Building Good Bones
For Liz Haywood-Sullivan, successful plein air painting begins with sketching a scene multiple times before she ever touches pastel to paper.
Can One Small, Strategic Line or Color Enliven an Entire Painting?
You bet it can! And Stan Sperlak will show you how.
Seven Autumn Paintings To Inspire You!
Are you keen to get painting Fall colors but not sure where to start? Here’s inspiration!
Views of the Heartland
Four contemporary pastel painters offer fresh interpretations of the middle-American landscape.
Loosen Up and Let Your Work Shine
Award-winning pastel artist Lisa Regopoules shares how consistency, curiosity, and a love of plein air painting have propelled her career to new heights.
From Roots to Canopy
Albert Handell gives his best advice for painting trees in pastel.
Why Did This Oil Painter Return to Pastels?
Oil painter Lon Brauer reveals the reason he picked up pastels again after setting them aside for decades.