Pastel landscape

It's fascinating how the same landscape can change depending on the time of the day, season of the year, and the specific kind of weather. We asked three pastel artists—Don Williams, Margi Lucena and Margaret Evans—about painting weather in a landscape.

Embrace the serene beauty of dawn with our "Tranquil Meadow at Sunrise" digital artwork. This high-resolution download features a lush landscape bathed in the soft glow of morning light. Delicate wildflowers in hues of pink and white dance in the foreground, leading your eye to a tranquil river that gently meanders through the awakening meadow. The pastel sky, adorned with whispers of clouds, promises the start of a peaceful day. This instant digital download includes a high-quality image in…

Learn how to use oil pastels in a painterly way. See how oil pastels can be used to mimic the looks of heavily applied oil paints in this lesson that features a landscape.

How often have you seen a gorgeous sky only to be disappointed by the photo when you tried to capture it? This is one of the reasons I love painting skies! Y...

Jeweled Hour 16x16 Pastel on copper

It took Linda Mutti three decades to return to painting, but her impressionistic landscapes were worth the wait. Read her story here.

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Many artists draw their painting inspiration from the landscape. Why? There's the practical aspect: Unlike other subjects—a figure model or a wildlife subject, for example—the landscape is there and ready to accommodate your schedule. You can step outside your door at any time, if you like, and start looking for compositions. That said, the lure of the landscape for most has much more to do with the creative aspects ...

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