Recently on the Pastel Society of America (PSA) Facebook page, a conversation was initiated by someone who had had work rejected from an exhibit because as a pastel, it was considered a drawing by the organizers and the show only accepted paintings. You can imagine the furor that started in this pastel group! So
Celebrating 100 blog posts!! Wow – 100 posts. I can hardly believe it! I think that’s something worth celebrating. I remembered when I first started blogging I wasn’t sure what in the world I was going to write about. It was all such a new idea to me. Well, within a few months, I
Pastel painting video Over the last couple of days, I’ve been working at getting another pastel painting demo video up. And it’s done! Just click on the image to see it. I certainly would appreciate a like and a share and certainly comments or any questions – just write them up under the video.
It’s the evening of Sunday 30th of December as I write. All is quiet and the moon, spied once or twice through a parting of the clouds, still looks full. The sidewalks are empty and there is little movement on the streets. There is a hush in the air, expectant perhaps, as we move
It’s howling winds and just pissing down with rain as I write. From this evidence I must gather Winter is really here. Because I’m feeling rather cold, I thought it was time to share my last plein air excursion of the summer with you. I have to say that’s it for me painting outside
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