Soft Pastels in the Greenhouses & Winter Garden in the RWP Botanical Center

March 21 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm

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$65
Soft Pastels in the Greenhouses & Winter Garden 

at the RWP Botanical Center (5 sessions)

Fridays, February 28th – April 4th (no class March 28th),
10:00 – 12:30
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Learn how to use soft pastels with artist Jeneane Lunn during five (5) in-person sessions.

Using the techniques of the Impressionist painters, students will work to capture the changing light effects of nature in the tropical environment of the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center greenhouses, or weather permitting, in the outdoor Winter Garden. Soft pastels are a great medium for doing small studies or finished work. This class will offer an easy technique for starting pastels that you can develop into your own finished pieces of art. Our focus will be on increasing our perception of color to create more and more complex, beautiful layers of color while enjoying the serenity of the garden.

This series is appropriate for students of all levels.

Bring your lunch for a time of hanging out talking art following the class.

Artist Bio

Jeneane Lunn is a professional artist and was a high school art teacher and taught at the Community College and other art organizations around Vermont. In Rhode Island she teaches at the Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Wickford Art Association, South County Art Associations and private online classes.

You can watch pastel and oil demonstrations at no charge on her Youtube channel @jeneanelunn or check out her website jeneanelunn.com

A friendly heads up to Park-goers: Maple and Pine avenues at Cladastris Avenue are temporarily closed for approximately 4-6 weeks, limiting vehicle access to Park Avenue via FC Greene Memorial Boulevard. 

This temporary closure makes way for boardwalk construction at Cunliff Lake, a public access project that will enhance recreational opportunities at Roger Williams Park!

During this period, traffic will be detoured to park entrance and exit locations at Broad Street and Montgomery Avenue and Elmwood Avenue. Drivers using the Elmwood Avenue exit will follow Cladastris Avenue to FC Greene Memorial Boulevard to Linden Avenue to Elmwood Avenue south to Park Avenue east. Those using the Broad Street and Montgomery Avenue exit will follow Cladastris Avenue to Montgomery Avenue to Broad Street south to Warwick Avenue south to Park Avenue west.

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Thanks to everyone who came out to the RWP Winter Wonderland this past Saturday! From cookies and hot cocoa to a visit from the big man in red, there was much merry-making to be had! Bundle up and swing by Roger Williams Park any evening this month to see all the twinkling lights. 🎄

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