Painting Montana: The Colors That Actually Work
Pastel artist Aaron Schuerr shares her plein air palette for painting the colors of Big Sky Country.
Painting Northern California: The Colors That Actually Work
Pastel artist Bill Cone shares his plein air palette for painting the fog-softened hills of Northern California.
Painting Ohio: The Colors That Actually Work
Pastel artist Marlene Steele shares her plein air palette for painting the urban light of Cincinnati.
Painting Georgia: The Colors That Actually Work
Pastel artist Karen Margulis shares her plein air palette for painting the infinite greens of Georgia.
The Alchemist of Montmartre: How Degas Reinvented Pastel
Discover how Edgar Degas combined pastel with gouache, monotype, and crushed pigment to push the medium beyond its limits — and what artists can learn from it.
Locked in Storage: America’s Best Pastels
9 Master works you've probably never seen (in person)
Don’t Wait for the Perfect Moment
Top pastel artist Lyn Diefenbach explores what happens when a painter stops waiting for the perfect moment and lets the medium — immediate, spontaneous, and wonderfully direct — do what it does best.
What Most Pastelists Miss When They Paint Moving Water
Learn how pastel artist Carol Strock Wasson paints dynamic waterfalls using value patterns, color harmony, edge variation, and directional mark-making for luminous results.