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...

The summer Get Dusty runs over two months. Deadline is August 25. Every member may post up to three entries of their choice. We are...

Glen Maxion, our judge for the Get Dusty Competition June 2023, has chosen his favourites: The winner is George Tsakiris with "No...

Glen Maxion is an award winning artist whose work depicts the people, beaches, light and color of Southern California. Glen's artistic...

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

This month's Get Dusty competition celebrates summer and one of it's most popular activities - going to the beach. Show us people...

The board members, our judges for the Get Dusty Competition May 2023, have chosen their favourites: The winner is Joanna Gray with...

Rita Kirkman, our judge for the Get Dusty Competition April 2023, has chosen her favourites: The winner is Tracey Walder with "The...

Due to very poor participation this month, we are broadening the Get Dusty challenge to a general 'Carnival' competition. We hope that...

Our favourite animal artist, Rita Kirkman, has agreed to be our judge again. Rita Kirkman was born an artist. She has been using pastel...

Do you remember this traditional children's song? 'Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O, And on his farm he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O, With a...

Bill Sweeney, our judge for the Get Dusty Competition March 2023, has chosen his favourites: The winner is Angelika Ströbel with...