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Looking for something in particular?
In order to serve our members better we have compiled a list of useful links.
Click on the link and a window will open displaying the web site.

If you know of any stores, suppliers, magazines, museums or even good spots for painting please email us at: cpsinfo@ctpastelsociety.com With your continual input we can make this web site a valuable resource for all of us.

Other Art Organizations
Regional Art Organizations & Societies

Kent Art Association
On hwy 7 in downtown Kent, CT, just south of the junction at hwy 341.

Artshow.com
View original art for sale directly from the artist

Scanart
The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown, Inc. (SCAN)

Housatonic Valley Art League
centered in southern Berkshire County, Massachusetts
(formerly the Sheffield Art League)

Miscellaneous Opportunities

St. Francis Hospital's Integrative Medicine Department Art Gallery, Hartford, CT, is looking for artists who would like to put their works into this small but new gallery. We will be hanging six shows per year and there is a possibility of expansion into other areas of the hospital. We are looking for artists to hang their works on these dates: July 1 through Aug 30th, September 1 through October 31st, November 1 through December 30th of 2010. Presently each show would consist of 15 - 20 pieces of art depending upon the size of the art. For more information, please email Susan Rosano, Gallery Manager at ctexpressivearts@aol.com.

Pastel Makers
Diane Townsend Artists' Pastels
Diane Townsend Artists' Pastels are made from the purist pigments available. They are beautifully shaped and molded by hand with absolute quality control observed for each pastel. Our goal is to express the character and texture of each pigment. The pastels are not mixed with any type of chalk, filler or cheaper pigment which can compromise the richness, brightness and density of a color. Every color, every pastel is unique; it reveals the particular hue and luminosity of pigment.

www.townsendpastels.com
Mount Vision Pastel Company
Handmade Pastels

email: handmadepastels@yahoo.com

Terry Ludwig
"Described as "buttery" and "velvet" by the Pastel Journal, these pastels surpass the spectrum of color previously available to artists".

www.TerryLudwig.com
Pastels Girault
French pastels since 1780

CPS members: get EXTRA PASTELS AND FREE SHIPPING when ordering directly from the website:

www.pasteletc.com
Suppliers
Airfloat Boxes - ship your pastels safely; special sale Oct 11-17, 2009Info on Airfloat

Jerry's Artarama - art supplies in West Hartford

Dick Blick

Dakota Art Pastels

Pastels Girault at pasteletc.comPastels Girault

Daylight Company lightingDaylight Company

Art Supply Warehouse

Art Supplies Online

Cheap Joe's Art Supplies

Utrecht Art Supplies

Art-Boards™ - wooden art panels Info on Art Boards

Framing by Carol Matyia-Ross

Quincy shop

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Art Boards



Art Boards - makers of wooden art panels that are made cradled and uncradled in Natural Maple or Natural Fiber. All Panels have hanging slots on the backs and hang on a single screw or nail without the need for framing. Art Boards Archival Mounting Panels are designed to allow the artist to mount their own paper or canvas or finished art. The 3/8” panels are pre-glued with a reversible archival adhesive. The mounting panels are excellent for mounting blank paper for pastels, drawing, or printmaking, and for mounting finished art work and mounting canvas for painting. These mounting panels are also made extremely light in weight for plein air painters.

Contact Patrick Mackin
email: artboard@earthlink.net
web site: www.art-boards.com


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Jerry's Artarama



Jerry's Artarama blurb.

web site: www.jerrysartsupplies.com


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Pastels Girault



Handmade soft pastels since 1780. 300 colors currently produced. CPS members get EXTRA PASTELS and FREE SHIPPING when ordering directly from the website (below).

web site: www.pasteletc.com


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Airfloat Boxes



Airfloat for shipping your artwork safely:

During the week of October 11 through October 17, 2009, any order received online with the word "special" typed into the comment section of the order form will receive an extra 15% discount. Please note that our Masterpack case prices are in effect once again and will receive the extra 10% discount for any case orders. Also, another very important note is we have recently negotiated much better LTL freight pricing. This allows us to ship orders through common carrier for a little more than 1/2 of what LTL freight charges have been the past 18 months. LTL freight begins to make sense on any orders in excess of 100lbs.

web site: www.airfloatsys.com


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The Daylight Company



Daylight is a leading manufacturer of floorstanding and table top lamps for artists and craftspeople. They produce a wide variety of lamp styles (tripod, goosneck, clamp, etc.) and feature hign-quality, long-lasting, energy-saving bulbs such as the "Naturalight": Naturalight™ lamps last up to 10 times longer than ordinary bulbs and in addition produce a full spectrum light that reduces glare and eye-strain making painting and close-up tasks like detail and general inspection work easier.

web site: www.daylightcompany.com


Publications: Books, Magazines, etc.

Artshow.com Books on Pastels

In Pastels Made Easy, award-winning artist and instructor Anne Heywood CPS, shows beginners everything they need to know about working with pastels. Best of all, no knowledge is ever assumed!

Pastels Made Easy
by Anne Heywood
ISBN: 0-8230-3908-0
Watson-Guptill
Book (Paperback)
$24.95
8 1/2 x 10 1/2
144 pages
200 color illustrations
May 2003

Order through Amazon.com

Book by Jason Alster MSc
Center For Biofeedback, Learning Strategies, and Peak Performance

Creative Painting For The Young Artist: A self help support book for the young person who wants to choose art as a subject or the youngster who thinks art is not for him. This book shows the steps one needs to be a creative artist early on. It includes how to get over the fear of failure, develop an artist statement, how to choose a subject to paint, develop an artist's mode of seeing, develop a composition, relaxation exercises for the young artist, art self critique and self promotion. The book also includes oil and pastel paintings by the author, his students, and grandfather. The book is also of value to art teachers and art therapists.

Available on amazon.com


and at http://jasonalster.googlepages.com/home

• The magazine for pastel artists is The Pastel Journal


Cross hatched pastels