Ahhhhh yes…it’s time for another monthly roundup of ten superb pastels. I’m always hopeful that one of these months it’ll be a breeze to select the 10 from the many I collect over the month….and then to wrote about them. Hasn’t happened yet. So after much time struggling to choose this month’s choices, here they

Ahhhhhh it’s that time of month to share my pick of 10 sensational pastels from the oh so many I saw last month. Because the Pastel Society of America’s annual show, Enduring Brilliance, took place this month, there were even more to choose from. (I didn’t go to the actual page but rather selected pieces as

It’s Labour Day and on this grey, cool day in September, I’m writing about astonishing pastels chosen from the glorious many I saw in August. These are pastels that in some way moved me to share them with you be it their colour and design, their emotional resonance, their success with values. My ten pastel

Okay, how come it’s August already??? Where has the summer gone? The beginning of August means it’s time for July’s glorious pastels. It’s an interesting mix, heavy on landscape but coming in many variations. As always, a subjective choice made from the many I saw through the month. Let’s get started.

Halfway through the year already. That means it’s time for June’s pastel jewels. Here’s another interesting mix of pastels chosen from the many I saw last month. I look forward to hearing your favourites. So let’s get on!  

Yay! It’s time for another pastel round-up. Apologies for the delay. I was in Ontario last week teaching at the ICAN Pastel Conference (fabulous experience and students!!) and also visiting my sister and her family. Then, on my return home, I headed straight into a five-day workshop which just ended today. I pulled this blog post together

It’s time for another round-up of my ten picks from pastels collected through April.  A number of landscapes persisted through the selection process and remained in the top ten – I think they brilliantly show off the many possibilities in pastel! There are also two unusual still life paintings, one amazing portrait and one dynamite

Wow, February is already a week over so here I am with my ten choices of fabulous pastels from that ones seen that month. As always, soooo many pastel paintings to choose from, sooooo difficult to make the final choices, soooo hope you enjoy them. Nothing changes 🙂  In any case, I hope you will be

Here we are again at the beginning of a new month which means it’s time to look back at the previous month. This time I started with 83 (!) pieces selected through the month of January. And nothing changes, it’s still a real workout to choose 10 to present to you. Without further ado, let’s have