Gael Clauson

Gael has been teaching hand lettering and envelope decoration since 2017. She and watercolor artist Patti Warren, have team-taught many sketchbook journaling courses and mixed-media collage classes for Osher and garnered quite a dedicated group of fans. Gael’s numerous sketchbooks are filled with hand-lettered quotations, poems, song lyrics, and her love of letter shapes. She is also a self-proclaimed pen and marker hoarder. Gael lives in the Upper Valley and loves Valentine’s Day.

Let’s Put Some ART in Your HEART - Tear It Up 4 (Winter Term 2024)

Participant Testimonials:

VERY well organized. As a former teacher, these instructors were well prepared and obviously had done these activities and had solutions to anticipated problems or challenges. Their experience with the materials and various audiences showed in a positive way.

Gael and Patti think through each class thoroughly, organizing very well.

Tear It Up 3 (Fall Term 2023)

Participant Testimonials:

Patti and Gael are well organized. Everybody worked at their own pace but they kept things moving.

I don’t think you can be over prepared, but it was clear Patti and Gael were capable of teaching a full course on every topic we addressed. 

Tear It Up 2: Multi Media Collage with Gael and Patti (Spring Term 2023)

Participant Testimonials:

Patti and Gael are so knowledgeable and bring many examples of work. They also provide a vast amount of materials for us to us.

Both Gael and Patti are very well versed in all the projects we did, and had all the materials needed.

Let’s Tear It Up: Multi-Media Collages with Patti and Gael (Winter Term 2023)

Participant Testimonials:

Once again Gael and Patti have offered a fun, inviting, uplifting learning experience. They are so welcoming and inclusive, it is a joy to be in their classes.

I really enjoyed making a collage booklet with pamphlet stitch as our final project. This was a delightful surprise, I'd like to create more of these.

Here and There: The Traveling Sketchbook Journal (Fall Term 2022)

Participant Testimonials:

I enjoy the atmosphere in Patti and Gael's classes. They are supportive, friendly and knowledgeable.

Gael and Patty are a wonderful duo. They are great fun to learn from. I have enjoyed all of their classes.

Sketchbook Journaling: My Favorite Things (Spring Term 2022)

Participant Testimonials:

Exceedingly well designed with each session a new "favorite" activity.

This course surpassed my expectations. I couldn’t have asked for a better introduction to keeping a personal and stylized sketchbook.