Pastel Links / updated 17Feb2014


Passionate About Pastels Facebook Group -- there is a LOT of action here, a lot of great pieces posted and (happy to report) very few pictures of cats. Good site.


Arranging Pastels by Value, by Maggie Price : http://www.maggiepriceart.com/pastel-oraniz.pdf


Astrid Volquardsen -- pastel artist, interesting blog!

Pastel Boxes (organization) - Phil Bates

How To "Criticize" Your Own Paintings
Pastel News
Pastels ---> color charts online 


Richard McKinley's Pastel Pointers Blog

Links: My Favorite Pastel Artists (rev21July10)
How to Mount and Frame Pastels


Examined: Pastelmat Paper (rev14Sept10)


Examined: 8 Adaptable Pastel Supports


Marla Baggetta: 100 Variations


Painting Water


Painting Fog


Having trouble fixing large drawings...


Sky Blue / Gurney Journey


Gurney on COLOR


Gurney on VISUAL PERCEPTION


The Spinning Beachball of Death


Fixative Notes


Bill Cone


Pastels - Resources for Artists (Squidoo)


Painting Shadows


Pastels (etc!) Book List (revised 30Dec09)


Youtube: PanPastels


Six Unisons / Casey Klahn


The Colorist / Casey Klahn


Pastel plein air? help tips hints and ideas how to paint outdoors?


Plein Air - Best Practices for Setup?


"Plein Air Painting: Where Did We Go Wrong?" by Jean Stern (Spring 2008)


Online Color Wheel


Pastels : color charts online


Alla Prima Pochades / Ben Haggett




Soft Pastel Talk WC
Pasel Plein Air Setup: The Search Continues / Richard McKinley
Plein Air Painting in Pastel | Plein Air Painters Tell You What You Need to Know

How to make new pastels from crumbs, bits, nubbins, and dust,  by Charlotte Herczfeld - on page 11 of the Sept 2012 Pastel Scribbler