Level: all

Thursday

Oct 1

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Instructor: Becky Holden

Fee: $30 + $20 extra if you need supplies

The artist Georgia O’Keeffe’s Flower Paintings will inspire students as they learn how to use the pastel medium to create with form, value, texture and color. For all levels.

This will be a fun workshop where students will be able to experiment with soft pastel, and learn how to create beautiful flower paintings in a style inspired by the artist, Georgia O’Keefe. There will be a short introduction to the artist Georgia O’Keefe, with a discussion of her painting technique and her famous flower series. The instructor will give a demonstration with soft pastels, to show how to use the materials in a creative way.  Students will then have the opportunity to draw along with the instructor from their own photographs or from photographs of Georgia O’Keefe’s Flower Paintings. Students will learn how to capture an expressive painting in pastel. All levels are welcome.

Note: This workshop will be taught online using Zoom. Please have the app downloaded to your device and become familiar with it prior to the start of class.

Supply List: (for an additional $35, RAC will deliver all the supplies you need to your door)

  • One stick of Vine charcoal for drawing
  • Kneaded eraser
  • 1 Box of Soft Pastels, 12 assorted colors
  • Two pieces of 9″ x 12″ or larger Canson Mi-Teintes toned paper.

About Rebecca Holden

Rebecca Holden holds a BA in Art, Painting from Rutgers University; a Masters Degree in Art Education from Southern Connecticut State University, and has 20 years of experience as an art teacher in the Redding public school system.

Pastel Painting Experience: I have been drawing and painting for many years with pastel, and enjoy the process of creating with this exciting media. I have studied with well-known artists, including Thomas Brenner, Sally Strand, Doug Dawson, Alain Picard, Jacob Aguilar and Frank Bruckmann. I was awarded Honorable Mention and a First Prize in Drawing at the Silvermine Art Center. My pastel artwork has been shown at the Mark Twain Art Show, The New Pond Farm Art Show, in Redding, Connecticut, and the Connecticut Portrait Artists Show in Stamford, Connecticut. I work from life or photographs, and have created portraits of people, animals, and landscapes. While striving for freshness and a natural feeling of  beauty in the subject matter of my artwork, I have developed a contemporary, impressionistic style of art with soft pastels.

Memberships: The National Portrait Society, The Connecticut Pastel Society, The National and Connecticut Art Education Associations.