This month we would like to see your portraits of a young adult i.e. someone roughly between the age of 18 and 30ish. Because this is a...

Congratulations, we have two winners! They are Silja Salmistu with "Sarah B Peonies" and Stefan Hintermeier with "Winterwalk". Stunning...

‘I’m crazy about colour and at the same time, a limited palette is my jam! Whether I’m painting in soft pastels or paint (acrylic,...

Now that 2022 is over, it's time for our members to choose their favourite among the 30 placed paintings of the Get Dusty 2022...

The PGE admin team is taking a break. Uploads to the Get Dusty or the member gallery will be postponed until the New Year as will be...

Our newsletter editor Roger Holmes together with the Scribbler team has compiled a special SCRIBBLER issue with all the wonderful...

Do you want to know what challenges await you in 2023? We cannot speak for the bigger things, but we can offer you the new Get Dusty...

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

The winter Get Dusty is open for entries. The competition runs over the holiday season, until January, 25, 2023. Every member may upload...

For our third open online competition, we could welcome 138 artists with 461 entries. Of these, 238 paintings were juried into the show....

Francois Malnati, our guest judge for the Get Dusty Competition October 2022, has made his decision: The winner is Jan Carlton with...

François Malnati is a self-taught French painter who was born in 1950. He lives and works in Sélestat in Alsace. Working in a figurative...

This month, our category is 'Still life' and the challenge is 'coloured glass'. Set up a composition with coloured glass bottles, bowls,...

Sarah Rose, our guest judge for the Get Dusty Competition October 2022, has made her decision: The winner is Yael Maimon with "Dream...

Sarah Rose is a pastel artist living in the Southwestern United States. She was a sculptor for 35 years but in 2012 she was introduced to...

For our October Get Dusty we welcome all species of animals. Big or small, harmless or dangerous; all are allowed, either alone or in a...

Mark Ivan Cole PSA , our guest judge for the Get Dusty Competition September 2022, has made his decision: The winner is Stefan...

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

Have you already decided which paintings you are going to enter? You can post in each of our four categories: Landscape Figure/Portrait...

Mark Ivan Cole grew up in the Ecuadorian Andes and has lived in three of the four quadrants of the planet, including Taiwan and the U.S....