Pastel Society News & Blog

Getting the 'Glow' with Laura Pollak: Online Workshop Sunday, February 5, 2023

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Announcing the CPPS Karen Margulis Online Workshop for 2022

HOW TO PAINT WITH MORE EXPRESSION March 5-12, 2022 Workshop Description: The focus of this workshop is ‘How to Paint with More...

Susan Nicholas Gephart will be faculty at Pastel Live

PASTEL LIVE: A GLOBAL VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE BY THE PUBLISHERS OF PLEINAIR MAGAZINE August 18-21, 2021 I am so excited to announce that I...

Artist Spotlights

Leslie Dyer has an article in this month's issue of State College Magazine. It's a short read about her process, progress and vision as...

Artist Spotlight

Jeanne McKinney's painting, “Sea View from Old Head Cliffs, County Cork”, was selected for the Pastel Society of America’s St. Patrick’s...

Pastellus

The Importance of Thick Skin by Stacy Mayou Hard to believe it is May, it seems like some surreal world where time is moving and standing...

Images from the 2019 Winter Paint-In

Saturday, February 9th, The Pastel Society joined together with invited guests, the Farmland Preservation Artists of Central PA for their...

August 2019 National Artist Workshop - Marla Baggetta

“Loosen Up and Expand” Free Public Demo: Tuesday evening August 13, 2019 Workshop: Wednesday, August 14 - Friday, August 16, 2019...

New Member Spotlight: Mary Ann Clarendon

Mary has had work juried into three shows this year: Arkansas Pastel Society "Reflections in Pastel", Home Grown Mid Atlantic Plein Air...

Don't Miss the Free Lisa Mitchell Demo

Thursday September 20th, 7 pm Come one, come all to the free demonstration by nationally recognized landscape artist Lisa Mitchell. This...

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