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At the 8th Annual Plein Air Convention in San Francisco, California, Eric Rhoads honored master pastelist Albert Handell with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the world of art.

See who was awarded this prestigious award from the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) 33rd Juried Exhibition.

The foundation of this collection comes from Kim Lordier’s explorations of Yosemite Valley, the Monterey coastline and estuaries, and Crystal Springs Reservoir in San Mateo, CA. Preview the exhibition here.

New Mexico artist Albert Handell uses pastels to respond both to the specifics of what he observes and to his emotional response: “I will eventually frame the painting, not the location I observe, so the image has to be more than an exact replica of the landscape.”

When Nancie King Mertz was given an “unwanted” set of supplies, she became hooked.

In this preview of “Urban Pastel Paintings,” Nancie King Mertz shows us how she approaches cityscapes. See why she says you can use the same approach with both oil and pastel paintings (and why she has become a devotee of pastel).

In this episode of the PleinAir Podcast, Publisher Eric Rhoads dives into all things pastel with accomplished artist Kim Casebeer. Among the topics considered include how to market pastel paintings to collectors and galleries, technical approaches to pastel and how it differs from oil painting, and mastering critical concepts such as composition, shape, light and value, and color mixing. You can't listen to this episode without learning something new and important!

Georgia pastelist Karen Margulis knew the value of doing a thumbnail sketch before starting a plein air piece. She also knew that a notan...

Barbara Clark paints in oil, but it's her pastel past that helps make her paintings so different. How?  In a pastel...

The simple forms and lively color possible with pastels fluently visualize Jennifer L. Hoffman's devotion to nature. Jennifer L. Hoffman is one of three fine...

The historic and beautiful medium of pastel receives relatively little attention in the contemporary art world, but a group display of talented practitioners reminds...

New York artist Jane McGraw-Teubner has a very succinct and strong reason why participants in the Plein Air Convention & Expo should check out...

Michigan artist William Hosner will serve as the delegation chair for an all-star group of American pastelists who will participate in the Pintores Pastelistas...

So said Paul Fortis as he posted this shot of his setup at Garrapata State Park on Facebook. The...

The world of pastel recently lost one of its most enthusiastic advocates. Maggie Price (1947-2013), founder and former editor of The Pastel Journal, passed...

Californian Donna Vis spent 17 hours over several days painting a triptych in Yosemite National Park. The pastel painting, measuring 9 x 36 inches...

Award-winning artist T. Allen Lawson has revealed his selections for the winners in this round of the PleinAir Salon.

Take advantage of these in-person and virtual plein air painting opportunities from our special guide!

Preview the newest issue of PleinAir Magazine with the Editor's Letter: Just a few hundred miles from where I live, the Great Smoky Mountains — the site for this year’s Plein Air Convention & Expo — feel like home...

Darrell Beauchamp, Executive Director of the Western Art Museum, has revealed his selections for the winners in this round of the PleinAir Salon.