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Lisa Pressman

Lisa Pressman 1

At the recent CAA conference in New York city, I met Lisa Pressman, a New Jersey based painter. Lisa was demonstrating on a neighboring booth – R & F Handmade Paints.  I took these photos of Lisa experimenting with PanPastel Colors, instantly creating some interesting results. One of her first “on-the-spot” experiments, shown below, involved [...]

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Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch

edited gears

I am an encaustic painter. I have been painting abstractly in this melted beeswax medium for over seven years now; preceded by abstract mixed media. “Gears” Last year I paid a visit to Toronto Canada at the prompting of a student. In her store/studio she had PanPastel Colors. Their delicious packaging hooked me first, followed [...]

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New Book: Art at the Speed of Life

Art at the Speed of Life

I just received a copy of Pam Carriker’s new book “Art at the Speed of Life”. And I have to say, it certainly lives up to its subtitle: “Motivation and Inspiration for Making Mixed-Media Art Every Day”. This book is not only packed with great mixed media projects, it also includes inspirational advice on how [...]

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Artist Interview: Leonard Jagoda

Big Brown Goes Courting

Leonard Jagoda lives in Georgia. His paintings can be found in private collections from Washington State & Texas to Saudi Arabia. His work hangs in some of the most prestigious stud farms in Kentucky. He has received several prestigious awards for his work, and has been included in many juried shows, including the American Academy of [...]

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The Pastel Journal – Sydney McGinley

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I have been travelling quite a lot recently, so I haven’t had time to write here; however today I managed to write a little and catch up with the contents of my mailbox (well most of it!). I was delighted to receive the latest copy of The Pastel Journal. Always a great read! I was particularly [...]

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Mixed Media Experiments

orbs 3 floating dots pp encaustic

For a few years we’ve known and worked with Scottish artist Celia Buchanan. Celia is based in Florida, and has been working & teaching in the art supplies industry for a number of years. “Orbs”  - gold leaf, PanPastel, encaustic Recently, Celia has been experimenting with different mixed media techniques for her demos & workshops; [...]

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Artist Interview: Dianne Poinski

Dianne Poinski Head Shot

Dianne Poinski is a professional photographer who hand-colors her black and white photographs with PanPastel with beautiful results. Dianne lives and works in Sacramento, California. “Roses” by Dianne Poinski Tell us about your background as an artist. When I was younger, I loved to sew, do crafts and play my guitar. My brother was the “artist” [...]

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