Inspiration
It's our 10th anniversary! Here are few ways we're celebrating: We've compiled our Top 10 Interviews in an easy, downloadable format. Enjoy a special 10th anniversary slide show of pastel paintings. Pick up your copy of our June 2009 issue to kick off our 10th anniversary Interview Series, or see our bonus feature: 10 Questions with Elizabeth Mowry.
Instruction
New: Learn how renowned pastelist Jimmy Wright draws inspiration from finished paintings to produce new and unique works with his Creative Spark challenge. Enter your work to win the prize: $250-value fine art media gift basket.
Art Competitions
The wait is finally over. Don't miss this opportunity to check out the top winners of the 10th Annual Pastel 100. Click here for details.
Also, you can now enter the 11th Annual Pastel 100
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The Pastel Journal 2007 CD Archive
Get access to all 2007 issues of The Pastel Journal. This CD features 400-plus pages of pastel inspiration and painting ideas—ready to view or print from your home computer.
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Heighten Your Creativity
This book takes you on an amazing exploration of your own artistic potential. Building on basic creative processes, artist Mary Todd Beam invites you to go deeper into your observations and experiences following more than 25 techniques that will take your work in exciting new directions.
Featured Artist Interview
In the June 2009 issue of The Pastel Journal, renowned pastelist Elizabeth Mowry traces the path her career has taken since she first appeared in the magazine 10 years ago. As part of our 10th Anniversary celebration, the artist answers 10 questions pertaining to a single painting.
Share Your Creative Spark
Free Contest for Pastel Artists!
Show us an example of a pastel painting in which you reinterpreted a previously finished work.  The “editors’ choice” will receive a $250-value fine art media gift basket, including a six-month subscription to ArtistNetwork.tv online video workshops, and much more...  Get the details on this competition, and enter for free here...