Top Five Pastel Stories of 2025
Of all the stories published on Pastel Today, five stood out as your favorites from the past year.
A Look Back and a Look Ahead
As we prepare to move into 2026, it’s a great time to reflect on your creative life for the past year and to make goals for the next.
Where Pastel Meets Poetry
Wilson transforms soft pastels into powerful narratives, capturing emotion, dignity, and presence in every stroke.
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!