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Painting of a spring shower by Sandra Orme

Spend two days with award winning pastel artist Sandra Orme. Booking required

Friday, 8 May 2026 to Saturday, 9 May 2026, 10.30am - 4pm

Two-day practical session in the Ashmolean Learning Studio

Tickets £175 for the two days. Booking is essential

With Sandra Orme, pastel artist

Spend two days with award winning pastel artist Sandra Orme exploring using pastels to create dramatic spring weather skies, evoking the contrast of sunshine and showers.

You will use layers of pastel on specialist paper to develop land and seascapes and learn how to control light and dark, realistic three dimensional clouds, and cloudburst effects.

You will learn how to mix complex and contrasting colours, along with building layers to using mark making to evoke texture, shape and form.

Series: Shaped by Nature Season

Department: Ashmolean Museum (Department)

Organiser: Public Programmes

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