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My piece on dark green Pastelboard, mostly Terry Ludwig’s, with touches of Nupastel. Another fun challenge. Thank you." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/e86d0573-4b97-4c3f-8e44-8424830728b9/AStutesman-Robin%27s+Nest.jpeg ADVENTURES IN PASTEL ANDREA STUTESMAN ~ Robin's Nest, 12 x 16 - "I painted this robin’s nest 2 years ago and worked on it in my studio, but it then disappeared from the studio. I kept thinking I would paint it again and now was the time. Perfect adventure challenge for me this month. It still needs tweaking." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1774697894973-B9L6T2EEF3HXVBHWQMOF/Eagerly%2BWaiting%2BFor%2BMy%2BNew%2BSibling.jpg ADVENTURES IN PASTEL MERYL MEYER ~ Eaglely, Waiting For My Sibling to Arrive, 8 x 11, Soft Pastel on Canson Mi-teintes Black Paper - "One of my favorite pastimes is observing Eagles and their nests on live video cams. I am a big fan of Friends of Big Bear Valley and have watched Jackie and Shadow mate, build nests, protect and care for their baby eaglets. It has been quite an educational adventure. I even won a contest naming one of their eagles, "Sunny" last year. So this was the perfect subject for me. I painted from one of their screen shots so they get all the credit for the reference. I used Black Canson Paper and the texture was great for the soft baby feathers. Painting the nest was more difficult as it was quite detailed. Jackie and Shadow are presently waiting for their 2 new eggs to hatch this year. I thoroughly enjoyed the adventure." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1774698000327-1VRXC2G1C8NEZFNEHK49/20260325_104227.jpg ADVENTURES IN PASTEL KATHY HUTCHINSON ~ It Is Spring After All, 5 x 6, various pastels on reclaimed Artspectrum soft umber sanded paper - "I'm enjoying this beautiful Spring weather even with the wild fluctuations in temperatures. What better way to honor the rebirth that Spring brings than a nest of bright blue eggs. I must admit to a painting I saw online as inspiration - well that and the delightful song birds in my gardens." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/6168c4f0-8ede-4351-a3d8-b105bb803960/image0+%281%29.jpeg ADVENTURES IN PASTEL MACIEJ BOBOWICZ ~ Memory Egg - "You got me by surprise this time with no egg or chicken close by My painting of this white egg was painted completely from memory trying to follow all the rules of lighting and shadows with limited number of pastels (six in total). Looking forward to see other works, Best regards!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1774695331454-OXMG59WRLMUWRNCDG2RN/3%2Beggs.png ADVENTURES IN PASTEL TERRILYN DUBREUIL ~ Just 3 Eggs In A Bowl, 8 x 10, mostly Pan Pastel on silicone carbide 1000 grit paper - "I often welcome these challenges because I invariably get so busy with teaching and such that I need a chance to just paint for fun. This gets me going! Thanks for the challenge." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/39fe34cd-d554-4bcc-a99d-5a54a4f4d668/IMG_2585.jpeg ADVENTURES IN PASTEL PAT QUIGLEY ~ Eggs Not In A Basket, Roughly 12 x 12, soft pastel over wet pastel underpainting (just water) on Canson velvet surface - "I had doubts about setting up a still life in my kitchen with our overhead too-bright lights. But the unexpected rings of shadows from the mixing bowl got my interest. This needs more work on the edges of the eggs, but I got to the 'beware of ruining the whole thing' stage and stopped. I’ll be braver next time! Love these challenges!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1774694658319-JXPV5LPXT4K5UH9DOEG4/20260325_140432.jpg ADVENTURES IN PASTEL CLAIRE BENTON ~ Tumbling, 5.5 x 5.5, Pan and pastel pencils, Soho Urban Artist sketch book - "A very quick sketch because I got the challenge late." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1774695287681-F1Q9R6XOERL0IGQG1F0K/20260325_162358.jpg ADVENTURES IN PASTEL MARY ANN GRIB ~ Getting The Eggs Ready, 6 x 8, multi media paper primed with colorfix ground - "So yes, I missed the original email on the challenge so I had less than the desirable time to complete it... like an hour. I wish I had more time to present a better painting." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1774697480586-6TW1FCT1ICJTIMV9EETK/image1.jpg ADVENTURES IN PASTEL SUSAN PORGES ~ Eggsistential Crisis, 10 x 12, Uart 400 - "It was fun playing with the light and shadows and creating the inner glow of the shells. My goal was to keep my marks fresh and somewhat 'raw', while maintaining a variety of textures between the shells, egg and bowl." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1774694451109-MMUVF2EPODY0BWPMX58U/IMG_0837.jpg ADVENTURES IN PASTEL MARGARET LYN-SOROKEN ~ Brown Eggs, 5 x 8, charcoal pencil with few colors, sketch on note book - "I’m out of the country, found mail today, attempted to do egg drawing on the run… thanks." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/43120421-41a9-48fc-9585-ca5800e219b4/image0+%282%29.jpeg ADVENTURES IN PASTEL DEBORAH CHASE ~ Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be, 9 x 9 - "I received the Adventure email info late so to speed up the process I used tan Mi-Teintes paper very close to the shade of the eggs. The composition could use some work but it covers the subject matter." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1774697593408-BWCFM4L8JZ87B5JUW7IY/image0%2B%25283%2529.jpg ADVENTURES IN PASTEL KAREN KNAUB ~ Sunny Side Up, 9 x 11 - "I enjoyed this challenge more then I thought I would. I used black Canson paper which is always a challenge to me. Used my fingers a lot to smooth out the pastels. I chose sunny side up eggs because I wanted to work on creating the bubbling egg whites. Thank you for another fun adventure." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/30dbb7c3-847b-4371-a0af-d5c1e2de282e/de+Grasse_Diane_My+Fried+Egg_6x8.jpeg ADVENTURES IN PASTEL DIANE DE GRASSE ~ My Fried Egg, 6 x 8 - "My favorite, a fried egg, though in Spring my thoughts go back to the polliwogs I found as a kid. This is a study from an internet image. I alcohol-washed a black background on green Pastelmat, established the form in hard pastels then finished using a mix of soft pastels. I used my traveling set of pastels, needing to update soft whites and oranges!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1774697827592-NWSBVJGN83VVQSHV9CEL/IMG_20230409_135439_556.jpg ADVENTURES IN PASTEL PAT FENDA ~ Egg In Your Eye, 10 x 8 - "I am a big fan of breakfast! This was really fun to create on Uart 400 with soft pastels. Thanks again for these great challenges." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1774698153716-7R1YZGWFA41CC3K6KWCC/IMG_5594.jpg ADVENTURES IN PASTEL CATHARIN MCCARTHY BANTA ~ Eggs In A Basket, 12 x 9, Uart, Terry Ludwig pastels - "Had so much fun experimenting with the colors. Bright and Happy. Hopefully a sign of things to come… Thank you!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1774693827166-MAXHZSWQJB4IR4C78F19/MEDDERS-JACKSON%2B-HAPPY%2BEASTER.jpg ADVENTURES IN PASTEL LINDA MEDDERS ~ Bunny Forgot a Couple Eggs, pastel pencils and pastels on Canson smooth - "This is a 30 minute rush as I was one of the ones that accidently got the info yesterday and I was tied up with my husband being in the hospital. 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12 x 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1760407161987-0KBH74T4Z2I0B5KY3MUX/Boder_D_QuietReflections_ynyVG.jpg NEW EXHIBITION DAPHNE BODER, "Quiet Reflections", 9 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/0815e357-f838-48aa-977f-3194ca102d63/Brown_D_LastMorningCotswoldWay_M9Y6z.jpg NEW EXHIBITION DEBORAH ALEXANDRA BROWN, "Last Morning, Cotswold Way", 20 x 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/b6f760ca-d4a3-4260-b22d-3afaa1f54f80/Brown_D_MorningAtTheMarsh_R5RoJ.jpg NEW EXHIBITION DEBORAH ALEXANDRA BROWN, "Morning at the Marsh", 16 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/e5f831cd-ea25-43dc-80c1-be8c647121c7/Buckler_S_NotSoLongAgo_BMkJK.jpg NEW EXHIBITION SHIRLEY BUCKLER, "Not So Long Ago", 24 x 18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/4bb20ef8-4a50-47ad-bf78-1fd76af73fb3/Buckler_S_SummerBeauties_3Bk6z.jpg NEW EXHIBITION SHIRLEY BUCKLER, "Summer Beauties", 12 x 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/907b1a65-0d61-4271-a74b-535ae8c6ae65/Burch_C_TheLittleSquirrel_lowrQ.jpg NEW EXHIBITION CHRIS BURCH, "The Little Squirrel", 22 x 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1760364019685-S6W56W0SV6LS7PF7IWX7/Carroll_C_RushingIn_d9X9j.jpg NEW EXHIBITION CHRISTINA CARROLL, "Rushing In", 9 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/01a81aa7-7795-4f78-8c94-e6c3650dc587/Cobos_L_BarnOnBarrowsRd_PlM03.jpg NEW EXHIBITION LUCY COBOS, "Barn On Barrows Rd", 18 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/0a0fd501-8ffc-438e-9d25-57be755f3f9b/Coidan_D_MomsDelivery_7LlKO.jpg NEW EXHIBITION DIANA L. COIDAN, "Mom's Delivery", 12 x 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1c193ea2-16da-4c66-9196-99d7c669b36c/Coidan_D_SMARTChoices_1ZrPl.jpg NEW EXHIBITION DIANA L. COIDAN, "SMART Choices", 10 x 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/08e95195-9f1c-4bb3-a57c-894c749cb5e9/Comellas_B_SheTellsGhostStories_6qjrV.jpg NEW EXHIBITION BRIDGETTE COMELLAS, "She Tells Ghost Stories", 14 x 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/391c1168-0f14-45b3-ac47-935e8dc4f189/Conrad_A_BigOrange_5GJNK.jpg NEW EXHIBITION AMBER CONRAD, "Big Orange", 9 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/c49eacf7-0787-4610-9bb6-1f6983e6b762/Cotler_K_Lucky7_kAMz9.jpg NEW EXHIBITION KAREN COTLER, "Lucky 7", 16 x 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/e924a1c7-6f41-44bc-8e66-71e26a985937/Cotler_K_MorningAtTheMarina_x40kj.jpg NEW EXHIBITION KAREN COTLER, "Morning at The Marina", 6 x 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1c1f23ea-2afe-4cee-a57c-1171fe5691f9/Cox_M_EarlyStart_mpEol.jpg NEW EXHIBITION MARY ANN COX, "Early Start", 9 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/8f8f2f62-dbce-4bdd-90a9-02a968741e17/Cox_M_SausalitoCafe_P0pAN.jpg NEW EXHIBITION MARY ANN COX, "Sausalito Cafe", 12 x 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/a08fc99a-0640-4d8f-82c5-931d1b606d2d/CRamirez_C_AndeanElder_63y01.jpg NEW EXHIBITION CECILE C. RAMIREZ, "Andean Elder", 18 x 21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/7d41ec47-3704-4c69-aa0b-f2b5f804e507/Daniel_A_BreakTime_JQy1o.jpg NEW EXHIBITION ARLENE ELIZABETH DANIEL, "Break Time", 10 x 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/eeae5cb7-179c-4fdf-b7ad-7d92ca3913d0/Daniel_A_PinkLadies_eYDml.jpg NEW EXHIBITION ARLENE ELIZABETH DANIEL, "Pink Ladies", 6 x 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/fc05f6d8-1154-43d7-af44-0248a56d41e6/Davies_F_ViewFromTheDock_Er9wW.jpg NEW EXHIBITION FRANCES J. DAVIES, "View From the Dock", 8 x 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/fcb30ffe-fdc5-4121-9935-ba8e8d074564/DeChesere_J_WaterLiliesOfSanFedele_v6gpX.jpg NEW EXHIBITION JAY DE CHESERE, "Water Lilies of San Fedele", 20 x 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/2ae6109f-1757-4ac0-a606-de202bb9c806/deGrasse_D_RunningBrook_pdlkp.jpg NEW EXHIBITION DIANE DE GRASSE, "Running Brook", 20 x 15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/31e7914e-5952-4dd3-b7ca-89920c12e322/Dubreuil_T_AsDawnExplodes_7bj4W.jpg NEW EXHIBITION TERRILYNN DUBREUIL, "As Dawn Explodes", 9 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/8129c76a-ea00-465a-9ddc-a6a536480d58/Dubreuil_T_ListenToTheRocks_XMeaX.jpg NEW EXHIBITION TERRILYNN DUBREUIL, "Listen to the Rocks", 10 x 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/82af93c8-7e93-47a9-bee8-7923944af5ba/Evans_W_Snag_2Xg5B.jpg NEW EXHIBITION WILLIAM DAVID EVANS, "Snag", 12 x 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1760397379326-TMNR7PKP6EDV232L2OSO/Fielding_F_MorningGlory_kpQ0W.jpg NEW EXHIBITION FRED FIELDING, "Morning Glory", 14 x 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/670aeb6f-cf5f-4ce8-b666-bd0160d39d8c/Fielding_F_SaturdayMorningSerenade_jx5Gp.jpg NEW EXHIBITION FRED FIELDING, "Saturday Morning Serenade", 16 x 14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/fe9a01ee-21f3-4d39-9129-467fd89fbbb2/Fink_A_CliffDwellings_3P82V.jpg NEW EXHIBITION ALAN FINK, "Cliff Dwellings", 16 x 22.25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/34d1cbfe-b6ad-4a97-8932-c8ed2b4ec49b/Fuller_L_GrownInOpenSpace_o5Qqd.jpg NEW EXHIBITION LYNN FULLER, "Grown in Open Space", 16 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1760406941569-BS3WWOXSZBYL1B1HT48V/Gagala_L_SnorkelBoatCaptain_7bWX4.jpg NEW EXHIBITION LYNN M. GAGALA, "Snorkel Boat Captain", 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/60457953-a247-4212-b52d-fe37c76a2569/Gallipeau_R_Echinacea_MrANx.jpg NEW EXHIBITION RENE GALLIPEAU, "Echinacea", 10 x 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/588b3d2d-b929-4256-b098-3c726791f881/Hall_A_AFriendForLife_WdJzW.jpg NEW EXHIBITION ALEC HALL, "A Friend for Life", 16 x 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/34f353c8-63a2-4f2f-8d3f-47e620960543/Hall_A_NappingInTheSun_Eq5mr.jpg NEW EXHIBITION ALEC HALL, "Napping in the Sun", 8 x 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1760407028265-RFNP560BBK440CWCCO75/Hallenbeck_J_NantahalaForest_OyOp8.jpg NEW EXHIBITION JIM HALLENBECK, "Nantahala Forest", 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1760407121187-703Z20L8R2J5POA9NM3V/Hallenbeck_J_SolitaryTree_EZx6G.jpg NEW EXHIBITION JIM HALLENBECK, "Solitary Tree", 12 x 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/8e07b238-fbce-4791-b8d2-4ed31816bb08/Harron_J_InTheGreenhouse_BW1jk.jpg NEW EXHIBITION JUDY HARRON, "In the Greenhouse", 19 x 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/0fbcd892-7fa1-46f3-a75e-3667db659f12/Hauser_L_FallsOfTheNeuse_bJR5E.jpg NEW EXHIBITION LINDA HAUSER, "Falls of the Neuse", 12 x 18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/3a8e348d-200e-4e05-a1e1-44643d0f8c6c/Hearne_V_Ruby_RKWmE.jpg NEW EXHIBITION VERONA HEARNE, "Ruby", 8 x 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/d487746d-5cf4-49bc-893b-aed88cb0797b/Hedrick_A_ASatisfiedMind_qXKkE.jpg NEW EXHIBITION ANTHONY O'NEAL HEDRICK, "A Satisfied Mind", 16 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/8596e118-2444-4452-9dba-9069d3b46b87/HOOVER_D_Rodney_kWQ94.jpg NEW EXHIBITION DREW B. HOOVER, "Rodney", 22 x 28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/465df44d-0ae6-46fb-bfab-ab0d75dbeeaa/Ilczuk_S_Departure_GGpDG.jpg NEW EXHIBITION SEBASTIAN ILCZUK, "Departure", 12 x 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/b9d8ffe2-fe12-426b-b15c-f8692dc0027b/Ilczuk_S_Snowdrifts_5y3KX.jpg NEW EXHIBITION SEBASTIAN ILCZUK, "Snowdrifts", 12 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/e3209cef-604e-4ce0-b329-f14bb6236500/Jackson_L_MommaSezIsCute_1YyKv.jpg NEW EXHIBITION LINDA MEDDERS-JACKSON, "Momma Sez I's Cute", 7.5 x 9.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/cff3f5ad-3333-48a4-8459-b9033c9a28d7/Jeffries_P_VerticalDrop_5dyyy.jpg NEW EXHIBITION PATTI JEFFRIES, "Vertical Drop", 16 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/5ca56ce8-613c-48a3-a1d2-ae200ea4389b/Johnson_J_Abandoned_wlnOO.jpg NEW EXHIBITION JANET E. JOHNSON, "Abandoned", 9 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/a706923c-cead-4da8-a385-6914104c9e41/Johnson_J_Downstream_Q7RX6.jpg NEW EXHIBITION JANET E. JOHNSON, "Downstream", 10 x 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/340902f2-27b2-4a4b-ad0b-78d80d7711e0/Junek_A_NocturneMardiGrasParade_MaMZZ.jpg NEW EXHIBITION AL JUNEK, "Nocturne-Mardi Gras Parade", 17.5 x 23.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/40518fbd-51fb-48f5-b69c-96809805ebef/Karpay_J_SkyValleyMorning_79nVQ.jpg NEW EXHIBITION JOANNA KARPAY, "Sky Valley Morning", 12 x 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/42b352d5-2065-4d1c-bb16-1d55ea069231/Kies_B_AutumnEquinox_nLRpk.jpg NEW EXHIBITION BEVERLY KIES, "Autumn Equinox", 18 x 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/99239e19-809d-4f99-9002-395cd72e67e3/Klosterman_M_Sleet_5ZB4d.jpg NEW EXHIBITION MARILEE KLOSTERMAN, "Sleet!", 12 x 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/c5d53ff9-a8b2-4d9c-b406-2ca15f0ea2ad/Klosterman_M_WinterOnFourthStreet_X5WAm.jpg NEW EXHIBITION MARILEE KLOSTERMAN, "Winter on Fourth Street", 16 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/89f5804e-0b37-4a05-bca5-c6b53842061c/Leitch_A_DawnOfWinter_aplql.jpg NEW EXHIBITION AL LEITCH, "Dawn of Winter", 20 x 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/aeb37ef5-3698-47f8-b4ba-7f0d8fa415d3/Leslie_T_BlueTitOnFoxGlove_WVN53.jpg NEW EXHIBITION TERRI LESLIE, "Blue Tit on Fox Glove", 12.5 x 7.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/5b503ff8-a967-44ae-b1e5-de581eaceba1/Lichtenstein_S_AQuietMoment_3kV9r.jpg NEW EXHIBITION SHARON FAER LICHTENSTEIN, "A Quiet Moment", 8 x 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/5a2ec1fb-f4d4-4621-8f14-636fd9a3cf50/Lindahl_T_AquaticLandscape_JMQbe.jpg NEW EXHIBITION TONI S. LINDAHL, "Aquatic Landscape", 16 x 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1760407374339-FBIHKX6K8KBRPYF54N44/LuconiWinner_L_WheelingSeriesPink_L8P3P.jpg NEW EXHIBITION LUANA LUCONI WINNER, "Wheeling Series: Pink", 16 x 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/589ac33c-91b5-45b1-9ef4-077e94b887e3/McClatchy_W_EveningDrama_8mPe1.jpg NEW EXHIBITION WENDY MCCLATCHY, "Evening Drama", 11 x 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/c1c789ef-4350-43e7-8176-a2a66536a547/McGraw_C_KnitCap_raEbk.jpg NEW EXHIBITION CHRIS MCGRAW, "Knit Cap", 12 x 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/14b36f1f-cca1-4fdd-ab79-01f3e32f527c/McGraw_C_Kristen_vp7Bn.jpg NEW EXHIBITION CHRIS MCGRAW, "Kristen", 12 x 14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/4bd38396-e6e9-4387-9135-0edcae8c6081/Meyer_M_ACupOfLove_XAaMm.jpg NEW EXHIBITION MERYL MEYER, "A Cup of Love", 9 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/7411430c-59fc-4e70-bbf3-51990f76451c/Moores_M_ImASong_L06xP.jpg NEW EXHIBITION MARY ELIZABETH MOORES, "I'm a Song", 17 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/aac59599-00fc-4659-925a-a632493d0553/Moores_M_TheBroomCloset_bRZJ0.jpg NEW EXHIBITION MARY ELIZABETH MOORES, "The Broom Closet", 20 x 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/986bccc2-1754-472a-b44e-816d2034343e/Mortenson_A_ForgedByTimeBuoy1_G8wpJ.jpg NEW EXHIBITION ASHLEY MORTENSON, "Forged By Time (Buoy 1)", 24 x 18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/4797cf2f-6de9-4b1c-bbfd-2b1eac217460/Osborne_K_WaterfordSunset_G2OYx.jpg NEW EXHIBITION KENLEY OSBORNE, "Waterford Sunset", 12 x 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/fd9d91eb-4edc-4e77-b6ac-70498fede4c8/Penev_A_NostalgicSplendor_M5nN0.jpg NEW EXHIBITION ANGELINA PENEV, "Nostalgic Splendor", 14 x 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/24250fce-83c5-4405-82ee-148661f0438f/Penev_A_PoeticTransformation_o5Nzy.jpg NEW EXHIBITION ANGELINA PENEV, "Poetic Transformation", 11 x 14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1760434781747-021O69BLWSN9AMFZZ67C/Pollak_L_BlueCavern_G0ZJO.jpg NEW EXHIBITION LAURA E. POLLAK, "Blue Cavern", 12 x 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/dd9c3e6b-80d8-4345-89f0-0c9252a52d05/Pollak_L_LuminousEmergence_mv3k2.jpg NEW EXHIBITION LAURA E. POLLAK, "Luminous Emergence", 12 x 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/cdb09c60-c1ca-487b-a207-13b11d756a4c/Porges_S_ChasingWaterfalls_E1x4j.jpg NEW EXHIBITION SUSAN PORGES, "Chasing Waterfalls", 8 x 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/d7f4160a-e2be-4366-8961-2e48fb00383f/Porges_S_ZoeysWorld_27O1Z.jpg NEW EXHIBITION SUSAN PORGES, "Zoey's World", 12 x 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/12ea1d8f-8e44-400b-b2fb-07ff2adfaeb1/Pruett_K_WhereEvenTheStonesAreSinging_ND0r0.jpg NEW EXHIBITION KATHERINE PRUETT, "Where Even the Stones are Singing", 15 x 22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/ce0fa4ea-d832-4061-9502-09ec132b09e5/Quigley_P_BackwaterGold_doKvQ.jpg NEW EXHIBITION PATRICIA A. QUIGLEY, "Backwater Gold", 16 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1581cd67-670d-4d60-a886-dd4c44f5735d/Quigley_P_TwoForJoy_8k3Kw.jpg NEW EXHIBITION PATRICIA A. QUIGLEY, "Two for Joy", 12 x 18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/bc9ed6c6-5b05-48ce-b74e-090741fd6f16/Rohde_W_Aubrey2_mBVWl.jpg NEW EXHIBITION W. E. ROHDE, "Aubrey #2", 25 x 19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/81489b4d-3b2d-42e3-b70f-06f257a4facc/Rohde_W_YsBack_zVr0G.jpg NEW EXHIBITION W. E. ROHDE, "Y's Back", 25 x 19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/8aed93df-80b2-49b4-bb1d-2c96ace6b845/Rosenblum_T_CherriesJubilee_yqVq1.jpg NEW EXHIBITION TERRI LEVINE ROSENBLUM, "Cherries Jubilee", 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/274f022a-7622-465f-ae8b-1e7d9d63fbeb/Rosenblum_T_PopsUnwrapped_9RWRZ.jpg NEW EXHIBITION TERRI LEVINE ROSENBLUM, "Pops Unwrapped", 17 x 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/07a6cf51-aad5-456a-896e-8312815bb9fd/Rupp_G_SpanishMoss_XVBV4.jpg NEW EXHIBITION GARY RUPP, "Spanish Moss", 9 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/72f28800-e432-429c-951c-5c82f48dbcaf/Schumaker_Z_FirstSnow_673zK.jpg NEW EXHIBITION ZOE F. SCHUMAKER, "First Snow", 20 x 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/cac6d76d-039b-47a7-824f-97a77dca0d11/Schumaker_Z_GuardiansOfThePack_NowBD.jpg NEW EXHIBITION ZOE F. SCHUMAKER, "Guardians of the Pack", 16 x 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/f3e78e46-c57b-47fe-9be1-7f4b5b040a52/Sherry_J_TheRoadToRenewal_eYxoD.jpg NEW EXHIBITION JOHN SHERRY, "The Road to Renewal", 12 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/ad67cf35-dbb4-494e-83a9-a01770218a8b/Sobelson_J_TheCall_YPVje.jpg NEW EXHIBITION JOEL SOBELSON, "The Call", 13 x 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/504f1f2f-ad45-41d4-881b-8e3295fc49f4/Squier_D_GossamerVeil_x2Wvp.jpg NEW EXHIBITION DEBORAH SQUIER, "Gossamer Veil", 18 x 18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/6414d3b3-8636-4be8-baba-0fce405a17d2/Squier_D_PurpleHaze_6WwXb.jpg NEW EXHIBITION DEBORAH SQUIER, "Purple Haze", 21 x 21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/454049a7-a169-43e5-95bf-8389ba5cf780/Steelman_J_Concentration_d9n0N.jpg NEW EXHIBITION JANE D. STEELMAN, "Concentration", 15 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/4bf50bf9-2990-4f1d-9114-951102fc9624/Steffens_L_QuietCritique_vdkbA.jpg NEW EXHIBITION LISA STEFFENS, "Quiet Critique", 29 x 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/14073e1b-075f-4317-a706-0a86fc8c25fb/Steffens_L_StrawHat_Rm20z.jpg NEW EXHIBITION LISA STEFFENS, "Straw Hat", 21 x 15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/13c59ef5-c7d2-414f-86df-fe3315aed414/Stewart_D_LokisRevenge_QJ9av.jpg NEW EXHIBITION DOUGLAS JAMES STEWART, "Loki's Revenge", 18 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/241ae27a-d046-4110-844e-7f9343eb616f/Story_M_PinckneyIslandPalms_RyM4V.jpg NEW EXHIBITION MICHAEL OWEN STORY, "Pinckney Island Palms", 12.75 x 23.75 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/de344323-9441-44f7-9ffa-4b25a2a52399/Story_M_TingeOfComplements_Zkpeq.jpg NEW EXHIBITION MICHAEL OWEN STORY, "Tinge of Complements", 13 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/d5d0f501-abf4-4010-85e5-3f52917cd283/Streisfeld_D_AMoroccanSouk_Ey2p8.jpg NEW EXHIBITION DONNA STREISFELD, "A Moroccan Souk", 11 x 14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/acf14c2a-3fbd-4106-8afe-9440aa1953e2/Streisfeld_D_Largo_Qv2pJ.jpg NEW EXHIBITION DONNA STREISFELD, "Largo", 13.25 x 11.75 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/faddad8b-9cee-4cfe-bb6a-f55d810a852f/Strobel_D_RedWhiteBoom_xXepP.jpg NEW EXHIBITION DEBBIE STROBEL, "Red White & Boom", 20 x 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/36cc892d-bf5c-42cb-8187-3835387f37ec/Stutesman_A_PickingBlueberries_e2zPL.jpg NEW EXHIBITION ANDREA ALLEN STUTESMAN, "Picking Blueberries", 24 x 18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/718dd493-dbc2-45c8-b79b-cf095fda7093/Taylor_A_DragonFruitAndPatchwork_6g5Ad.jpg NEW EXHIBITION AMELIA HUNTER TAYLOR, "Dragon Fruit and Patchwork", 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/9c4113e6-6438-45da-9920-2a74ee3a4d15/VanBlarcomKurowski_A_BeachDay_w58Dl.jpg NEW EXHIBITION ANNE VAN BLARCOM KUROWSKI, "Beach Day", 16 x 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/287b1c4d-2397-4b2a-8481-2f798cb8faca/Voorhees_S_CarolinaSummer_6ZJYY.jpg NEW EXHIBITION SUSAN C. VOORHEES, "Carolina Summer", 20 x 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1243a9f5-27a8-440a-b9cd-0c33362fe1dd/Voorhees_S_TulipsAndStripes_2xbp5.jpg NEW EXHIBITION SUSAN C. VOORHEES, "Tulips and Stripes", 22 x 21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/fbee367f-bd81-4089-b366-d58eefc70832/Webb_S_ByThePond_49qBM.jpg NEW EXHIBITION SARAH WEBB, "By the Pond", 11 x 8.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/59644438-6668-4ffe-95c4-5890a447888c/WilderHinson_K_SunsetSentinel_J2nOk.jpg NEW EXHIBITION KIM WILDER HINSON, "Sunset Sentinel", 18 x 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/9ae1ecf7-4e57-49c3-ba37-0b6a474f3e0d/Screenshot+2025-10-15+161439.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/5a7b15d4-1d6f-4534-aacb-83faaa4b45ac/canson-mi-teintes-velvet-pad-12n6x16n1-brown-tones-under-m2o-v43967.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/c42116f2-8054-4a4d-b091-ca97312ac7d7/Blick_logo.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/dc12487a-9f61-4858-92ac-1bf1a8985391/Screenshot+2025-10-15+161354.png https://appalachianpastelsociety.org/exhibition-award-winning-paintings daily 0.75 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/34f353c8-63a2-4f2f-8d3f-47e620960543/Hall_A_NappingInTheSun_Eq5mr.jpg Award Winners FIRST PLACE ~ ALEC HALL, "Napping in the Sun", 8 x 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/4bf50bf9-2990-4f1d-9114-951102fc9624/Steffens_L_QuietCritique_vdkbA.jpg Award Winners SECOND PLACE ~ LISA STEFFENS, "Quiet Critique", 29 x 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/b9d8ffe2-fe12-426b-b15c-f8692dc0027b/Ilczuk_S_Snowdrifts_5y3KX.jpg Award Winners THIRD PLACE ~ SEBASTIAN ILCZUK, "Snowdrifts", 12 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/31e7914e-5952-4dd3-b7ca-89920c12e322/Dubreuil_T_AsDawnExplodes_7bj4W.jpg Award Winners PASTEL SOCIETY OF NC AWARD ~ TERRILYNN DUBREUIL, "As Dawn Explodes", 9 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/99239e19-809d-4f99-9002-395cd72e67e3/Klosterman_M_Sleet_5ZB4d.jpg Award Winners EXCEPTIONAL MERIT AWARD ~ MARILEE KLOSTERMAN, "Sleet!", 12 x 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/589ac33c-91b5-45b1-9ef4-077e94b887e3/McClatchy_W_EveningDrama_8mPe1.jpg Award Winners EXCEPTIONAL MERIT AWARD ~ WENDY MCCLATCHY, "Evening Drama", 11 x 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1760434781747-021O69BLWSN9AMFZZ67C/Pollak_L_BlueCavern_G0ZJO.jpg Award Winners EXCEPTIONAL MERIT AWARD ~ LAURA E. POLLAK, "Blue Cavern", 12 x 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/81489b4d-3b2d-42e3-b70f-06f257a4facc/Rohde_W_YsBack_zVr0G.jpg Award Winners EXCEPTIONAL MERIT AWARD ~ W. E. ROHDE, "Y's Back", 25 x 19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/504f1f2f-ad45-41d4-881b-8e3295fc49f4/Squier_D_GossamerVeil_x2Wvp.jpg Award Winners EXCEPTIONAL MERIT AWARD ~ DEBORAH SQUIER, "Gossamer Veil", 18 x 18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/670aeb6f-cf5f-4ce8-b666-bd0160d39d8c/Fielding_F_SaturdayMorningSerenade_jx5Gp.jpg Award Winners HONORABLE MERIT AWARD ~ FRED FIELDING, "Saturday Morning Serenade", 16 x 14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/274f022a-7622-465f-ae8b-1e7d9d63fbeb/Rosenblum_T_PopsUnwrapped_9RWRZ.jpg Award Winners HONORABLE MERIT AWARD ~ TERRI LEVINE ROSENBLUM, "Pops Unwrapped", 17 x 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/ad67cf35-dbb4-494e-83a9-a01770218a8b/Sobelson_J_TheCall_YPVje.jpg Award Winners HONORABLE MERIT AWARD ~ JOEL SOBELSON, "The Call", 13 x 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/13c59ef5-c7d2-414f-86df-fe3315aed414/Stewart_D_LokisRevenge_QJ9av.jpg Award Winners HONORABLE MERIT AWARD ~ DOUGLAS JAMES STEWART, "Loki's Revenge", 18 x 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1760407374339-FBIHKX6K8KBRPYF54N44/LuconiWinner_L_WheelingSeriesPink_L8P3P.jpg Award Winners HONORABLE MERIT AWARD ~ LUANA LUCONI WINNER, "Wheeling Series: Pink", 16 x 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/9ae1ecf7-4e57-49c3-ba37-0b6a474f3e0d/Screenshot+2025-10-15+161439.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/5a7b15d4-1d6f-4534-aacb-83faaa4b45ac/canson-mi-teintes-velvet-pad-12n6x16n1-brown-tones-under-m2o-v43967.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/c42116f2-8054-4a4d-b091-ca97312ac7d7/Blick_logo.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/dc12487a-9f61-4858-92ac-1bf1a8985391/Screenshot+2025-10-15+161354.png https://appalachianpastelsociety.org/video-awards-ceremony-judges-comments daily 0.75 2025-10-15 https://appalachianpastelsociety.org/12/2025-adventure-archive daily 0.75 2026-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766339439046-ZP99G9M2FDA7MDOS8W93/FrankieMilhorn.png 12/2025 - Adventure FRANKIE MILHORN ~ I Believe, 8 x 10, assorted pastels on Pastelmat - "I had fun painting this! It is my version of a cold winter day, with Santa on his journey to visit all the boys and girls around the world. (The reindeer are grazing nearby). Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766340403098-NRF8I98SL8NTGM4NFY71/Holiday%2BFare.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure DIANE DE GRASSE ~ Holiday Fare, 9 x 12, mixed pastels on Colorfix Art Spectrum paper - "The holiday season means baking to me: gifts for friends and family. Last year I painted this group of my Kulich, or Russian Easter breads, fresh from the kitchen. After 60 years of making them I created an image that will survive through future festive seasons! Thanks for the opportunity to share them." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766339454401-T4Q72URNT8YZPHM5PIPQ/Norway%2BCopy.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure PAT FENDA ~ Norway, 12 x 8 - "My paint buddy offered her photo of snow in Norway. I really enjoyed using different blues and purples to enhance the snow. Loved this so much I am making it my Holiday Card. Thanks again for these challenges. Happy Holidays!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766339531640-YECREDIEW243FB4UH4MW/Winter%2BWren%2Be.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure ALEC HALL ~ Winter Wren, 5 x 7, UART 500 grit, Rembrandt pastels and Carb-Othello pastel pencils - "We have several bird feeders on our deck and enjoy the array of birds the visit us each day. One of our favorites is the spritely Carolina wren. Always alert and in constant motion. And in the spring, he sings his cheerful song with the greatest volume! Happy Holidays!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766339354566-OS9NAXRLIGDBEZES38JA/image0.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure KAREN KNAUB ~ 10 x 6 - "Merry Christmas to all!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766598052427-RDYS4Z971H5PE1MRJQBA/IMG_0994.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure PAT QUIGLEY ~ "I started this as a charcoal sketch thinking it might lead to a pastel holiday card; but something about the tonal study makes me think color might change the mood. The snow was fast and fun to do - all “negative lifting” with an eraser. I’ll try again in pastel and maybe keep it tonal but with a bit of color? Happy Holidays everyone!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766523518766-7HG1Q8I4NHFOBKDYWO74/IMG_1836.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure PAMELA CLIFFORD ~ Evening Moon, 8 x 6, Pan pastels on Mi Teinte - “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766523725464-RBK81Y394SEHCP2UNG6K/IMG_0015.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure CAROL ROLLICK ~ 9 x 12, Pastelmat - "While traditional landscape is my comfort zone, I also am crazy about the beautiful abstracts painted by our sister North Carolinian, Laura Pollick who is also a brilliant, multi-subject pastalist. With this piece I have tried to capture some of her dynamic vibrancy. I had fun, but she needn’t feel challenged. Again, a really super chance to stretch ourselves." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766523588764-EGMKYZ53FGM5QTSZI676/IMG_4108.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure CHRISTINA CARROLL ~ "I really love doing portraits and I found this photo in black and white. It was done on UArt with lots of soft pastels. I was happy with the result and glad to share it. Thanks for the opportunity!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766523443807-16KTRCIPQQON7PPOXMZV/December%2BSun_Final.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure LISA DAIGLE ~ December Sky, 9 x 12 - "I painted this scene until 3 am as I felt consumed by a work situation. I was able to easily transition into my true inner nature, a place of inner peace, stillness, and non-busyness. Some of my ways of life stem from the sacred symbol of the Medicine Wheel and other Native American teachings. The East is thus an important direction for me. Each day, as the sun rises in the East, I wake with gratitude for a new day of life. On this early evening, the full moon was rising in the East in my neighborhood." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766596882741-IUOVH9ZZFN1OCIF5501I/MEDDERS-JACKSON-APS%2BDEC%2BCHLLNGE-P1720563.png 12/2025 - Adventure LINDA MEDDERS ~ Mixed pastels and pastel pencil on Uart - "Just playing around with white pastel nothing serious." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766523685254-IEYC3VVK122QKQI6V1GG/IMG_6507.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure JOANNA KARPAY ~ Field of Beauty, 12 X 9, pastel on Uart - "This painting was created from a photograph I took in Vermont. It had all of the elements I love, trees, mountains and the sunlit field of grasses. But the contrast of the birch against the deep woods is naturally what drew me to paint this beautiful but simple scene." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766598104213-52JDVW2ZAQGWPTUGODXU/IMG_1449.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure DEBORAH CHASE ~ Portrait Practice, 9.5 x 7.5 - "Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays! I thought I would try a portrait. The first effort was freehand and on a pale sanded paper. I felt it got overworked trying to get the right proportions and skin tones. My second attempt I gridded the image and used a warmer middle toned paper. It was done on Mi Teintes paper with pastel pencils. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766523651663-95MPJTXYO4P610QORJU7/image0.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure WILL EVANS ~ 12 x 16, U-Art 400 - "This was blocked in with Nupastels and finished primarily with Terry Ludwig’s. A rocky Maine shoreline, a jumble of worn granite and weathered pines on a perfect misty day. Thanks to APS for another great challenge." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/2c8ea06a-0530-415f-8204-af53fdfb5bef/AWalkinthePark.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure CINDY LIDD ~ A Walk in the Park, 8 x 11.5 - This is from a photo I took while on vacation in Hawaii very long ago. I felt it is a good choice from one of our past challenges to paint trees. Thanks to everyone for these 2025 challenges." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/324fa4b1-6a35-4136-a151-ad04559193c3/20251219_153359.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure CHRIS MCGRAW ~ Ana, 18 x 18 - "Richeson and Girault pastels, charcoal and conte on Strathmore toned paper." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/f7cea143-cacd-4bd6-8fab-bae712dccf95/IMG_7483.jpeg 12/2025 - Adventure ANDREA STUTESMAN ~ Tomahawk Trail, 16 x 12 - "I chose to work on trees as this is a definite challenge for me. I used Canson Velvet, created an underpainting with alcohol and then added pastel ground in areas. This is a the trail at Tomahawk Lake here in Black Mountain. It looks best far, far away. I plan to keep playing with the pastel ground to see what affects I can achieve." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766597336277-065SP5ILO1RF8QIJWBI6/1000021489.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure CLAIRE BENTON ~ Ho! Ho!, 5 x 7, Pastelboard (brown), pan and pencil pastels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/11cec55e-3e4f-4708-9269-8b431215a27c/PXL_20250920_202821487.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure RUTH CROWE ~ Falling Leaves, 12 x 9, Uart 400 lb. paper - "Fall trees are one of my favorite things to paint. This was done from my own reference photo, taken at the park in Blowing Rock. I used assorted Sennelier and other pastels." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766694052549-QKQ44MMOW1HLO05LYKP6/IMG_1222.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure NANCY CLAUSEN ~ The Tree Planter, 9 x 12 - "This will go to my grandson when it's finished. Apparently, there is a song about a rusty truck with a Christmas tree in it. (Family joke, I think). I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766597251835-VQTW088W7M4BH0DX3VYJ/IMG_3333.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure VERNONA HEARNE ~ "Recently I saw Ron DiCianni’s work for the first time. His “Simeon’s Moment,” overwhelmed me with joy. After seeing this work I googled the artist and read his exciting life’s calling as a Christian artist. I sketched his painting, calling mine “Simeon’s Joy.” DiCianni’s painting is based on the New Testament account of Simeon holding the 8 day old baby Jesus, who is “a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to Your people Israel.” I plan to apply beautiful pastels to my sketch soon. I hope you each had joyful 2025 holidays and may 2026 fill your life with awe and wonder. Again and again THANK YOU APS for everything!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766694151223-9N0WIEN1UERBDY7RILH6/Maciej_Bobowicz_Seceda%2BMountain_70x50%2Bcm_adveture%2BH6_2025.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure MACIEJ BOBOWICZ ~ " 'Seceda Mountain' depicts one of the most interesting mountain formations in the Dolomites, Italy. Several painters in various genres approached it, including soft pastels. I needed to give it a try. It was my first mountain painting and was quite challenging to get the shapes and light/shadow correct, but I'm happy with the outcome. Photo reference with necessary permissions thanks to Pavel Prochazka. Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/d9978ca1-62d8-44f1-aa07-08c75dbaa7c2/Lydia%27s+Favorite+Pastime.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure MERYL MEYER ~ Lydia's Pastry Pastime, 8 x 6, Strathmore grey sketch paper, charcoals and white soft pastel - "From my own reference 50 plus years ago. This was my best friend's Mom. She was a Social Worker, and I would spend some holidays with them in Rhode Island in a place called "Harmony". She loved making pasta and pastries in her spare time. I loved the home cooking nostalgia. There are many wonderful memories especially during the holidays. I made this sketch so I could really feel that moment in time. I am not sure of my colors yet so I will be making color studies. Have a wonderful and delicious holiday!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/06fc7ed4-41f2-4c35-8045-8829e1792255/IMG_3310.jpeg 12/2025 - Adventure LYNN JACKSON ~ "I wanted to use the black pastel paper that I had on hand. I had some old bottles, so I did a study of them using a Rembrandt white pastel and white pastel pencil. It was challenging as any mistake was hard to erase. I have enjoyed participating in the challenges. Thank you. Happy Holidays!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/56b1a943-bfb8-4396-b798-2699d3fe7b8f/Dubreuil_T_UnsettledConteplatingWyeth.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure TERRILYNN DUBREUIL ~ Unsettled: Contemplating Wyeth, 18 x 12, UArt paper - Some of my recent pieces have taken on subtle social commentary. 'Unsettled' shows a girl stopping mid-stride to turn and look at an Andrew Wyeth painting in a gallery. The tilted horizon and shredded marks of the surroundings suggest a sense of the precarious world young people inhabit today. She stops in her tracks captured by the painting, holding her braid as if it were a rope to a sense of security. Her feet point forward to the future, but her mind is trapped by the evasive meaning of this, one of Andrew Wyeth’s final paintings." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766694135195-I4Y262HRGO1BYJTAZBLM/20251224_151013.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure KATHY HUTCHINSON ~ 5 x 8, Strathmore grey paper unsanded with Richeson, Schmincke, and Rubens pastels - "Just a quick sketch to evaluate colors etc. I had no source, photo, etc. It's been a fun year of Adventures even though I've had little time to create complete works." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766694111618-NF5PC3R8WOG9WV130B6P/1000002100.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure JAN JACKSON ~ Marlee, 7 x 5 - "A Christmas commission. The challenge was getting her, along with 4 other pups, finished by Christmas!!!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766694179495-NG2JMFMKTTJSIQLBPX78/IMG_0061.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure MARGARET LYN-SOROKEN ~ Maude, 9 x 8, pastel on color ground - "Sketched over on previous image - my cat Maude... wishing you all season’s greetings!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1766694080169-XDHNOROESJ7BJL6L7JXD/IMG_0787.jpg 12/2025 - Adventure JANE BEST ~ Winter Solstice, 9 x 12, "This was an enjoyable adventure. My reference was a photo I took of an old farm from the back parking lot of Mast General Store in Valley Crucis, NC. Merry Christmas to our great group!" https://appalachianpastelsociety.org/11/2025-adventure-archive daily 0.75 2026-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/5b18c8fe-8019-4eb1-8227-5b32a7bfc136/Dubreuil_T_FrenchBroadDrizzle.jpeg 11/2025 - Adventure TERRILYNN DUBREUIL ~ French Broad Drizzle, 11 x 15 - "Working from an old sketch and photo, I was reminiscing about the expressive trees that first caught my attention when I moved to Asheville... those in the French Broad River Park. They are all now wiped away by Helene, but they still dance in my memory." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/ddbda9ce-7d54-4be5-9d77-c4268b62a0fc/H-5_Tree-lined+Pasture_Alec+Hall++e.jpg 11/2025 - Adventure ALEC HALL ~ Tree-Lined Pasture, 7 x 5, UART 500 grit, Pastels: Rembrandt, Blue Earth, Carb-Othello Pastel Pencils - "In my opinion, every painting needs to have an animal in it somewhere, even if trees with their rich foliage are the primary subject. Thus, I added a Belgian mare to my landscape. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/4a248037-6ca5-4204-bcf8-d6393a09b82b/Frankie+Milhorn+copy+2+%281%29.JPG 11/2025 - Adventure FRANKIE MILHORN ~ 10 x 12 - "I painted this scene simply because of this beautiful and obviously old, tree, and its willowy parts hanging down within it. I loved how it helped to make the path covered over the roadway. I did paint it from a photo that I took back in the Spring of this year when I visited the Charleston, SC Tea Garden. I love the opportunity to wander across our beautiful earth and see and touch all varieties of trees whenever possible. I believe this is a live Oak. Painted on Pastel Mat, with assorted pastels." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1764258716921-Y1Y3BEI92C2C88XZFMYU/20251126_171042.jpg 11/2025 - Adventure CLAIRE BENTON ~ River View in the Park, 7.5 x 10.7, Maimoufin sanded black paper - "Used any pastel I put my hands on." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/3cfcab5b-611d-47a4-af9c-16650ed1d386/20251126_111541.jpg 11/2025 - Adventure KATHY HUTCHINSON ~ A Pathway In, 9 x 3 - "I used a scrap of what I think is Pastelmat, and used various pastels. This was inspired by a card a I saw years ago." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/459c436f-56fe-4efe-927e-091c68b2e32b/My+Tree.jpg 11/2025 - Adventure PAT FENDA ~ 12 x 9, Uart - "I painted this in black charcoal and added green pastel. It is the tree I see every day in my front yard. A big grand oak, very stately. Thanks again for these great challenges." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1889d0f7-d16b-44eb-9807-89c5911cc2c1/IMG_3080.jpg 11/2025 - Adventure VERONA "MONA" HEARNE ~ Mary's Trees, Matthews NC, 12 x 12 - "Thank you for another wonderful Adventure. My painting is from a photo I took at my friend Mary’s place earlier this month. Mounted 400 Uart. Local color underpainting. NuPastels and Ludwig’s. Happy Thanksgiving all!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1764203231192-4ZVQQHMNDXVW7Y4VYRIC/IMG_2779.jpg 11/2025 - Adventure WILL EVANS ~ Copse #1, 12 x 9, Pastelmat - This was blocked in and alcohol washed creating an underpainting which I rather liked as an abstract. Then using Nupastels and Terry Ludwigs, I took it to the next level. It’s another fun and informative challenge. Thank you." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/3af2f66e-4cd6-4af8-b1f3-b4f60f75304b/IMG_5677.jpg 11/2025 - Adventure KAREN KNAUB ~ "I find landscapes difficult to do so I appreciate the practice. I wanted to redo this but ran out of time. This is a painting from a photo I took in Colorado. It was prime fall foliage time for the aspens. I fell in love with the colors and could understand Terry Ludwig pastels. I immediately ordered some. This painting was done primarily with those." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1764259080272-H87WGEOVDLR2V1KKRRTR/image.jpg 11/2025 - Adventure RUTH WHITAKER ~ Winter Trees on the Lake, 7 x 5, Uart 400, assorted soft pastels - "I love painting trees. Definitely one of my favorite subjects. This was painted from a photo I took along Lake Michigan. The Lake was frozen with ice pushed up in small mounds. Not quite sure if I'm finished with this." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/7ddef6b1-ad14-45e0-8248-c14b9bc4136b/IMG_1743.jpg 11/2025 - Adventure LYNN JACKSON ~ Around the Bend - "I decided to do a variety of trees in this still life. I tried to keep my strokes loose to lead the eye around the bend to the trees. I experimented with new color combinations to show distance. This painting was from my imagination. I didn’t use any reference pictures, as I had fun being creative. Used UART pastel paper and Rembrandt pastels. Thanks for this challenge!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/461e4dc9-9fb0-435c-a84d-54c41a737337/Maciej_Bobowicz_Catalpa_%26_Wisteria_60x50cm_adventure_H5_2025.jpeg 11/2025 - Adventure MACIEJ BOBOWICZ ~ Catalpa & Wisteria, 60 x 50 cm - "It's a love-and-hatred story showing the coexistence of Catalpa and Wisteria, entangled together at the back of my garden. Painted from life with various soft pastels (mainly NuPastels with Unisons and Senneliers) on burgundy Pastelmat. Catalpa has such wonderful leaves that deserve appropriate attention and detail; thus, each leaf is a separate entity." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1764113170328-WZ87FN4W878W9YRPRJUQ/Down%2Bthe%2BStreet%2B%25281%2529.jpg 11/2025 - Adventure LISA DAIGLE ~ Down the Street, 10.5 x 14, Massachusetts - Quote: "The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” - Nelson Henderson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1710b369-c9ae-43c3-a87d-45313e8d3fee/DayattheLake.jpg 11/2025 - Adventure CINDY LIDD ~ Day at the Lake, 13 x 9, Uart 400 - "Thanks for the adventure; hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1764112870407-6ASCZ7YBJLVKWQUSCBP5/IMG_0633.jpg 11/2025 - Adventure PAT QUIGLEY ~ 12 x 12, Norristown PA - "Hi APS adventures. My timing was off for getting new photos of local fall color trees. Too late! So used another’s photo of a golden tree to inspire this small study on pastelmat." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/9273fd2c-27c7-4fd7-8ba2-576f0255909c/image0.jpeg 11/2025 - Adventure DEBORAH CHASE ~ Autumn Flame, 7 x 5 - "I tried a sample of Crescent Mixed Media board in mouse (gray) color. The surface was heavily textured, not my favorite to work on but I liked the board’s firmness which is similar to the matt board they make." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/7c7a13b7-776f-4cb9-b776-076eacb81db8/IMG_9933.jpeg 11/2025 - Adventure KRYSTINA MADEJ ~ Winter Coat, 8 5/8 x 11 3/4, UART 400 - "I was interested in learning how to depict fir trees with their winter coat of snow and was given the opportunity to do so in a workshop this past summer when this photo was offered as a painting option. The sunshine behind the background trees was a challenge as it streamed in at an angle and also appeared as bright spots while the snow in the foreground was in shadow and had little color. I've lots to learn about how snow sits on branches!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1763831922417-IVGG3JQJTVOS7TRO029Y/Aspen.jpg 11/2025 - Adventure ANDREA STUTESMAN ~ "I worked on Canson Velvet with a variety of soft pastels. I took this photo in Wyoming near the Grand Tetons in September and loved the bright oranges and yellows next to the dark evergreens. I think they were Aspens. I’m still working on finding a better way to represent a tree." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1763947420424-OVBJ0H2VS70Q3LIDT07W/IMG_1979.png 11/2025 - Adventure RICHARD COHEN ~ "From a photo my cousin sent me (he sends photos from his worldwide travels and I have painted many of them). I loved the placement of the tree on the right side of the photo with the light in the sky on the left." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/62e1f33b-6f90-43ed-9713-11f37cf57917/deGrasse_Diane_Willow+Over+the+Pond_6.5x9.5.jpeg 11/2025 - Adventure DIANE DE GRASSE ~ Willow Over the Pond, Black Mountain, 6.5 x 9.5 - "My camera/phone goes along when walking my dog and I recently caught this old willow along the way. I liked the tree’s strong character and the distant buildings in the sun. The surface is repurposed Pastelmat and the pastels are mostly soft. I enjoyed 'making marks' and finding value contrasts. Thanks for the Adventure experience!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1764260894036-JGQCX0RPBWRTYDVG5CXJ/IMG_3866.jpg 11/2025 - Adventure CHRISTINA CARROLL ~ "Trees are definitely my ongoing struggle and study forms. I do love the Fall tree colors and work on those the most. However this one started in Plein Air and I have worked on it in the studio largely experimenting with different ideas. I enjoyed this project!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/26bc7653-827e-44ea-96c2-d03c07450b91/image0.jpeg 11/2025 - Adventure KATHY AMSPACHER ~ Pawleys Beauty, 9 x 9 soft pastels - "Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you for another great adventure. This tree was a subject of mine, for years. It was in the marshes of Pawleys Island, SC. where I lived 20 years ago. I did this one on a corrugated board treated with sanded gesso. The marks from the board left a ridged effect that I didn’t really love." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/e0e88dbe-6b05-429d-b013-970765116e88/Old+Poplar.jpg 11/2025 - Adventure MERYL MEYER ~ Old Poplar, 9 x 12, Black UART 400, charcoal, hard pastels and a few soft pastels - "This is the most photographed tree here on the Blue Ridge Parkway along Craggy Pinnacle Trail. I have captured it many times and stood in awe. The mist always travels through here creating a mystical atmosphere. It is an old gnarly tree with big roots surrounded by ferns and moss, and it feels like it is reaching out. I began using gray, white, and black charcoals on black paper and gradually added some greens. I wanted to capture the misty foggy mood and its fairy tale-like essence. I have been wanting to paint this tree for a long time. Thank you for this challenge. Trees always speak to me." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1764262188066-W0KD8KSO2ECV6WRFSC90/image0%2B%25281%2529.jpg 11/2025 - Adventure JANE BEST ~ A Walk in the Park, 12 x 9, Pastelmat - "This painting is based on my memories of a delightful autumn walk in Julian Price Park on the BR Parkway near Blowing Rock, NC. Thanks for providing this enjoyable painting opportunity." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/d6f233ba-7101-4f06-a48e-70004616154b/IMG_6413.jpeg 11/2025 - Adventure CAROL ROLLICK ~ Boat Passing in the Swamp, 13 x 29, Pastelmat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/581877e3-b603-481c-9af9-eb74a3513a0d/1000002074.jpg 11/2025 - Adventure JAN JACKSON ~ The Guardian of the Fishing Pond, 8 x 10, Pastelmat - "Not finished, but getting there!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1764260528044-8VO4PG45TRW7POUMR2BC/IMG_1212.jpg 11/2025 - Adventure NANCY CLAUSEN ~ The Tree by the River, 12 x 9 1/2, mounted black Canson - "I had started this in a workshop and thought I'd be able to finish it. It may never be something that is entirely finished, but I have enjoyed working on it and will again. It's a tree that used to be in the French Broad River Park. It sat on the edge of the bank. I have drawn it in charcoal and painted it several times in pastel. It's a gnarly old tree and I really liked the way it looked. I liked leaving the background just black. It seemed to bring out the tree's colors better. I used Terry Ludwig's violets and also some J. Luda pastels. I enjoyed the Adventure." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/30f57a6f-0dcf-4a1e-925b-abda07071d2a/IMG_9801.jpg 11/2025 - Adventure MARGARET LYN-SOROKEN ~ Troll-Trees, 10 x 8, pastels on brown paper - "I took out of town guests to see trolls at Arboretum and I was sketching trolls, it dawned on me they are from trees and seeing them on backgrounds of trees I thought that’s it… Happy Thanksgiving everyone and grateful to APS to keep painting." https://appalachianpastelsociety.org/archive-index daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://appalachianpastelsociety.org/1/2026-adventure-archive daily 0.75 2026-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/2d93e966-3ea9-4507-b9c9-eee175660cf8/I-1_Heart+on+His+Chest_Alec+Hall.jpg 1/2026 - Adventure ALEC HALL ~ Heart on His Chest, 4 x 3, UArt 600, Rembrandt pastels and Carb-Othello pencils - "This male Rose-breasted grosbeak is a frequent visitor to our feeders during the spring migration every year. The vivid contrast between black, red, and white makes for a striking flash of color as he flies among the tree branches. Hopefully we will see him again soon. I hope everyone made it through the storm safely." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1769571206528-9JQQPTLU1G6ZG8YJDGO2/1000011393.jpg 1/2026 - Adventure MERYL MEYER ~ Okra Blossom, 9 x 10, Black 400 UArt, pastel pencils, hard pastels, soft pastels - "A while back we planted okra in our garden bed. We were amazed at the beautful blossoms. I vowed I would one day paint it. It was intimidating due to the transparent petals. I finally got the courage to paint it. I painted a dry underpainting then layered with yellow and pink, and blue-green whites. Used soft pastel for the center, some dew drops and the background. This was very therapeutic for me. With all the chaos going on I got myself centered and relaxed with something beautiful. Thank you for this challenge." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/dc01d7d1-38f3-4a5c-ab7d-66463d7eb4ee/de_Grasse_Diane_Dragonfly+Closeup_18x13_1.jpeg 1/2026 - Adventure DIANE DE GRASSE ~ Dragonfly Close-Up - "So many choices for 'Close-up'. I spotted this little guy on the internet, and since I’ve raised butterflies and love nature, this would be his chance. I alcohol-washed a black background on eggplant Colorfix paper then finished with various hard & soft pastels and pastel pencils. I also dragged a small fork across the eyes to suggest their compound nature. That lead to a little extra ornamentation. This was fun, and I may hang it up to surprise visitors." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/ad978fb4-a8c1-41da-ac83-78cf41791700/PAQ+Close+Up+Rubens+Clara.jpg 1/2026 - Adventure PAT QUIGLEY ~ Close Up of Clara, 9 x 9, Charcoal and soft pastel on Pastelmat - "Hi APS Adventures: I believe in copying the masters as a great learning experience. Having just come from the APS workshop with portraitist LL Winner, I was in the mood for 'faces'. So I went for doing a close up of a part of Rubens wonderful painting of Clara Serena. I had difficulty discerning his colors – only used a color printout; next time I’ll download a museum quality photo and use my iPad to better figure out colors. But it was a real challenge, saved my "Big Snow Day", and I learned so much by 'looking close'." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1769571243318-IQJQH2O47ZKP38ZGHQHU/IMG_4560.jpg 1/2026 - Adventure CHRIS CARROLL ~ "Really loved doing this one! Painting flowers is a big challenge for me and I really had fun using Multi-Media paper. I used mostly soft pastels." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/0aff4667-8297-4d25-b143-8fa298aaad23/Maggie%27s+Eyes.jpg 1/2026 - Adventure TERRI LESLIE ~ Maggie's Eyes - A Study in Reflection, 8 x 12.5, soft pastel and pastel pencil - "Hi. This is my first time participating in an APS challenge even though I've been a member for several years. 2026 is going to be the year that I complete all of your challenges. That's my resolution. Better than a diet resolution." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1769571120240-8ZNGH20IS2PKLNX2HEBW/image0%2B%25281%2529.jpg 1/2026 - Adventure DEBORAH CHASE ~ Pineapple, 8 x 8 - "Fun project while waiting out the weather." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1769695115474-DYFSRUIEGR1AG8RSP9DZ/IMG_0186.jpg 1/2026 - Adventure MARGARET LYN-SOROKEN ~ 9 x 9 - "Bee hole inspired by O’Keefe flower paintings. First rough sketch not intended to be finished." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/4f2ca9a5-89fe-491b-8c9a-06f7d3c896bc/20260122_173220.jpg 1/2026 - Adventure KATHY HUTCHINSON ~ Cup of Grace, 5 x 4, various pastels and pastel pencils - "Glad to have received the adventure early this time. Being in that zone of unpredictable snow but likely ice and therefore the possibility of no power or internet, I figured I would get this turned in early. It's a close up of a gift of a coffee mug which has become my favorite." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1769696495795-F824B5YU2LTDUQ840UGN/image0%252B%2525281%252529.jpg 1/2026 - Adventure JANE BEST ~ Up Close, 8 x 7 - "I searched my photo file looking for something to paint and decided spring flowers would be a good subject for a cold winter day. I cropped and magnified a small section of photo of a flower arrangement. This was a most enjoyable adventure and I may try to paint this same subject again. Thank you!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1769696526407-1YE3C5OJJ1SJGSC14KCL/IMG_0270.jpg 1/2026 - Adventure ANDREA STUTESMAN ~ "I am going ahead and sending my artwork as I anticipate losing power and I have limited time to work on it. It has a ways to go to be finished. If I can do more, I will resend." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1769695079914-WU2AIGMOBZBMUPQ2ZSIU/APS-LINDA%2BMEDDERS-JACKSON-0200.png 1/2026 - Adventure LINDA MEDDERS JACKSON ~ mixed pastel on UART - "Practicing an eye - foal as a model." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/f7965524-ed84-48bf-be23-468363bb41ff/-1846041654_original_c5047009-1dae-47d8-9cd8-5d7af57bb22a_PXL_20260125_205439382_1812448.jpg 1/2026 - Adventure RUTH CROWE ~ Pounding Water, 10 x 8 , assorted soft pastels - "I did this on a textured paper. It almost feels like rice paper. I enjoyed doing this closeup of a waterfall over a very old rock wall with greenery draping down. I can almost feel the pounding of the water as it cascades over the ledge." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1769695006675-G7BXSDCKY4AU7LV8YQIL/image0.jpg 1/2026 - Adventure WILL EVANS ~ 10 x 8 - "Greetings, my submittal, the iconic right hand of Michangelo’s David, as he prepares for the battle with Goliath, coupled, ready to strike the fatal blow. Breathtaking! This is on Lux using Nupastels almost exclusively, with a soft white Sennelier to capture the highlights of the lighting." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/fad36192-643e-4a45-821e-9aa7b4e01fcd/image0.jpeg 1/2026 - Adventure KAREN KANAUB ~ 11 x 9 - "I did my cats eye on terracotta sanded paper. I wasn’t happy with it and I brushed as much of the pastels off that I could and then alcohol washed the paper." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1769695157530-SQ700NER9Q23UBDFOXQK/1000015110.jpg 1/2026 - Adventure PAT FENDA ~ Lovely Lily, 7 x 5, UArt 400 - "This was a great way to kick off 2026. I met this Lily while joining the Plein Aire painters in Asheville this past June at a Day Lily farm. Heaven on earth! It was fun to spotlight their beauty." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/e08ade3f-0595-49dd-aa7d-33c636d26950/IMG_6528.jpeg 1/2026 - Adventure CAROL ROLLICK ~ 11 x 8.5, white Pastelmat, Nu-Pastels and Pan Pastels - "Thanks for the extra days! This is my cat Maximillian the Magnificent. He is my boss, my constant companion. Thank you for keeping my mind on the joy of painting!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1769571138490-WBFH95N8DBW1468FVMEM/IMG_1880.jpg 1/2026 - Adventure PAMELA CLIFFORD ~ "I focused on a small part of one of my favorite paintings in the Asheville Museum of Art: Poppies by James Henry Daugherty. I used mostly soft pastels with pastel pencils for fine lines on 8 x 6” Uart sanded paper. In the original, you can see some of the canvas showing through so I tried for that effect as well." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/57c33157-72fb-438f-89ba-2da5fe4531c9/IMG_5123.jpeg 1/2026 - Adventure TERRI ROSENBLUM ~ Orange Pop, 8.5 x 8.5 - "I’ve been working on a series of Tootsie Pop paintings; I now have about 10. Since many of the Tootsie paintings are 24x18" it was very interesting to work on a miniature tootsie painting!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1769571161510-3I9Q0S7NUBEFAY0OWYEC/IMG_0826.png 1/2026 - Adventure FRANKIE MILHORN ~ Autumn Musings, 10 x 8 - "As I was walking, and looking, and SEEING, I very much enjoyed all of the beautiful shapes and colors of the changing leaves all around me, and the depth of the area. This wasn't painted plein air because I was walking my dog, but I did capture the moment with my camera and enjoyed painting from those photos, so I very much remember the feelings I had, and the sensory experience of it all. THE best part of the experience was the closeness of the beautiful, changing leaves of Autumn." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1769695031051-AD7MFJQD0O23T5O58N0W/IMG_1240.jpg 1/2026 - Adventure NANCY CLAUSEN ~ 10 x 8 - "The original graphite version of this was done about 5 years ago while taking a drawing class at AB Tech. I thought it might be interesting to do it again using color. Last time I used Strathmore gray. This time I tried a sample I had of Hahnemuhle paper. I liked the paper, and wondered how soft pastel would work. I used pastel pencils for the drawing. They were a combination of Faber Castell and Carb Othello. The paper took them very well. I then used Faber Castell hard pastel for the background." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1769571281089-EH6K6PIL481TLCHPXXK9/Dubreuil_T_BirchBark.jpg 1/2026 - Adventure TERRILYNN DUBREUIL ~ Birch Bark, 2 x 1.5 - "When I started considering a close-up of something, I got looking for a piece of paper to use and came across a Dakota sample piece of ColorFix. Tiny about 1.5 x2". Perfect for a close up. So I took a photo, cropped it, enlarged and cropped and tilted again, then painted from there. FUN! I also made a little video. https://youtu.be/pOZUu0C5a2I Adventure is out there!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1769695224970-8OBVV8DW8WJPXNE5LT9D/IMG_5379.jpg 1/2026 - Adventure TERRY LUDWIG ~ African Flower, 9 x 6, Uart - "I’m not sure why I thought more detail should equal smaller. This little piece is 6 x 9 and honestly, I found it to be a challenge. The greens were difficult for me to work with but I like the colors in the Protea . I spent some time in South Africa this past summer and these flowers were everywhere. This challenge did make me pay closer to attention to detail. Thank you!" https://appalachianpastelsociety.org/2/2026-adventure-archive daily 0.75 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/94ee03ee-64cc-46f0-aaa7-dbe3400c4251/image+%281%29.jpg 2/2026 - Adventure RUTH WHITAKER ~ A Day in the Garden, 7 x 5, assorted soft pastels on Uart 400 lb. paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/0d4dbc83-7737-4719-964f-ea887063811f/Give+a+Mouse+a+Cookie+%281%29.jpeg 2/2026 - Adventure ANDREA STUTESMAN ~ If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, 12 x 9 - "Reading multiple books to my grandchildren, this was one of my favorites. Pushing limits is my grandkids specialty." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/7a94a338-a4dc-4142-9bbb-76b20c646b96/20260223_164958.jpg 2/2026 - Adventure KATHY HUTCHINSON ~ The Secret Garden, 5 x 6, Artspectrum dark leaf green with various pastels - "These last few warm days followed by this cold windy day have left me craving spring. I've trimmed roses, pulled weeds, raked and mulched. Today is just too cold for all that so I chose to paint a garden. While I've been painting I've listened to "The Secret Garden" which is one of my favorites." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/fd485b9d-78c2-43be-9f8d-e8b07c791d88/IMG_1727.jpg 2/2026 - Adventure TERRILYNN DUBREUIL ~ Three Pines Is FINE, 12 x 9, soft pastels on UArt - "I built my 'Paint That Book' submission on a demo I created for a pastel society. It's from a book series by Canadian author Louise Penny. It is never titled "Three Pines" but that is the name of the town around which all the detective-solved mysteries occur. A recurring and memorable character in the book is an ancient poet, Ruth. She is miserable and negative, but actually hides a good heart. She rescues a duck who becomes her constant companion and who mimics Ruth's favorite expletive. The book of poetry Ruth wrote is "FINE". If you know the series, then you know how apropos it is." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/4fec94de-c110-4c91-8b2e-d9cd77af39ff/Canary+Cover+for+APS+4.1.jpeg 2/2026 - Adventure DIANE DE GRASSE ~ A Canary For The Crossing, 12 x 9 - "This Adventure became pleasantly personal for me. I’d written a short story about our crossing the Atlantic in a small boat in 2002. We had indeed acquired a Mozambique canary in Portugal, and he is the focus of 10 year-old Jasmine telling the story. (Of course he was a hero.) I just didn't get to the illustrations. But I can at last make a cover! As a graphic designer I was prompted to typeset the title and author. That may get me to finish it! It’s on black UART, soft pastels and pastel pencils." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1772133969522-GOJXWXYZGS6AN9RRAZ3G/IMG_1525.jpg 2/2026 - Adventure DEBORAH CHASE ~ Pastel Innovations, 12 x 12 - "Sometimes instead of laboring over a piece to 'get it right', it is fun to just mess around. The book "Pastel Innovations" involves stencils, rubbings, brayers, inks and other methods. I kept this one strictly pastels for the Adventure." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1772133623595-7Y6VQFOZ6GGTCKP5RMJF/IMG_0847.png 2/2026 - Adventure FRANKIE MILHORN ~ B is for Bird, 10 x 8 - "This was pastel painted on top of watercolor. Inspired by some beautiful birds I follow in social media, and the Robins of Britain." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/a954e5f5-4de0-4b43-b336-7c4158f5db89/thumbnail.jpg 2/2026 - Adventure NANCY CLAUSEN ~ A Tree in Winter, 12 ½ x 9 1/2, Sennelier Ingres paper, Unison and Rembrandt pastels - "The idea for my painting came from a poem I had to read in English class many many years ago. It was written by Joyce Kilmore. It's in a book called Trees: and other poems. It starts, "I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree." I believe his tree had leaves on it. My tree does not as it's still winter. My tree is a Japanese Maple that's now about 20 years old. If I had put the leaves on it, then you really wouldn't see all the tree with its gracefulness. If you look closely, there is a little red here and there as it's beginning to bud. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1772133486455-7YZZGPVVMKDENATCMYDU/image0.jpg 2/2026 - Adventure JANE BEST ~ The Road, 12 x 9 - "I chose the title of John Ehle’s book, ”The Road” (pub1967) for this Adventure. My reference is from a photo of a gravel road I took near Boone, NC. The book itself is about the challenges of building the Western North Carolina railroad in the rocky and rugged mountain environment in 1879. Ehle was born in Asheville and wrote several notable historical fiction books set in the rural NC mountain areas. He has also been called the father of southern Appalachian literature. I enjoyed this adventure and reading Ehle’s impressive bio info." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1772133547861-D83QU214MZT25PYLN7V4/IMG_0348.jpg 2/2026 - Adventure MARGARET LYN-SOROKEN ~ The Lotus Seed, 9.5 x 7 - "Pastel sketch for book about girl taking a lotus seed with her from Vietnam to US. I’m going to read it. Caught my attention as I’m fascinated by seed pods, flowers etc. So many books on the lotus." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/f62c6181-df40-4170-bff9-e2a53a7181cc/I-2_Lassie+Come-Home_Alec+Hall+e.jpg 2/2026 - Adventure ALEC HALL ~ Lassie Come-Home, 10 x 8, UART sanded pastel paper, 500 grit, Rembrandt, Great American, Carb-Othello Pastel Pencils - "I chose one of my childhood favorites “Lassie Come-Home” by Eric Knight. I read the book in elementary school and must have watched the original 1943 movie with Roddy McDowall and Pal (who played Lassie) on TV on many Saturdays; and of course, I watched the TV show “Lassie” in the 1950s. While I marveled at the beauty and intelligence of Lassie (a heavy-coated, sable, rough collie), it always bothered me that Lassie was not a Border Collie, since the story took place in Yorkshire, England and Scotland. Thus, I edited the book’s main character to be a champion Border Collie. All the names of the characters, the plot, and the story’s location remain faithful to Eric Knight’s novel. Happy painting!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1772133655460-WJCTK6QNJGVVCAA2P0NH/IMG_7054.jpg 2/2026 - Adventure WILL EVANS ~ "Another great challenge. This is a nearby scene that I’ve painted a few times but with the recent snow, it’s all new. I blocked it in with Nupastels and relied on Terry Ludwig’s to complete the scene, the challenge was to portray the new snow as it reflected the sky and surrounding landscape. With all due respect to Mr. McDermid." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/08891412-8417-4460-85db-ae346c939e06/image0+%281%29.jpeg 2/2026 - Adventure KAREN KNAUB ~ Cat in the Hat, 9 x 11 - "The hardest part of this challenge was deciding on a book. So I just kept it simple. Thank you for another fun challenge." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/58dd9e36-2be3-4701-94ba-c58b40b27297/20260224_144906.jpg 2/2026 - Adventure PAT FENDA ~ The Phantom Tollbooth, 13 x 9, hard & soft pastel on Canson blue paper "Drive through the tollbooth past the Doldrums and Dictionopolis to the kingdom of Rhyme and Reason. I wasted no time in looking at images of tollbooths and phantoms to come to my conclusions that I had fun! A wonderful excuse to again read one of my all time favorites with illustrations by Jules Fieffer. Have a strictly artful day." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1772133723994-WOAOFCF49AHYTP76CNEK/P1780371.png 2/2026 - Adventure LINDA MEDDERS-JACKSON ~ How to Train Your Dragon, 7 x 5, mixed brands pastels and pencils - "Very quick attempt -used premiere paper and it did not work well for or this subject that needed detail." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1772133716752-PDDH0JAFMQ6JLTQTSV5X/Rose%2BCottage.jpg 2/2026 - Adventure ANNE HUDSON ~ 12 x 14, Uart on sanded paper - "Good afternoon, Thank you for the opportunity. This painting represents the book "Rose Cottage" by Mary Stewart. I used the book cover as a reference, then took liberties with the color. I kept the name, 'Rose Cottage'." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/38ff542b-16e2-445a-8031-ee0ee99f1e8c/IMG_2215.jpeg 2/2026 - Adventure PAT QUIGLEY ~ 16 x 12 - "This was a super challenge! Spent the first days trying to settle on a favorite book. Decided to go with a girlhood classic, Little Women, because I admired the independent and serious Jo March so much. But it was hard to find a reference of a her writing in the attic. I ended up using a clip from a film version. The book title lettering was done in colored pencils; the rest in soft pastels on Canson Velvet. Sorry for the strange dotted surface – I tried to spray fixative at temperatures below freezing and the dots did not disperse! Ugh!! Lesson learned! Thanks again Adventure Guru!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1772133630737-IFYTDEERGK2MRO05504C/IMG_5504.jpg 2/2026 - Adventure CATHARIN MCCARTHY BANTA ~ The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben, Uart 9x12, Terry Ludwig and Nupastels - "These trees are actually taken from a picture in my backyard. For many days this piece was many different shades of green and not fun at all. I finally decided to loosen up, change the color palette with many complements which I felt like made the whole piece more appealing. This was a fun challenge!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1772134223978-WUNGKNAUHGMFBVSN0NK5/Winter%2527s%2BSnow%2BBirds.jpg 2/2026 - Adventure MERYL MEYER ~ Winter's Snow Birds, 9 x 11, Blue Pastelmat with assorted pastels - "I love photographing birds in winter, especially during and after a snowstorm. Over the years I have been collecting photos. I am particularly fond of the Dark-eyed Juncos and Cardinals. This is from my own reference. We had a group of Juncos this morning. This particular Junco is a female with brown, gray, and white feathers perched on my deck railing. I liked the artistic pose and played with the background adding an impressionistic feeling of the woods. I attempted to soften the feathers. I liked painting on Pastelmat for the soft effects. This was a fun Challenge, one that I am quite familiar with. I published a children's book about 3 years ago which I am quite proud of. It was a 3 year labor of love. I decided to create a new pastel illustration for this challenge of another possible book. I added text on the cover to help imagine it as a book." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68acb557473c71262f229137/1772134269570-X5Z9QFIXLIG19DZCRQJF/Book%2BCover%2BTheir%2BSecret%2Bto%2BKeep.jpg 2/2026 - Adventure *The book mentioned in the previous submission, by MERYL MEYER ~ Their Secret to Keep, 8.5 x 8.5, white Pastelmat with pastels and fine ink pens - "Self Publishing a book was intensely challenging. I learned a lot in the process. I put my heart into each illustration. 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