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Pastel Podcast Episode 12: Liz Haywood-Sullivan
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Liz Haywood Sullivan is a New England landscape pastel artist known for luminous skies, coastlines, and water,...
Must-See Pastel Show
Is Pastel the Most Demanding Medium in Art? One Museum Director Thinks So.
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Thirty-one paintings at the Butler Institute of American Art suggest he might be right.
Clint Howard didn’t pick up pastels until 2023 — he’s already an IAPS Master Circle designee and Pastel 100 Founders Award winner. Meet the pastel world’s most exciting new voice.
How one pastel artist turned construction chaos into luminous compositions.
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Pastel Podcast Episode 11: Clint Howard
This episode features rising pastel artist Clint Howard and focuses on landscape painting, capturing light and water, and fast-tracking...
Discover how drawing and layered color helped him move beyond Impressionism — and what that means for pastel painters today.
Mary Beth Drabiszczak reveals how a split-second decision changed the course of her prizewinning painting.
Created the same year as the Group of Seven’s founding, "Ice Bridge" tells another national story.
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Pastel Podcast Episode 10: Brenda Boylan
Lessons from a Master Pastelist
Brenda Boylan brings a joyful, practical, and deeply human approach to pastel painting. From a...
Nancy Silvia gets candid about the challenges — and rewards — of plein air painting well into one’s 60s, 70s, and beyond.









