How to Pastel https://www.howtopastel.com/ Info, opinion, and training on how to pastel with artist Gail Sibley BFA, MA Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:35:19 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://www.howtopastel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-cropped-HowToPastel-logo-1-32x32.jpg How to Pastel https://www.howtopastel.com/ 32 32 Susan Ellis – The Art of Clamming https://www.howtopastel.com/2024/10/susan-ellis-the-art-of-clamming/ https://www.howtopastel.com/2024/10/susan-ellis-the-art-of-clamming/#comments Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:35:18 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=31709 Artist Susan Ellis paints the clammers of coastal Massachusetts. She shares her process and her love of painting these figures working in the mud.

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