Sandra Burshall - “Soft Glow, Casamento’s”

Join the Philadelphia Pastel Society for a three-day workshop focusing on painting interiors led by Sandra Burshell.

Dates: April 14-16, 2026

Time: 9:30 AM to 4 PM

Location: Community Arts Center, 414 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, PA 19086 www.communityartscenter.org

Registration to follow.

About Sandra Burshell, IAPS/EP, PSA-MP, DPS 

Sandra Burshell’s aesthetic is to portray moody, atmospheric pastel figurative works and interiors - from life, from travel, and from her New Orleans Drawing Group. Sandra is an Eminent Pastelist in the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) and a Master Pastelist in the Pastel Society of America (PSA).

Having exhibited both nationally and internationally, her pastels have been featured in many leading art magazines: Pastel Journal Magazine: "The Romantic Space", Pratique Des Arts’ Special Pastel Issue: “La Figure Dans Tous Ses Etats", Pastel Artist International: "Ambience You Can Cut with a Knife", Artist’s Magazine: "Creating Movement with Light", and American Artist Magazine: "Picturing What People Leave Behind".

Sandra was the IAPS Vice President from its inception in 1994 through 2006. She has exhibited/taught workshops nationally and internationally, and was selected as one of thirteen female U.S. pastel artists at the “Pastels of the World, Orangery of the Castle of Louviere”, in Bourbonnais, France, June 2022.

She is the founder of the New Orleans Drawing Group, a weekly figure drawing session, now on Zoom since 2020. Sandra’s pastels have been represented by the Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, LA for over 25 years. To see more of her work, go to: