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Don Judah‘s painting First Course (in this post) was selected as an outstanding pastel painting at the November 2011 BoldBrush competition. Here is how Don describes his art. “Art has always been my first love. My formal education in art was limited to high school and college elective classes and a few excursions into available…
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Alberto Piedra Fernández is a pastel artist from Spain. He studied laws and in his artistic beginnings he was self-thought but soon he explored and discovered a field of figurative art and realism in pastels by the hand of internationally renewed artist Abel Marquez from Argentina. Alberto has received several international awards and recently had…
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Paola Bassoli developed passion for painting under the watchful eye of her grandfather who was also a painter. The search for the right expression of Paola’s personality has gone through every form of art, but neither watercolor nor drawing courses have fulfilled her full expression. She finally found her expression through the portraits and figures…
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Mary Ann Cherry is a Master Signature member of the Women Artists of the West and a signature member of the Pastel Society of America. She is co-founder of the Pastel Society of the Northern Rockies and current president. She paints primarily in soft pastel or oils, working in a studio near the Snake River…
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Lisa Mitchell received her formal art education at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, concentrating her studies in Illustration and Graphic Design. She used to work as an illustrator creating storyboards and comprehensive illustrations for several leading advertising agencies in the Mid-Atlantic region. After that she began a twenty year career painting children’s…
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Isabelle V. Lim, PSA, is a Singapore artist. After having moved around South East Asia for two decades, she currently lives and paints full time in Hong Kong. The diverse subjects she chooses to paint are largely based on Asian art & culture. Isabelle believes that painting is all about colors. She is particularly intrigued…
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Last month we saw the trend of increasing number of pastel paintings being submitted and awarded at Bold Brush Painting Competition, but this month the list is a bit shorter. The Outstanding Pastel painting went to Alicia Sotherland and John Philbin Dolan. One more pastel painting that qualified to FAV15% was by Gaye Adams. Share/Bookmark
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This is the list of approaching deadlines for the pastel competitions till the end of 2010. Not all of them are pastel only competitions, but they are popular and many pastelists participate. Please feel invited to comment and add more. IAPS 2010 Web show Sep 15, 2010. International Artist Magazine People and Figure, Sep 15,…
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The Bold Brush Painting Competition for July 2010 had many pastel paintings reaching the FAV15. The Outstanding Pastel painting went to Kathleen Newman and James Otto. The finalist who went into FAV15% with their pastel paintings are: Sue Gombus, Ray Hassard, Margaret Ferguson, John Philbin Dolan, Bob Richey, Mary Aslin, Mike Etie, Christy Perrine, Share/Bookmark
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There will be a few posts after my summer break that don’t sound like a news, but I would like to have those artists and events recorded on this blog. The FineArtViews Painting Competition is now called Bold Brush painting competition. The Outstanding Pastel painting for June went to Margi Lucena who was in FAV15…
about 1 year ago
Thank you for sharing my Bold Brush pastel award in the Pastel News!
about 1 year ago
I am a friend of Patty, and her work linked here is wonderful.
about 1 year ago
O Lisa, I was more than happy to post about it. Thank YOU, for making such a wonderful art!