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Pastel Society @pastelsociety.bsky.social · 4h

🌟 #PastelSociety Member News 🌟

Martin Goold has new Cornish nocturne #pastels in the 'Autumn Collection' #exhibition at The Summerhouse Gallery in #Marazion, #Cornwall, 17-31 October

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Pastel Society @pastelsociety.bsky.social · 6d

📢Submission for our Annual Exhibition 2026 is NOW OPEN!

✍️Calling all artists working with #pastel, #pencil, #charcoal, #crayon, #chalk, and more…

🏆Many #prizes & #awards on offer including £1000 from our sponsors Caran d'Ache

🌐Submissions are ONLINE ONLY
www.mallgalleries.org.uk/open-calls/p...

The Pastel Society

Artists are invited to submit work for the Pastel Society Annual Exhibition 2026

www.mallgalleries.org.uk

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Pastel Society @pastelsociety.bsky.social · 12d

🎨 #PastelSociety President Richard Rees invites you to join him in celebrating the opening of his #soloexhibition 'Colours and Memoirs' at The Phoenicia Palm Court Lounge #Malta, opening 6th October 2025

#artexhibition #pastel #painting #art

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Pastel Society @pastelsociety.bsky.social · 10d

🌟PS member news

@janinebaldwinart.bsky.social has had two paintings, 'September Eve' and 'Out on the Moors', selected for the ING #DiscerningEye exhibition at #MallGalleries, #London

🖼️735 works by 529 #artists were chosen, from 6,500 entries

📅Open daily 14-23 Nov, 10-5

www.discerningeye.org

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Pastel Society @pastelsociety.bsky.social · 12d

🎨 #PastelSociety President Richard Rees invites you to join him in celebrating the opening of his #soloexhibition 'Colours and Memoirs' at The Phoenicia Palm Court Lounge #Malta, opening 6th October 2025

#artexhibition #pastel #painting #art

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Pastel Society @pastelsociety.bsky.social · 15d

🎨Louise Diggle PS in 'Art in the City: London's Dreaming', London painter-stainers.org/arts-and-cra... - opening next week! 8-11 Oct, 10-5 Wed to Sat

There will be #demonstrations of techniques and Louise will be painting on the streets during the day and showing city #pastels during the seasons.

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Pastel Society @pastelsociety.bsky.social · 15d

✨October Featured Artist: Benjamin Hope NEAC PS ROI RP RSMA ✨
I draw & paint directly from life, both in the studio & outside. Working in this way results in marks that are reactive, for me the best way to capture what it feels like to be with the subject.
www.thepastelsociety.org.uk/artist/membe...

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Pastel Society @pastelsociety.bsky.social · 15d

🎨Louise Diggle PS in 'Art in the City: London's Dreaming', London painter-stainers.org/arts-and-cra... - opening next week! 8-11 Oct, 10-5 Wed to Sat

There will be #demonstrations of techniques and Louise will be painting on the streets during the day and showing city #pastels during the seasons.

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Pastel Society @pastelsociety.bsky.social · Sep 10

Why Are Painters Switching to Pastels? 🎨✍️

"What is it about pastels that has watercolor and oil painters packing up their brushes and stashing their palettes?"

Read on to find out...

pasteltoday.com/2025/09/01/w...

Why Are Painters Switching to Pastels? - Pastel Today

Allison Krajcik reveals the reasons she abandoned watercolors for the “more forgiving” medium.

pasteltoday.com

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Pastel Society @pastelsociety.bsky.social · 28d

PS member news 🌟

🎨@andrewbarrowmanart.bsky.social has had his charcoal drawing 'Track to Pentiregaze, Polzeath' accepted for the Landscape Open 2025 exhibition at #SalisburyMuseum 18 Oct - 25 Jan

🎨Cheryl Culver PPPS RBA & Tanya Avchinnikova PS have had work accepted in the RSMA Annual Exhibition

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Fiona Carvell PS @fionacarvellartist.bsky.social · 26d

‘Serendipity’, is just one of my 4 pastel works which will be heading to Gallery 45 next week. ‘Coastal Stories’ will be an exhibition of works by Artists from across the region.
Exhibition runs Saturday 27 September- Thursday 6 November.

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Fiona Carvell PS @fionacarvellartist.bsky.social · 28d

Getting ready for my ‘Coastlines’ pastel workshop next week at The Hearth Arts Centre in Northumberland. All my 2025 workshops are now full but I am taking bookings for Spring 2026. Head to my website for details.

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Pastel Society @pastelsociety.bsky.social · 28d

PS member news 🌟

🎨@andrewbarrowmanart.bsky.social has had his charcoal drawing 'Track to Pentiregaze, Polzeath' accepted for the Landscape Open 2025 exhibition at #SalisburyMuseum 18 Oct - 25 Jan

🎨Cheryl Culver PPPS RBA & Tanya Avchinnikova PS have had work accepted in the RSMA Annual Exhibition

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Fiona Carvell PS @fionacarvellartist.bsky.social · Sep 10

Delighted that ‘Dance of The Sea’ has sold 🔴 at Number Four Gallery in beautiful St.Abbs.
Thankyou so much to the generous buyer and to Chris and Jenny at the gallery.

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Fiona Carvell PS @fionacarvellartist.bsky.social · Sep 2

I have been absent due to family bereavement. My Dad passed away 2 weeks ago. I am taking a break to navigate a new emotional landscape which is proving very difficult.

I leave you with my latest soft pastel work, ‘Flower of The Deep’.

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Pastel Society @pastelsociety.bsky.social · Sep 1

🌟September Featured Artist: Curtis Holder PS 🌟

"I use line to investigate motivations, connections & conversations, working in pencil to create large portraits & figurative drawings. My drawings emerge in a wayward series of febrile lines, which I layer to reveal form, movement & emotional intent."

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Pastel Society @pastelsociety.bsky.social · Sep 10

Why Are Painters Switching to Pastels? 🎨✍️

"What is it about pastels that has watercolor and oil painters packing up their brushes and stashing their palettes?"

Read on to find out...

pasteltoday.com/2025/09/01/w...

Why Are Painters Switching to Pastels? - Pastel Today

Allison Krajcik reveals the reasons she abandoned watercolors for the “more forgiving” medium.

pasteltoday.com

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Pastel Society @pastelsociety.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 The Heatherley School of Fine Art #PastelSociety Workshops 9-11 September 2025

🎨Wide range of subjects, tutored by Pastel Society members, including Michele Ashby PS and Richard Rees PPS on 11th September

🌐 For all details and to book your place: www.thepastelsociety.org.uk
#pastel

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Pastel Society @pastelsociety.bsky.social · Sep 1

🌟September Featured Artist: Curtis Holder PS 🌟

"I use line to investigate motivations, connections & conversations, working in pencil to create large portraits & figurative drawings. My drawings emerge in a wayward series of febrile lines, which I layer to reveal form, movement & emotional intent."

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Pastel Society @pastelsociety.bsky.social · Aug 19

📢Submission for our Annual Exhibition 2026 is NOW OPEN!

✍️Calling all artists working with #pastel, #pencil, #charcoal, #crayon, #chalk, and more…

🏆Many #prizes & #awards on offer, including £1000 from our sponsors Caran d'Ache

🌐Submissions are ONLINE ONLY
www.mallgalleries.org.uk/open-calls/p...

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Pastel Society @pastelsociety.bsky.social · Aug 17

📢 The Heatherley School of Fine Art #PastelSociety Workshops 9-11 September 2025

🎨Wide range of subjects, tutored by Pastel Society members, starting with @fionacarvellartist.bsky.social & Tom Zaw PS on the 9th September

🌐 For all details and to book your place: www.thepastelsociety.org.uk
#pastel

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Pastel Society @pastelsociety.bsky.social · Aug 19

📢Submission for our Annual Exhibition 2026 is NOW OPEN!

✍️Calling all artists working with #pastel, #pencil, #charcoal, #crayon, #chalk, and more…

🏆Many #prizes & #awards on offer, including £1000 from our sponsors Caran d'Ache

🌐Submissions are ONLINE ONLY
www.mallgalleries.org.uk/open-calls/p...

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Pastel Society @pastelsociety.bsky.social · Aug 17

📢 The Heatherley School of Fine Art #PastelSociety Workshops 9-11 September 2025

🎨Wide range of subjects, tutored by Pastel Society members, starting with @fionacarvellartist.bsky.social & Tom Zaw PS on the 9th September

🌐 For all details and to book your place: www.thepastelsociety.org.uk
#pastel

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Pastel Society @pastelsociety.bsky.social · Jul 30

🌟Summer News 🌟

#PastelSociety member Kevin Line's 'Julia Conversations' has been long listed for the #RuthBorchardSelfPortraitPrize 2025, & his work ‘Gunsmith’ has been selected by the Royal West of England Academy for their 172nd #OpenExhibition in Bristol, 6th September to 28th December 2025

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Pastel Society @pastelsociety.bsky.social · Aug 12

🌟 Jayne Perkins PS Open Studio 🌟

Jayne Perkins PS will be opening her #studio as part of the #Hampshire #OpenStudio Event, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22-25 August, 10am - 5pm

www.hampshireopenstudios.org.uk/artists/basi...

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