“Creating a Narrative: Figure in an Urban Setting”
TWO-DAY WORKSHOP with KAREN ISRAEL IAPS/MC, PSA-MP, PWCS
Member registration ($250) opens on April 7, 2025.
Nonmember registration ($300) opens on April 14, 2025.
A maximum of 16 students will be enrolled.
The workshop is currently full. To be placed on a wait list, email Mary Smith.
The Philadelphia Pastel Society will sponsor a two-day workshop “Creating a Narrative: Figure in an Urban Setting" by master pastel artist Karen Israel on May 7th and 8th, 2025, at the Community Arts Center in Wallingford, PA. Whether she is exploring landscape, figure or still life, her passion for design and creating a narrative is evident in her work.
Karen Israel asks “Do you sometimes find yourself creating a story in your head while people (or animal) watching? When painting a visual narrative, we share our emotional truths about what inspires us, and what brings us joy or sorrow. We hope to involve the viewer and encourage them to bring their own experiences to what you have painted. This is a genre full of possibilities and challenges.”
In this workshop, students will explore how to be less reliant on their photographic references, how to interpret the values in their references, and how to create a dynamic design to enhance their visual narrative. All of this will add excitement and movement to your work.
Karen is a Master Circle member of IAPS, a Master Pastelist member of PSA, and a Signature member of PSWC. Karen conducts many teaching demonstrations and workshops throughout the United States, and she has served as juror for many national competitions. She was the Juror of Selection for our 2024 PPS Members Exhibition at the Henry Gallery.
To learn more about Karen and view her work, please visit: https://www.artbykarenisrael.com
Follow her on Instagram at @karenisraelpastel and on
Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/karen.helfeldisrael
For questions regarding this workshop, please contact the workshop coordinator Mary Rinderle Smith at pps_workshops@yahoo.com or at 610-724-1470.
Philadelphia Pastel Society Workshop Payment and Refund Policy for all Workshops
1. Full payment is required at the time of registration to reserve your place in a workshop. If a workshop is full, you will be put onto a wait list based upon first come, first served and notified as soon as there is a cancellation.
2. If you cancel your reservation for a workshop 15 days or more prior to a workshop, we will refund the full workshop tuition.
3. If you cancel your reservation less than 15 days prior to the workshop, we will attempt to fill the opening from the wait list. If your spot is then filled, you will be refunded your full workshop tuition.
4. If we cannot fill your spot from the wait list, you may put forward someone who wishes to take your place at the workshop and collect your reimbursement from your replacement.
5. If no replacement is found for your reserved place at the workshop, your payment will not be refunded.
6. If PPS cancels a Workshop for any reason, you will be notified as soon as possible and given a full refund.
“Creating a Narrative: Figure in an Urban Setting”
TWO-DAY WORKSHOP with KAREN ISRAEL IAPS/MC, PSA-MP, PWCS
Member registration ($250) opens on April 7, 2025.
Nonmember registration ($300) opens on April 14, 2025.
A maximum of 16 students will be enrolled.