Posts by Pénélope

Painting en plein-air; Covid year

Last year was a strange one, with exhibitions and teaching cancelled. Sometimes it was hard to find the motivation to...

Portes Ouverte

I am excited about opening my studio on sunday 11th as part of the initiative; ‘ateliers d’artistes d’Occitainie’. The house...

Art du Pastel en France

Demonstration portrait in pastel

I made this video for students who are interested in pastel portrait technique. We are still in confinement so I...

Still life pastel demonstration

Collection Penelope Milner Girault Pastels.

Doing some on line teaching during the confinement, I realised that it would be easier to work with students if...

still life in the garden

Still life in the garden. Pastel demonstration

Going nowhere

Going nowhere

This is one of my latest pastel works and seems particularly appropriate during this period of confinement. I had this...

Pastel 100

Pastel 100

Winners of the 21st Annual Pastel 100 Competition. Many thanks to the expert category jurors who picked out my pastel...

Four day pastel workshop in France

Four day pastel workshop in France

Capturing light in pastels. A four day pastel workshop in France with the prize winning artist and experienced teacher Penelope...