Kelly Kane
Pastel Today and PleinAir Magazine Editor-in-Chief With nearly 30 years experience in art publishing, Kelly Kane has served previously as Content Director for Pastel Journal, The Artist’s Magazine, Drawing, and Acrylic Artist, and Editor-in-Chief of Watercolor Artist magazine. She has interviewed many of the preeminent artists of our time and written numerous articles about painting, drawing, art education, and art history. She is now the Editor-in-Chief of PleinAir Magazine and the Pastel Today and American Watercolor Weekly newsletters. Click here to send her an email.
Is Pastel the Most Demanding Medium in Art? One Museum Director Thinks So.
Thirty-one paintings at the Butler Institute of American Art suggest he might be right.
From the Pulpit to the Pastel Box: Clint Howard’s Rocket Rise
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.
Painting Against the Clock
How one pastel artist turned construction chaos into luminous compositions.
What Renoir’s Pastels Reveal
Discover how drawing and layered color helped him move beyond Impressionism — and what that means for pastel painters today.
It Pays to Trust Your Gut
Mary Beth Drabiszczak reveals how a split-second decision changed the course of her prizewinning painting.
A Pastel at the Crossroads of Canadian Art
Created the same year as the Group of Seven’s founding, "Ice Bridge" tells another national story.
Unstoppable: An Age- Defying Plein Air Painter
Nancy Silvia gets candid about the challenges — and rewards — of plein air painting well into one’s 60s, 70s, and beyond.
Seeing Beauty Where Others Walk By
Dalibor Dejanovic gives the inside story on his prizewinning pastel.
What Was He Thinking?
Carol Peebles explores her subject’s inner life in a powerful portrait.
Top Five Pastel Stories of 2025
Of all the stories published on Pastel Today, five stood out as your favorites from the past year.