Congratulations, we have a winner! It is Sophie Parkhill with "Things are looking up" a stunning pastel and the 1st place is well...

Painting our own portrait can be a challenging but also rewarding experience. You can either use a photo (without forgetting zo mention...

Karen Margulis,  our guest judge for the Get Dusty Competition Dec23/Jan24, has made her decision: The winner is Silja Salmistu with...

'I am a full time artist and art educator. I live in Atlanta Georgia with my husband Michael. I have two children and 6 grandchildren! I...

Welcome to the dozens of artists who joined our pastel society during the last year. We are thrilled that you are here! You are heartily...

Now that 2023 is over, it's time for our members to choose their favourite among the 30 placed paintings of the Get Dusty 2023...

The PGE board wishes their members a happy and harmonious end of 2023. Artist: Kerstin Birk The Winter Get Dusty runs until January 25,...

Right now before the Autumn ends, the new Pastel Scribbler is published. There is plenty of interesting reading matter in this issue; in...

Vera Kavura, our judge for the Get Dusty Competition November 2023, has chosen her favourites: The winner is Silja Salmistu with "Sweet...

A short while ago there was a lively discussion in the FB members' group about possible changes to the Get Dusty. During our last board...

Vera Kavura is from Kyiv, Ukraine. She is currently an associated artist of Unison Colours. Vera started painting when she was a child...

Roberta Baer PSA, our judge for the Get Dusty Competition October 2023, has chosen her favourites: The winner is Alena Rachinger with...

Roberta Baer PSA is a nationally recognized artist who specializes in the medium of pastels but enjoys other mediums as well. She is...

Right now before the summer ends, the new Pastel Scribbler is published. There is plenty of interesting reading matter in this issue; in...

Robert Brindley PSMA, our judge for the Get Dusty Competition September 2023, has chosen his favourites: The winner is Mao Mei with...

Our new Get Dusty challenge comes crawling, jumping, flying; it's Insect month! Your choice of subject is huge; ants, bees and wasps,...

Robert Brindley is a British painter who works in oil, watercolour, acrylics and pastel. He is a member of the Royal Society of Marine...

Don't forget to enter our current Get Dusty; every member may enter two paintings, the deadline is September 25, 2023!

Our panel of judges have chosen their favourite 6 paintings among 85 entries. 'My goodness, what a difficult task this was! So many...

85 beautiful entries; that is a record for the free choice Get Dusty! Too many and too diverse for just one judge, so we will have a...