicks perfection out the window, giving students permission to experiment with pastel to create bold expressive works of art as we step fearlessly toward the unknown.
Margaret Dyer Workshop, March 4-5, 2018

Margaret Dyer gave a workshop on her technique for figures in pastel. She teaches a simple step-by-step method. Working with live models, they explored drawing, composition, anatomy, proportion, value, color, and pastel application. Emphasis was on developing form using light and shadow.
Stephanie Birdsall Workshop, March 2-5, 2017

Stephanie Birdsall is a “Putney Painter”, founded by Richard Schmid and Nancy Guzik, painting with them for the last 10 years. She is a Master Pastelist with PSA and IAPS. She received more than 50 awards, has been featured in numerous publications, and on PBS.