Pastel Journal - USA (2020-04)

EXERCISE 4 Look at a scene and try to interpret it differently through extreme cropping or inverted colors. When looking at a la ...

Skill Builders EXERCISE 5 Findinspirationineverythingaroundyou—froma serving spoontoa patternedcarpet—andusethemasa composition ...

demonstration Emeralds Step 1: I love drama in an abstract painting, and to get a glow, contrast is required. I almost always be ...

Finish Line by Aline Ordman PastelJournalis proudtobringyouthe22nd AnnualPastel 100 Competition!Thislong-running andprestigiousc ...

Poetic.Lyrical.Masterful.Powerful.Alive.Thesewordsthatjurorsusedtodescribe theprizewinningpaintingsinthisyear’sPastel 100 Compet ...

WHENTHEMOSTCOMMONREFRAIN fromeachjurorona paneloffiveis “IwishI couldhavechosenmore!” youknowthecompetitionistough. But,asFigure ...

some factors that are unique to each category. To this mix of criteria, there are considerations that are by nature more subject ...

Spain,Argentina and Mexico. The artist hasearned numerous awards for his paintings, including the Prix de Pastel intheIAPS 2011 ...

Still Life&Floral AccordingtoHildebrandt,jurorfortheStillLife&Floral category,theentrieswere“veryhighcaliber,”displaying ...

OPPOSITE July Morning Off Schomberg Road (16x20) by W. Truman Hosner BELOW Over the Line (20x20) by Colette Odya Smith “A succe ...

Landscape & Interior Hosner says he searched the Landscape & Interior submissions for “conformity between skill and poet ...

“The painting isn’t really about horses; it’s about movement.” 30 Pastel Journal APRIL 2020 ...

THEWINNEROFTHISYEAR’SPASTELJOURNALFOUNDER’SAWARDIS a dazzlinglyfreshandvividaccountofhorsesandjockeysgallopinghead- ontowardthev ...

ForOrdman,then,seeinganimageasa setofabstract shapesallowshertocometothesubjectwithfresheyes, unencumberedbyanypreviousideasofit ...

of the point, a strategy that brings about broad statements and deliciously fresh swatches of lively color. As she worked up Fin ...

“Astudentofmineoncesaidthatmyapproachinvolved fourSs—Simplify,Squint,StandbackandStop.Andit’s true.It’simportanttosimplify.Wheny ...

Aline Ordman (alineordman.com), of Vermont, earned a BFA at Cornell University and went on to study illustration at the Academy ...

“YOUHAVETOFOLLOWYOURPATHINAPAINTING; thepaintingwilltellyouwhereit needstogo,”saysBre BarnettCrowell,winnerofthePastelJournalAwa ...

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neutralized colors that are still either warm or cool, but not so vivid.” Crowell likes Terry Ludwig and chunky SoHo pastels. In ...