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.
Painting Maine: The Colors That Actually Work
Pastel artist Lyn Asselta shares her plein air palette for painting the ocean and forest in in coastal Maine.
A Regional Color Guide
The colors, techniques, and hard-won knowledge that capture each region at its best.
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)
Clark Mitchell Went to Paint a Landscape. He Ended Up Painting History.
Three plein air artists set out to paint the ranchlands of Point Reyes. What they found was a community on the edge of extinction.
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.