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Archive for April, 2010
Is this Cezanne done in pastel?
Apr 29th
I have found this painting by Paul Cezanne for which Wikipedia claims to be in pastel. I’m not sure about it and maybe someone knowledgeable can help with some information. The painting hangs in The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Please click on it to enlarge it and tell what you think in comment area and/or in the poll.
Paul Cézanne's Son
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Carole Katchen Pastel Demo
Apr 26th
"of Course"
Carole Katchen has been a professional and successful artist and author for more than 40 years. You can find her work in private and public collections, including the collection of Bill Clinton, the former president of the United States. Carole has published 17 books, which have sold over 1 million copies and she has written numerous magazine articles for Cosmopolitan, Parents and several art magazines. She is also a Contributing Editor to The Artists Magazine and a featured columnist for International Artist. Carole uses all sorts of art mediums, but most of the time she uses soft pastels. On her website you can find an article about her technique and a couple of demos.
Below are links to a some of her books available at Amazon. If you wander why I give links on the Amazon, it is because I get a 4% commission from any sales done through my Soft Pastel Store or through the provided links 
.
Express Yourself With Pastel
200 Great Painting Ideas for Artists
How to Get Started Selling Your Art
Figure Drawing Workshop
Creative Painting With Pastel
FineArtViews March 2010 Pastel Winners
Apr 23rd
...............Sabina Haas ................................... Elizabeth Taft............
The FineArtViews Painting Competition has announced the winners for March 2010. The Outstanding Pastel painting went to Sabina Haas and Elizabeth Taft.
The finalist who went into FAV15% with their pastel paintings are:
Mary Dove
Vianna Szabo
Ray Hassard
Margi Lucena
Brian Sauerland
Newsletter: the Pastel Scribbler, April 2010
Apr 22nd
The Pastel Scribbler
The Pastel Guild of Europe published the April issue of the Pastel Scribbler. This is a free newsletter dedicated to a soft pastel art and is gathering European pastel artists. You can find old issues here and if you like it you can subscribe at the bottom of the PGE home page.
- New formula Derwent Pastel Pencils by Charlotte Herczfeld.
- Get Dusty Winner: Joe Spiteri Steines from Malta.
- Tonal Contrasts in Pastels by Heather Harman.
- Water’s Edge demo by Ruth Mann.
The Pastel 100: Landscape & Interior 2010
Apr 21st
Top pastel artists in the category Landscape & Interior at The Pastel Journal 11th annual Pastel 100 Competition. Check the left column and the Gallery page for the artworks that I got permission from the artists to be published.
The PJ Best of Show: Don Rantz
1. Cindy House
2. Jerry Brown
3. Aline E. Ordman
4. Gregory Pai
5. Marla Baggetta
Honorable mention: Christine Ivers, Jerry Messman, Brian Cobble, Terri Ford (2x),
Bill James, Linda Gross Brown, Helen Clark, John Ribble, Kathleen Jones,
Carl Desrosiers, Lawrence C. Barone, Carol Strock Wasson, Margi Lucena.
See the gallery with the Portrait and Figure category winners.
See the gallery with the Animal and Wildlife category winners.
Place Your Art on the Map
Apr 20th
The Arts Map is a website based on some sort of Google Maps where you can geographically find artists, galleries, art stores, museums, art schools and any other art related institution around the globe. They are still building their base but there are already plenty entries. You can open your profile and place your website or studio address on the Art Map. The site got a big plus from me since they use pastels as one of the search options. I’m going to use this site next time I plan my travels.
The Pastel Society UK 11th Annual Exhibition
Apr 16th
Matthew Draper
The Pastel Society, UK, was founded in 1898, and some of the first members and early exhibitors were Brangwyn, Degas, Rodin, Rothenstein, Whistler and G.F. Watts. There are currently over fifty members who are professional artists living and working in UK and elsewhere. The Society pursues its aims through education and example. It is currently responsible for organising exhibitions, tutorial workshops, demonstrations and lectures throughout the UK.
The Society’s major showcase is the Annual Exhibition held at the prestigious Mall Galleries in London. This is open to entries from both members and non-members. This year’s exhibition is opened at the Mall Galleries though April 17, with the total number of 278 paintings on display. It is not clear from the website who are the winners, but there was a news on the Pastel Journal blog mentioning the prize winning artists: Matt Draper, Jeannette Hayes, and Felicity House.
Peninsula School of Art Welcomes Notable Pastel Artists as Educators and Plein Air Festival Participants
Apr 15th
Marla Baggetta
The Peninsula School of Art in Door County, WI, has invited three notable pastel artists to participate in the Door County Plein Air Festival, July 19 – August 7. Linda Richichi, of New York, will return for the third time; New Mexico artist Emmett Johns will return for the second consecutive year; and Paul Murray, also of New Mexico, will participate for the first time.
The varied landscape of the Door County peninsula offers a natural muse and studio for both seasoned pastel artists and students of the medium who attend Peninsula School of Art workshops. Nestled in the quaint harbor town of Fish Creek, the School has attracted a number of high caliber pastel artist/instructors to teach workshops in both plein air and studio techniques for the summer and fall of 2010. Among them are: Marla Baggetta, Bonnita Budysz, Marc Hanson, Colette Odya Smith and Ken Tiessen.
Featured Pastel Artist: Sarah Pollock
Apr 14th
Sarah Pollock began her artistic career as a color stylist for the Walt Disney Feature Animation. Sarah often works outdoors, directly on location, during the temperate seasons of the year. She also finds inspiration in the natural and urban scenes that she encounters while traveling throughout the United States.
She received numerous awards and her painting Homeless, Downtown DC received an Honorable Mention in the Pastel Journal’s “Pastel 100″ competition in 2004. Over the past several years, Sarah has served as a board member for the Maryland Pastel Society and the Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania where she teaches a class on color for beginning artists. She lives and works as a professional artist in the central Pennsylvania.
Sarah has a very nice blog and a website where she has a little story for almost all paintings.
Sarah Pollock
Artist’s Statement:
“I see the world with the volume turned up.
My pastel paintings are a visual diary of the people and places I observe throughout my travels. From the spectacular natural beauty surrounding my home in the central Pennsylvania mountains to the distinctive lights and personalities of cities, there’s nothing that I love more than using the vibrant medium of pastel to capture these locales and make them my own.
Light at the edge of day, near sunset or sundown, is most intriguing to me. I’m attracted to landscapes with dramatic angles, impressive skies, and natural bodies of water. In my cityscapes, I emphasize aspects of urban environments that may be overlooked as we rush through our daily routines. These paintings capture a range of subjects, from dynamic, down-the-street views to intimate portraits of anonymous individuals.”
We have reached post #100!
Apr 13th
Thanks to you, our readers who gave support by acknowledging and appreciating our work, this blog has succeeded to reach #100 post today.
What follows is a brief summary of last 3,5 months:
- posted 6 posts related to Old Pastel Masters
- presented 8 great pastel artists as “Featured Artists”
- used opportunity to present 12 very useful pastel demos
- mentioned close to 30 competitions and challenges (held or to come)
- collected 15 video clips
- averaged 5,76 post per week after going public on January 1st, 2010
- more than 350 Facebook fans, almost 60 Google Friend Connect followers and over 130 daily RSS feeds
- linked to over 100 pastel artists.
The numbers above are here to talk a little, the blog itself says much more, but the best of all is that we have learned so much and established contact with many great artists which we admire and who give us the push to work more. This is just one stop to turn back and see how much we did and to say: “It’s worth it and there is more to come… ”
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