Pastel Workshop
September 24, 2022
The Lawrence Barn- 28 Depot Rd, Hollis
10am-4pm
What is pastel artwork?
What types are there? Why is one better than another?
In this workshop you will learn about strokes, blending, basic layout, surfaces, fixative, framing, storing unframed, and transporting your work.
The finished project will be a landscape replicated from the photos you bring.
Taught by Grace McGinnis and Laureen Luszcz
$80-Members. $100 Non-Members
Please mail in a completed Registration Form with a Check made payable to Hollis Arts Society NH.
Please mail check to Hollis Arts Society, Attn: Grace McGinnis Box 102, Hollis NH 03049
About Grace McGinnis:
Grace grew up in the Mount Hope Bay region of southern MA, on a dairy farm. During high school, she was fortunate to be selected to attend a Saturday semester-long program at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Grace received a B.S. from Drexel University in clothing design and pattern. She was employed in the industry until the birth of three children and then
volunteering kept her busy.
Later Grace was employed in social services until retirement. Aboutthe year 2000, art called again. She studied with various local artists and has shown her work in NH. MA. and R.I.
She taught at the Rise Program at Rivier University and teaches private lessons to individuals with cognitive disorders.
About Laureen Luszcz:
Since her first introduction to the pastel medium, Laureen has enthusiastically pursued her passion for creating colorful and peaceful landscapes. Although her favorite subjects are coastal and natural scenes, she has expanded her interests to include still life, buildings, abstracts, drawing from life and portraits.
She is taking a new look at her art and experimenting with blending many different mediums to create new exciting art. She starts with something familiar and then adds shadow, light, colors, etc. expressing her visions in her art.
Laureen has exhibited her artwork at the MCC Student Art and Design Juried Show, at the Lowell Telecommunications Corp.- (LTC); The Wakefield Fine Art Show, 100th Anniversary- Wakefield Civic Center, Wakefield Cooperative Bank, sponsored by the Wakefield Chamber of Commerce; First Congregational Church, sponsored by the Reading Art Association, the Nashua and Nevins Memorial Libraries, and the Hollis Art Society.
Laureen has been awarded special recognition in several juried art show in New Hampshire and Massachusetts
