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🎨Mark Cazalet, Senior Member of Faculty at the Royal Drawing School opened our #AnnualExhibition 2026, Mall Galleries #London

🌟Congratulations to all our #award winners! See all the winning works
thepastelsociety.org.uk/award-winner...

#pastel #pastelart #pastelsociety #mallgalleries #londonart
January 27, 2026 at 4:43 AM
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🌟 #PastelSociety member news 🌟

🎨Halla Shafey PS Solo Exhibition – Picasso Art Gallery Zamalek, #Cairo

📆‘What the Heart Sees’
18th January – 12th February 2026.
Opening hours Daily 10.30am to 9pm Except Sundays
January 22, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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This is a 15-minute pastel drawing.

日常を絵にするにはパステルは最適。
15分で描いた雪の記憶

#pastel #pastelpainting #pastelsociety #softpastels #schminckepastels
January 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Ripples of light

The light is drawn using pastel dust applied through a tea strainer.

pastel on paper

#pastel #pastelsociety #softpastel #lightscape
January 13, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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All works in the #PastelSociety #AnnualExhibition are now available to browse & buy online - a great chance to snap up your favourite before anyone else does!

www.mallgalleries.org.uk/exhibitions-...

#pastel #pastelart #mallgalleries #london #londonartscene #drymedia #charcoal #graphite #oilpastel
January 7, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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🎨Sealed Bid Appeal 🎨

#PastelSociety members have donated framed pictures, in any medium and of any subject, no bigger than 50x50cm (including frame). Visitors can bid for the picture of their choice - minimum bid £200

See all the fantastic #SealedBid works:
thepastelsociety.org.uk/2026-pastel-...
January 6, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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📢We have a special Events Programme to accompany our #PastelSociety #AnnualExhibition 2026!

Talks, demos and our popular Art Event Evening...

Unless otherwise stated, events will take place in The Studio (East Gallery) & are free with #exhibition admission

thepastelsociety.org.uk/in-the-studi...
January 6, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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#pastelsociety pastel society art arte dibujo character comic #cat
December 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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#pastelsociety pastel society art arte dibujo character comic
December 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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🎄🌟 #PastelSociety member news 🎄🌟

@cherylculverart.bsky.social has three #pastel #paintings in the #RussellGallery Mixed Christmas Exhibition until 7 February 2026 (closing 23 December, reopens 15 January 2026)

The Russell Gallery
12 Lower Richmond Road
#Putney, #London
Open Tues - Sat, 10 – 5.30
December 7, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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🌟Member news 🌟
#PastelSociety member Michele Ashby PS SGFA has had her #pastel #portrait 'Get a dog they said' selected for The British Art Prize from a record 2,900 submissions!

The shortlisted 50 artworks will be exhibited at The OXO Gallery London 26-30 November

#britishartprize #oxogallery
November 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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📢The #PastelSociety Open Call is closing soon!

✍️Submit your work in #pastel, #pencil, #charcoal, #crayon, #oilpastel, #ink pastel

🏆20 incredible #prizes & #awards including the Yoshimoto Prize of £1000

🌐Submissions are ONLINE ONLY, by 14 November, 12 noon
www.mallgalleries.org.uk/open-calls/p...
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Artists are invited to submit work for the Pastel Society Annual Exhibition 2026
www.mallgalleries.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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🌟#PastelSociety member news 🌟

Kevin Line PS is exhibiting at the John Davies Gallery in Moreton in Marsh #Gloucestershire in their #ChristmasExhibition opening on 27th November 2025

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November 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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🎨 #PastelSociety President Richard Rees invites you to join him in celebrating the opening of his #soloexhibition 'Colours and Memoirs' at The Phoenicia Palm Court Lounge #Malta, opening 6th October 2025

#artexhibition #pastel #painting #art
October 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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📢 The Heatherley School of Fine Art #PastelSociety Workshops 9-11 September 2025

🎨Wide range of subjects, tutored by Pastel Society members, including Michele Ashby PS and Richard Rees PPS on 11th September

🌐 For all details and to book your place: www.thepastelsociety.org.uk
#pastel
September 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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📢 The Heatherley School of Fine Art #PastelSociety Workshops 9-11 September 2025

🎨Wide range of subjects, tutored by Pastel Society members, starting with @fionacarvellartist.bsky.social & Tom Zaw PS on the 9th September

🌐 For all details and to book your place: www.thepastelsociety.org.uk
#pastel
August 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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🌟Summer News 🌟

#PastelSociety member Kevin Line's 'Julia Conversations' has been long listed for the #RuthBorchardSelfPortraitPrize 2025, & his work ‘Gunsmith’ has been selected by the Royal West of England Academy for their 172nd #OpenExhibition in Bristol, 6th September to 28th December 2025
July 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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🌟 #PastelSociety member @janinebaldwinart.bsky.social will open her home studio for the #ScarboroughArt trail 26-27 July and 2-3 August, on the #NorthYorkshire coast. Paintings, works on paper, collages, prints, greeting cards & sketchbooks will be available 🎨

scarboroughfair.uk/events/janin...
July 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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✨#PastelSociety member Michele Ashby has a six page feature in the French Magazine Pratique des Arts. It is a special issue on Pastel and features ten international pastel artists.
✨Michele also Won the Derwent Fine Art Award for her work at the Society of Women Artists Exhibition at Mall Galleries!
July 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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#PastelSociety members David Brammeld PS RBA, Angela A'Court PS and Roy Wright PS have work in the Thompson's Gallery Annual Summer Exhibition, #Aldeburgh, until 6th July

www.thompsonsgallery.co.uk/exhibitions/...
June 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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🌞 #Summer Mixed Exhibition at the Russell Gallery 🌞

🎨 #PastelSociety member @cherylculverart.bsky.social is showing three works in the #RussellGallery Mixed Summer Exhibition, #Putney, #London

#pastelart #contemporarypastel #fineart #pastel
June 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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📢 The Heatherley School of Fine Art #PastelSociety Workshops 9-11 September 2025

🎨Wide range of subjects, tutored by Pastel Society members @fionacarvellartist.bsky.social, John Tookey PS, Tom Zaw PS, Michele Ashby PS & Richard Rees PPS

🌐 All details: www.thepastelsociety.org.uk/news/pastel-...
June 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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🎉Congratulations to #PastelSociety member @andrewbarrowmanart.bsky.social - Andrew has three charcoal drawings on show at the Drawing Prize Exhibition in Birmingham at RBSA Gallery, 29 May - 28 June! 🌟

rbsa.org.uk/rbsa-drawing...

#rbsa #drawingprize #draw #pastelartist #pastel #charcoal #graphite
May 15, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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🎨 #PastelSociety member @andrewbarrowmanart.bsky.social has a solo 'Featured Artist' exhibition at Whitewater Contemporary Gallery in #Polzeath, 29 May - 18 June and features #charcoal and #softpastel work as well as #oilpaintings.

www.whitewatercontemporarygallery.co.uk/exhibitions/...
Andrew Barrowman | 29 May - 18 June 2025 - Overview
Andrew Barrowman returns to the gallery with a new collection of charcoal, graphite, and pastel works on paper. The collection is drawn from the landscape around Polzeath and the Camel Estuary, and de...
www.whitewatercontemporarygallery.co.uk
May 15, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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🌟 May Featured Artist: Simon Hodges VPPS 🌟

"I have been drawing in one form or another since I could pick up a pencil."

Simon will be opening his studio and garden to visitors 3-5 May, 11am - 5pm

www.thepastelsociety.org.uk/index.php?pa...

#pastelsociety #pastel #pastelart
May 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM