Evening at the Waterfront in Burlington, Vermont

PASTEL PAINTINGS OF THE VERMONT LANDSCAPE

“Vermont is a great place for a landscape artist to live and pastels are the perfect medium to paint it. I take advantage of both.” . . . Phil Laughlin

The landscape paintings on this site are a great example of the use of pastels as a painting medium, an idea that has gained wide acceptance in recent years. Their use is no longer limited to preparatory sketches or constrained to a soft overly refined style. Pastel sticks use the same archival coloring agents as other painting mediums and when handled well, produce robust works that can hang confidently beside such traditional mediums as oils and watercolors.

See the stages of a pastel painting of a rural New England town

In this landscape painting demonstration follow the development of 'Small Town Side Street' from photo to sketch to finished pastel painting. It captures the look of a sunny quiet side street and includes comments by the artist.

Artist affiliations

Phil Laughlin is a Signature Member of America's oldest and most prestigious pastel society the Pastel Society of America. He exhibits regularly at the Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffesonville and is listed in Vermont's most comprehensive art directory by the Vermont Arts Council. His work extends into the graphic arts where he works as a technical illustrator .

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