Austin Pastel Society

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Silver Lining by Karen Margulis, 9×16

Karen Margulis, PSA, IAPS-MC
Spring 2021 Workshop
Expressive Pastels: How to Paint with More Expression!

Registration is full. 

Workshop: Saturday & Sunday, March 6 & 7, 2021
Demonstration: Friday, March 5, 2021

 Location: Virtual Workshop
Workshop Supply List: PDF
Karen Margulis Workshop Details: PDF

Only make payment if you are notified of an open seat for you:
Karen Margulis Workshop Fee: $180.00 

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.
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Details from Karen Margulis about this online virtual workshop:
I will share tips and techniques to help you loosen up and add some spice to your paintings! The workshop will be presented in the form of four (4) videos consisting of three lecture and demo sessions, and a final video that includes feedback on all assignment paintings.
The workshop is divided into three sessions:
  • Each session includes a lesson, a complete demo and an assignment.
  • You can complete all three sessions in one day, but you do have some flexibility since the videos are prerecorded.
  • The final feedback video will be recorded and shared one week from the workshop start date. You will have until midweek to submit your paintings for feedback. 


You will receive by mail a workshop packet that includes a handbook and a goody bag of visual aids. These are the items I share during my in-person workshops and I wouldn’t want my online artists to miss out!

  • You will have access to a private workshop blog that includes workshop details, bonus handouts as well as a place to share your work and communicate with your fellow artists.
  • You will have access to me by email for the week in-between workshop release and feedback video.
  • I will be available to answer questions, and to look at and discuss your assignment paintings.
There will be a maximum of 18 artists in the group and you will have the opportunity to learn from one another through the blog and feedback video. I am excited about this format! You may be wondering why I am not doing a Zoom or livestream workshop. I want to have a chance to meet with a small group of artists and give you the flexibility to watch and participate in a virtual workshop that Zoom or livestream does not have.
  • You don’t have to worry about your time zone or with potential glitches with the technology of being live.
  • You can watch and do your assignment paintings at your leisure within the confines of a few days rather than painting in real time.
  • The quality of the video is better! We also have a week together rather than just a few hours! I am here for you all week long!

Jeanne Rosier Smith Workshop,  March 2020
Jeanne has won numerous top awards, has exhibited work in museums nationwide and her work is in collections on five continents. Workshop 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.
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.