Review: The Pastel Social Club - Annual Exhibition 2013

The 114th Annual Exhibition of The Pastel Society opened to the populace on Tuesday as well as continues until 22 June at the Mall Galleries. There's lots of proficient pastel artwork on display,
however, if you're unable to attend, there's likewise a virtual exhibition of all the artwork online.

Catalogue Cover of The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition 2013
(artwork past times John Tookey PS)

This twelvemonth the exhibition is beingness sponsored by Caran d'Ache (Pastel Pencils as well as Pastel Cubes) and Carole Hübscher, President of Caran d'Ache, attended the Private View on Mon night. The exhibition was opened past times Philip Mould who gave i of the best "opening an exhibition" speeches I've heard inwards a long time!

The Pastel Society - Private View at the Mall Galleries

First unopen to impressions of the exhibition as well as and thence the prizewinners. Click the links inwards artists' names to come across to a greater extent than operate on their websites or at their galleries.

there's a lot of monochrome charcoal as well as pencil operate inwards this year's exhibition - as well as for unopen to argue an awful lot of the operate is to produce with trees!

View of the monochrome wall inwards the North Gallery

Enormously complex drawings of trees
alongside the pared downward artwork of Pastel Society fellow member Angela A'Court

there are unopen to only stunning groups of pastel artwork past times artists such as:

Keith Roper - his abstracted operate unremarkably features landscapes of large skies as well as apartment province as well as townscapes of Lincolnshire, The Solent as well as the Fens
Sheila Goodman - whose operate gave me the urge to purchase it all!

Pastels past times Keith Roper (with unopen to reflections!)

Pastels past times Sheila Goodman

I was a picayune surprised to come across a operate inwards stone oil pastel inwards the exhibition - mainly because I don't remember seeing i earlier - or at to the lowest degree non i labelled every bit such! There over again having checked the Call for Entries Page on the Mall Galleries website it is clear that acceptable media for the contest is "Pastels, stone oil pastels, charcoal, pencil, conté, sanguine, or whatsoever dry out media."

Prizewinners

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 yoke of things struck me almost the prizes this year.

First, I was real impressed with the means inwards which the sponsorship of The Pastel Society has been increased. There are a set out of novel awards which involve lots of pastels beingness awarded every bit prizes!
Second 2 of the artists who won prizes were international entries. Astrid Volquardsen travelled from Hamburg to attend the exhibition as well as Halla Shafey flew in from Egypt. It's real apparent that the international entry is non solely increasing but is successful inwards terms of choice as well as winning prizes.

Winner of the Artist Magazine Award
Group of plant (in cream frames) past times Norma Stephenson

Artist Magazine Award: Group of plant past times Norma Stephenson PS

NEW Arts Club Charitable Trust Award : Self portrait by Lucas Reynes-Matter

Buzzacott Award: Brancaster, Towards Scolt Head by Rebecca Lloyd

NEW Caran d’Ache Award: Spring Classics by Roger Dellar PS

Winner of the Caran d'Ache Award
Spring Classics past times Roger Dellar PS

Conté à Paris Award: Red Monocle by Melodie Cook

Daler-Rowney Award: Autumn surf by Dave West This was a real striking operate - as well as I come across from his website that Dave West likes creating pastel paintings of the urban landscape at night.

NEW Pastel Society Young Artist Award (First Prize) - Indian crested porcupine past times Lara Scouller Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 real squeamish fluid drawing - which you lot tin come across on the Home Page of her website.

Pastel Society - Non Member Catalogue Award Both plant (below) were featured inwards the catalogue which unremarkably solely features operate past times members.

First Prize - Girl from the due south of Arab Republic of Egypt past times Halla Shafey This is a real striking work.

Second Prize - Fading of the light past times Simon Page

Winner of the Unison Award
Arrangement inwards Blue as well as White
Liz Balkwill

Unison Award - Arrangement inwards bluish as well as white by Liz Balkwill AFAS. This was an practise inwards realism with a nod inwards the direction of the Dutch School of soundless life. Unfortunately, due to non beingness able to come across the icon on my camera, my transcend is doing a comprehensive project of spoiling the lovely black background. I receive got to confess my jaw dropped when I saw Liz was coming away from her prize presentation with 2 huge boxes of Unison Pastels! Very much a prize worth winning!

Pastel Society Workshops 2013

The Pastel Society is, every bit ever running pastel workshops during the Exhibition - details on the website - come across below for the relevant link.

Finally - the bookshop expanse of the Mall Galleries has a Caran d'Ache display represent the duration of the exhibition - with supplies available at reduced prizes. Those who similar pastel pencils would produce good to convey a await given the real competitive pricing. I spotted the cost asked for coloured pencils I utilisation regularly as well as left the edifice with an awful lot of pencils! See Luminance 6901 Coloured Pencils - comparative prices for opened upwards stock

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