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“Highland Cow” Paint-Along   $25   Paint this cute “Heilan coo” with us on Saturday, June 4, at 1pm CT. Register EARLY to have time to prep your drawing. Rita will send you the Zoom invitation, the reference photo, some surface prep info, and some tips that include alternative underpainting methods in case you don’t have what she uses.   Rita will be using pastel with an acrylic-based underpainting, but you can use the medium of your choice. Plenty of instruction will focus on values and temperature which are universal to all color mediums. The paint-along will last about 2 hours.   (Registration includes a link to the video which [...]

Cary Arts Center Exhibit Opens Soon…Christine S. Berndt: CloudlandsJune 2, 2022 – August 21, 2022   This exhibit features a selection of my paintings in pastel and watercolorexpressing the landscapes of clouds.   Upcoming: Meet the Artist date: Friday, July 29th, 6 – 8 p.m.   Cary Arts Center101 Dry AvenueCary, NC 27511(919) 469-4069   Mon-Thu: 9 a.m.-10 p.m.Fri: 9 a.m.-10:30 p.m.Sat: 9 a.m.-10:30 p.m.Sun: 1-6 p.m.   [...]

I am the Featured Artist for the month of June at Cary Gallery of Artists in Ashworth Village.   My pastel exhibit, Earth Water Sky, opens May 26th thru June 22nd at 200 S. Academy Street, Cary, NC.   There are 12 pastels on exhibit, so please stop in.   [...]

Rita Kirkman had a painting accepted into the IAPS 2022 Exhibition, 8th Masters Circle Division. The 2022 IAPS PastelWorld Exhibition will take place at the 2022 IAPS Convention in Albuquerque, NM, USA from June 22-25, 2022.   Rita has also won the Gold Award in the Established Artist Division of the Austin Pastel Society Spring Non-Juried Exhibition with her painting “Seeking Social Sheep” (pastel, 30×40″)   Thank you to show judge Mike Etie!   The show continues at Artworks Gallery in Austin TX through June 11.   [...]

$25   Come paint this colorful donkey with us on Saturday, May 21, at 1pm CT.   Register early to have time to prep your drawing. Rita will send you the Zoom invitation, the reference photo, some surface prep info, some tips that include alternative underpainting methods in case you don’t have what she uses, and even a line drawing that you can use to transfer to your board or paper in case you don’t have time to freehand your drawing. No drawing skills required!   Rita will be using pastel with an acrylic-based underpainting, but you can use the medium of your choice. Plenty of instruction will [...]

I will be teaching a pastel workshop at The Centerpiece/Bev’s Fine Art in Raleigh on June 23rd from 11-4. Register online at The Centerpiece 2022 Workshops.   You will explore this versatile medium with innumerable ways to use it… some of which may surprise you? In this informative, fun workshop, you will explore the various substrates being introduced and you will discover pastels on canvas as an alternative to glass. Diana will help you develop confidence and skills to take on any new subject matter and bring your work to a new level.   [...]

I am incredibly honored to have received First Place in The Pastel 100 Landscape/Interior competition published in the current issue of the Pastel Journal. I wish to thank the juror, Nancy Nowak, for choosing Canyon Patterns and for her inciteful words. [...]