Fall 2024 OLLI Digital Catalog

Pastel Painting: Intermediate Workshop (B288)

B – Fine Arts

This workshop is an opportunity to further experience and enjoyment of pastel painting with others who share this interest. No formal instruction is offered, so familiarity with pastels is encouraged (but not required). Both facilitators and participants identify topics for short instructional videos. Participants paint from personal or other reference photos, or imagination. A positive critique session each week offers support and advice, as well as sharing skills, techniques, and ideas. Prerequisite: Pastel experience encouraged but not required.

This offering meets for a total of 13 session(s).

INSTRUCTORS: Ann Walker, Tricia Watson

WALKER, ANN–B.S., textiles and clothing, art, art history, University of Delaware. Retired from Bank of America. Guided at Winterthur extensively. Shares lifelong enthusiasm for all things visual, including watercolor, pastel and clay classes at OLLI. Collector of garage sale treasures, and cool art works.

WATSON, TRICIA–Retired scientist turned artist-in-training, primarily in the mediums of watercolor and pastel painting. Several years of experience at OLLI in beginner to advanced techniques. Also an avid native plant gardener and volunteer at Mt. Cuba Center botanical garden. Formal education from Australian National University, Cornell University and California Institute of Technology.

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