Pastel Journal Spring 2023

Pastel Journal Spring 2023 is a digital PDF magazine for pastel artists, art students, and readers interested in contemporary and historical pastel work. This 92-page issue is available for instant download.

Issue No. 141 features the 24th Annual Pastel 100, practical painting guidance, artist interviews and profiles, exhibition coverage, and editorial material on the development of pastel portraiture.

The issue also includes current information about pastel brands, surfaces, competitions, and the 2023 Pastels USA international exhibition.

Book Overview

Pastel Journal Spring 2023 is an art magazine published by Peak Media Properties, LLC, doing business as Golden Peak Media. Its central feature is the 24th Annual Pastel 100, which showcases selected artists and presents advice from category jurors on creating compelling pastel paintings.

The issue covers award-winning works by Daud Akhriev, Shilei He, Pirkko Mäkelä-Haapalinna, Yang Zhao, and Silja Salmistu. It also presents category features in landscape and interior, portrait and figure, still life and floral, animal and wildlife, and abstract and non-objective art.

Other sections discuss an exhibition of 18th-century pastel portraits at The J. Paul Getty Museum and Barbara Jaenicke’s five-part approach to painting muted landscapes through value, temperature, and chroma.

What You’ll Discover Inside

• Juror advice from the 24th Annual Pastel 100 competition.
• Award coverage featuring the Pastel Journal Founder’s Award, Award of Excellence, Gold Award, Silver Award, and Bronze Award.
• Category presentations covering landscape and interior, portrait and figure, still life and floral, animal and wildlife, and abstract and non-objective art.
• An examination of 18th-century pastel portraiture and the Getty Museum exhibition “Eighteenth-Century Pastels.”
• Five color strategies from Barbara Jaenicke for painting muted landscape subjects.
• Information about pastel brands, surfaces, and the Dakota Pastel Competition.
• Details about the Pastel Society of the West Coast’s 2023 Pastels USA exhibition.

Why This Book Matters

This issue documents the breadth of pastel practice through contemporary competition, technical instruction, exhibition history, and international artistic participation. The Pastel 100 feature reflects a global community of pastel artists and provides a focused record of recognized work from the 2023 competition.

Its historical coverage also places pastel within the wider story of European portraiture, while the instructional sections offer practical ways to analyze value, color temperature, chroma, and visual emphasis.

Book Details

Device Compatibility

This is a digital PDF download, not a physical book. There is no physical shipping, and access is available after purchase.

Read the file with a suitable PDF reader on a desktop computer, laptop, tablet, mobile device, or reading app. It can also be used with appropriate Kindle apps that support PDF documents.

FAQ

When can I access the magazine?
Access is available after purchase, with instant download for the digital PDF file.

Will I receive a physical copy?
No. This listing provides a digital download only, so no physical copy is shipped.

Which devices support the file?
The PDF can be read on compatible desktop, mobile, tablet, Kindle, and reading applications.

Download Pastel Journal Spring 2023 for focused pastel art coverage, practical instruction, and documented award-winning work.

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