"Into the Valley" by Aaron Schuerr took home Best Plein Air Pastel in the February 2023 PleinAir Salon competition.
Pastel artist Debora Stewart shares her best prep tips.
A unique exhibition explores a moment when more realistic portrayals of women increasingly superseded idealized images.
Felicity Talman, a young artist living in Wales, is creating a series inspired by seaweed that’s washed up on the beach in the welsh coastal town of Aberaeron.
Karen Margulis shares the story of how she loosened up and began producing more painterly pastels.
Although a host of challenges await, from fatigue to seeing values and shapes accurately, these paintings prove that rewards abound for artists not afraid of the dark.
Michele Ashby painted items from her late mother’s sewing box to help with the grieving process and to keep her mum's memory alive.
As Linda Mutti paints a coastal preserve near her home, the troubles of the world melt away — which, for her, is the joy of plein air.
Bethany Fields shares her best tips and techniques for painting skies and clouds in pastel.
Arizona artist Christine Debrosky finds inspiration beyond the state’s iconic red rocks.