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WORKSHOPS CLASSES
PASTEL &
PASTEL SOCIETY OF AMERICA CELEBRATING OUR FORTY-SIXTH YEAR
SEPTEMBER 2018 – NOVEMBER 2019
The Pastel Society of America
announces 10 new workshops and
five on-going classes by nationally
acclaimed pastel artists.
All instruction takes place in the historic
National Arts Club of New York with the
exception of Destination Workshops.
Pastel
Society of
america
The Pastel Society of America (PSA), established
by Flora B. Giffuni in 1972, is the oldest pastel society of its
kind in America. Located in the Gramercy Park neighborhood
of New York City, PSA’s home is in the National Arts Club
(NAC), a glorious historic Victorian building, once the resi-
dence of New York’s Governor Samuel Tilden.
PSA is largely responsible for the current renaissance of
pastels in American art and for supporting and directly aid-
ing the creation of other pastel societies in the United
States. Thanks to the generosity of Mrs. Giffuni, the Flora B.
Giffuni Gallery of American Pastels was established in 2004
at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio,
the only museum gallery in the United States devoted exclu-
sively to the pastel medium.
In 1989, PSA opened the doors of the School for Pastels to students wishing to learn the
versatile techniques of the pastel medium. Hundreds of artists have learned the myriad methods
of pastel painting and drawing since PSA’s school opened.
The Annual Exhibition: Enduring Brilliance, in the Grand Gallery of the National
Arts Club, is the premier event for pastel artists in this country and abroad. PSA encourages
artistic advancement by making prestigious awards, both monetary and material, available dur-
ing this exhibition.
Join the many teachers and students from all over the world who have furthered their edu-
cation in the medium they love at the PSA School for Pastels.
Additions Coming to the Educational Program 2018-19
Here are some exciting announcements for PSA special events and opportunities for artists:
• Workshop monitoring program
• Open studio use exclusively for enrolled PSA School students
• Destination Workshops
Please contact the PSA office in advance of the workshop date for your supply list: 212-533-6931 email: psaoffice@pastelsocietyofamerica.org
THE PASTEL
SOCIETY
The Pastel Society of America offers workshops instructed by world-
renowned, award-winning professional artists. Our workshops are
OF AMERICA
designed to encourage students to learn, experiment, leave their
comfort zones, and utilize the wealth of inspiration found in New
OFFERS
York City, which is full of creative resources and possibilities. Artists
at all levels are welcomed to join our pastel community to experi-
WORKSHOPS
ment, discover, hone skills, and share in artistic exchange and com-
radery. Intimate workshops are offered year-round in various genres,
styles, and techniques. Workshops are small, with a maximum of 12
to14 students, enabling instructors to give plenty of one-on-one at-
tention to each participant.
PSA offers studio workshops at the National Arts Club, New York City en plein air, as well as
drawing from professional models emphasizing the basics of drawing, composition, and color the-
ory. PSA provides you with an opportunity to take your art to the next level.
We are also seeking a monitor for each workshop. Workshop monitors receive 50 percent off
tuition.** A monitor is a responsible person who assists the instructor and other students with set
up and break down. The monitor will act as class facilitator and keep the studio clean and orderly.
If you are interested in applying for this position, please contact the office manager by email
(psaoffice@pastelsocietyofamerica.org) or in person when you register.
**Discount is applied only to the workshop the monitor has worked.
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elements of design. He notes that it is always fun
THE PROSAIC LANDSCAPE MADE POETIC
with Richard McKinley PSA-MP, HFH when an observer looks at his reference material,
September 24-26, 2018 (studio) whether he is painting on location or in the studio,
and comments about how boring it appears but
how the painting allows them to see it as beautiful.
Various techniques of pastel manipulation will be
demonstrated throughout the workshop to orches-
trate the final outcome. mckinleystudio.com
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ON COLOR! UNITY & FORM
with Casey Klahn PSA
October 13-14, 2018 (Self-guided tour at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art & studio)
This is not a how-to workshop. The emphasis of this
two-day workshop, rather, is on your own process
and personal style, but with informed and in-
Richard will show students how to take something creased knowledge of that always ephemeral ele-
mundane and make it sublime by orchestrating the ment: color, now with Casey’s additional focus on
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This one day workshop will help the student take
the fear out of his artistic process. Starting with
your own “failed” painting, you will explore the
world of opportunities opened up to you when you
are not afraid to “mess it up.” Anna will explain
how she was able to try new colors, or new ex-
pressive marks, or a whole new painting, by taking
the remnants of an attempt to paint something
else and letting her creative spirit take over.
ajwainright.com
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PASTEL PORTRAITS FROM LIFE IN THE
CLASSICAL REALIST TRADITION
with Carol Peebles PSA
October 27-28, 2018 (studio with model)
unity and form. Abstract exercises, as well as work
from floral arrangements, and using your own
painting style as a scaffold will help you discover
your authentic and original voice with color.
Grounded in both Classic and Modernist tradi-
tions, the point is to continue your conversation
with visual art and be present in the here and
now. A self-guided tour of Modernist works at the
Met will be emailed to students before the class,
which you can go to view prior to the workshop.
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EMERGING FROM THE DUST OF
FAILED PAINTINGS
with Anna Wainright PSA-MP
October 20, 2018 (studio)
The workshop will be about developing a strong
foundation in drawing, with exact likeness to
the model, before layered pastel painting is ap-
plied. Carol will demo a grisaille with a founda-
tion in traditional classical realist techniques.
The emphasis is on observational drawing from
life, which can be applied to any medium, but
then Carol will continue with specifics on pastel
painting.
The first day will start with a short lecture
before a demo until lunch. A critique will end the
day. The second day will start right off with the
model and end with a final critique.
Please contact the PSA office in advance of the workshop date for your supply list: 212-533-6931 email: psaoffice@pastelsocietyofamerica.org
PSA
DESTINATION
WORKSHOP
IN THE HUDSON RIVER
VALLEY
with Sally Strand PSA-MP, HFH
July 21-27, 2019
The Pastel Society of America and Hudson River
Valley Art Workshops are jointly offering a special
destination workshop, with Sally Strand. This is a
combination of Sally's signature workshop, The
Color of Light, along with her Paint-With-Me and
Mentoring Workshop. Focused on color and light,
Sally discusses optical mixing of layered color and
how to truly see and identify color, especially sub-
tle color. Join Sally to paint light and the Hudson
River Valley, the birthplace of American Art.
Reserve your spot now!
artworkshops.com. sallystrand.com
ajwainright.com
Model fee $50. Please note; the fee will be reduced according softer, amorphic shapes of nature. This workshop
to the number of additional students that enroll. will explore how to place architecture in a natural
CarolPeebles.com. BlueEaselClub.com setting, draping tree shadows over a building, and
how to use cropping and composition to create in-
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teresting paintings that include both nature and
buildings. Perspective will be addressed but is not
ARCHITECTURE IN THE LANDSCAPE
with Liz Haywood-Sullivan PSA-MP the focus of this workshop.
January 18-20, 2019 (studio) lizhaywoodsullivan.com
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SMALL BUT MIGHTY: THE POWER OF THE COLOR
STUDY IN PASTEL LANDSCAPE PAINTING
with Jacob Aguiar PSA
March 29-31, 2019 (studio)
Jacob will guide you through his process of creat-
ing pastel landscape paintings in the studio, all the
while maintaining a loose, fresh look. The focus is
on the foundations of successful representational
There is something fascinating about the combina- art, including composition, values, color, and draw-
tion of the hard edges of architecture against the ing. The group will concentrate on creating several
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basic tenets of creating strong works through com-
position, value, movement, color, texture, chiaroscuro
(light/shadow), and focus/center of interest/
lost/found edges. Define the message by concentrat-
ing on the feeling one wants to portray. Materials
include a variety of pastels and papers to be given
out. Demos and handouts. Positive critique on the
last afternoon. Individual attention.
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small color studies that will inform and enhance
WINDOWS TO ABSTRACTION
future paintings. These studies allow one to find
with Marcia Holmes PSA-MP
a painting palette, as well as to develop a unique April 13 & 14, 2019 (studio)
mark-making vocabulary. Each day includes at
least one demo, followed by ample time for stu-
dents to paint at their easels with assistance from
Jacob. If you are interested in learning in a sup-
portive but challenging environment, this is the
workshop for you!
jacobaguiar.com
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ATMOSPHERIC INTERIORS IN PASTEL
with Sandra Burshell PSA-MP
April 5-7, 2019 (studio)
Discover a new direction for your art! Marcia will
introduce you to multiple approaches to creating
abstract pastels starting from both nonobjective
and representational sources. She will demonstrate
her multimedia underpainting techniques, which is
how she maintains looseness. Give yourself per-
mission to play, break the rules, take some risks,
“see” abstractly, and create expressive, intuitive
art! Marcia will help you (with plenty of individual
attention) transform your representational photo
inspiration from a three-value study app founda-
tion to your own abstract expressive or impression-
ist pastel. Multimedia ink, gouache, watercolor and
thinned oil paint will be used as underpainting, fin-
ishing with pastel.
Capture the light of interiors while drawing from set- marciaholmes.com
up interiors. Techniques include quick tonal value
sketching, toning of pastel paper, and use of com-
plementary colors for color vibration. Discuss the
Please contact the PSA office in advance of the workshop date for your supply list: 212-533-6931 email: psaoffice@pastelsocietyofamerica.org
Learn simple practices to unleash vibrant color in
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this one-day workshop. Pastels are a medium that
PUSHING THE CREATIVE LIMITS OF PASTEL begs to be “played with” and Gigi will demon-
with Richard McKinley PSA-MP, HFH strate how to energize your color expression. The
September 23-25, 2019 (studio)
day will include demos, hands-on applications,
and implementation of skills to feel more confi-
dent using color. Quick studies will help you dis-
cover a more compelling visual statement. The
workshop is geared toward the individual artist’s
ability and goals.
gigiliverant.com
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PANPASTELS: THE PASTELIST’S SECRET WEAPON
with Karen Israel PSA-MP
October 20, 2019 (studio)
As a fine art medium, pastel has few limitations.
Through daily demonstrations, individual attention,
and classroom discussions, Richard will show how
various techniques can expand pastels’ potential
for personal expression. Numerous wet and dry
procedures, as well as surface choices, will be ap-
plied to landscape/cityscape reference materials.
Students are encouraged to work outside their
comfort zone as they explore these creative possi-
bilities. Richard has a wealth of information to Looking for a way to loosen up and soften edges on
share and is a dedicated instructor. He is tireless in your pastel painting? Join the fun in this one-day
this pursuit and his intensity, focus, and enthusiasm workshop to learn how PanPastels can be used in
are legendary. conjunction with traditional pastel to create softer
mckinleystudio.com edges and a more painterly approach. Professional
artist/educator Karen Israel will demonstrate the
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array of techniques that can be achieved with this
exciting medium. Students will learn how to create
GOOD VIBRATION: an underpainting or an entire painting with PanPas-
EXPANDING YOUR COLOR EXPRESSION tel using their own photo references. Students will
with Gigi Horr Liverant PSA-MP,
October 19, 2019 (studio) also learn how to mix colors to establish value and
temperature relationships using sponges and appli-
cators. All levels are welcome. PanPastel palettes,
sponges, and applicators will be provided for use
during the workshop.
artbykarenisrael.com
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FINDING THE SOUL OF THE LANDSCAPE CAPTURED, REFERENCES RE-IMAGINED
with Lyn Asselta PSA-MP with Bethany Fields PSA
October 25-27, 2019 (studio) November 8-10, 2019 (studio)
Let’s face it, as artists, sometimes we just “plein”
can’t paint! Falling back on photo references is
sometimes a necessity when weather, location, or
physical limitations get in the way of our idyllic plein
air dreams. So how do we create evocative, glorious
paintings when our photographs lack luster, depth,
and emotion? In this three-day workshop, students
The relationship between nature and the artist
is as old as time. Viewing nature as the inspira-
tion for novelists, poets, composers, and
painters, we will explore the why’s of painting
an expressive landscape and will work with
ways to delve deeper into the soul of our land-
scape paintings. When we know why we paint
and how our own soul connects to the process, will learn to take their boring photos and create new
we are able to create more intuitive, emotional compositions that pop with light, color, and feeling.
paintings, and the questions of composition, for- We will layer, crop, and combine references to create
mat, and color become easier to answer. Join new source imagery. Pastel techniques will focus on
Lyn, and help each other discover a more mean- experimental underpainting, embroidering our paint-
ingful and personal approach to painting the ings with color, and methods to bring light into our
Landscape. landscapes. Bethany will demonstrate daily, along
lynasselta.com with giving plenty of personal attention at each easel
and ample time to paint.
bethanyfields.com bethanyfieldsblog.com
PSA Workshop School Payment & Refund Policy
1. For all workshops, full payment is required at the time of registration to reserve your place. This is the only method to reserve
a place in a workshop. If a workshop is full, there will be a wait list with admission based on first come, first served.
2.If you cancel your workshop 35 days prior to the workshop, we will refund the full workshop fee
3.If you cancel your reservation 34 days or fewer prior to the workshop, there is no refund unless we are able to fill the slot from a
wait list. If this happens, your fee will be returned minus a $50 handling charge.
4. Cancellation notice to PSA is by email, fax, or phone during work hours only. PSA starts counting from PSA’s receipt of the notice
of cancellation during office hours. Office hours are posted on the website and on the office voice mail.
5. There are no exceptions to this policy.
Please contact the PSA office in advance of the workshop date for your supply list: 212-533-6931 email: psaoffice@pastelsocietyofamerica.org
Register Now for 2018-2019 Workshops!
FEES for 2017-2018 workshops: one-day workshops $125; two-day workshops $275;
three-day workshops $475.
FALL 2018 WINTER/SPR ING 2019 FALL 2019
uSept. 24-26 The Prosaic Landscape Made Poetic uApril 13-14 Windows to Abstraction
uOct 13-14 uJuly 21-27
Richard McKinley PSA-MP, HFH Marcia Holmes PSA-MP
On Color! Unity & Form PSA Destination Workshop
uOct 20
Casey Klahn PSA in the Hudson River Valley
uSept. 23-25
Sally Strand PSA-MP, HFH
Emerging from the Dust of Failed
Paintings Pushing the Creative Limits of Pastel
uOct. 27-28 uOct. 19
Anna Wainright PSA-MP Richard McKinley PSA-MP, HFH
Pastel Portraits from Life in the Good Vibration
Classical Realist Tradition Expanding Your Color Expression
uJan. 18-20 uOct. 20
Carol Pebbles PSA Gigi Horr-Liverant PSA-MPH
Architecture in the Landscape Panpastels:
uMar. 29-31
Liz Haywood-Sullivan PSA-MP The Pastelist’s Secret Weapon
uOct. 25-27
Karen Israel PSA-MP
Small but Mighty: The Power of the
Color Study in Pastel Landscape Painting Finding the Soul of the Landscape
uApril 5-7 uNov. 8-10
Jacob Aguiar PSA Lyn Asselta PSA-MP
Atmospheric Interiors in Pastel Captured, References Re-imagined
Sandra Burshell PSA-MP Bethany Fields PSA
PASTEL WORKSHOPS 2018-2019
Registration Form (Please Print)
Name________________________________________________________________________________
Address______________________________________________________________________________
City_________________________________________State_______________Zip___________________
Telephone
(Day)_______________________________________(Eve)______________________________________
email:_______________________________________________
Date of workshops you wish to attend:__________________________ _________________________
_________________________ _________________________
Amount enclosed ___________ (To register, a check for the full amount of each workshop must accompany this form.)
Please make checks payable to: PASTEL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003
PSA now accepts credit cards. Please call the office for details.
THE PASTEL
SOCIETY
Pastel Society
of America offers
OF AMERICA
on-going, year-
OFFERS
round classes in
landscape, still life,
CLASSES
and portraiture
and figure at the
PSA School for
Pastels in our stu-
dio at the National Arts Club (NAC) in New York
City. Classes are small—a maximum of 12 stu-
dents—enabling instructors to develop a one-
on-one rapport with each participant. The
hands-on classes are taught by professional
artists and personalized for each student wher-
ever they are in their artistic practice. The cur-
riculum of each class emphasizes the basics of
drawing, composition, and color theory and an
open aesthetic exchange among students. Stu-
dents have the opportunity to exhibit their se-
lected work annually in the Trask Gallery at the
NAC. A professional artist serves as awards juror.
Scholarships are given as an honor of achieve-
ment.
PSA School offers students enrolled in a six-
week session the option of using the studio dur-
ing office hours, when the studio is otherwise
unreserved. The price for a six-week session,
which must be completed in eight weeks, will be
$160. Single classes are $40.
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PASTEL CLASSES
Diana DeSantis PSA-MP
PORTRAITURE, LANDSCAPE, STILL LIFE
Wednesdays, 9 am to 12 pm
Capture the inner thoughts of a person, an ex-
citing shard of light on an early morning land-
scape, or the sparkle of a focal point in a still
life. Diana DeSantis, an international award
winning pastelist and oil painter will teach land-
scape, still life, and portraiture in rotating seg-
ments of six classes each, using a sanded
surface to attain a beautiful, luminous painting.
All levels welcomed.
dianapastel@gmail.com
Janet A. Cook PSA
INTRODUCTION TO PASTEL STILL LIFE
AND LANDSCAPE
Tuesdays, 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm
Master the medium of pastel. This class will intro-
duce you to the essential information needed to
draw and paint still life and landscape using pas-
tels. Demonstrations and individual instruction
will be given. Topics covered include fundamen-
tals of pastel, drawing, underpainting, light and
shadow, composition, color theory, and basic per-
spective. Janet Cook is an award-winning pastel
and oil painter who regularly exhibits her paint-
ings in New York City galleries and museums.
janetacook.com
Please
Please
contact
contact
the PSA
the PSA
officeoffice
in advance
in advance
of the
of workshop
the workshop
datedate
for your
for your
supply
supply
list: list:
212-533-6931
212-533-6931
email:
email:
psaoffice@pastelsocietyofamerica.org
psaoffice@pastelsocietyofamerica.orgWennie Huang PSA
FLOWERS, FACES AND FABRICS
Wednesdays, 1 pm to 4 pm
Explore a variety of approaches in pastel with
emphasis on structure, stroke and pressure in
limited palettes applied in layers to create deli-
cate, luminous and nuanced compositions. Wen-
nie Huang, an award-winning artist who has
taught pastel in New York City for over ten years,
will provide weekly demonstrations and individ-
ual guidance as the focus for each six-week seg-
ment shifts from floral studies, to faces and
portraiture from a live model, to fabric and drap-
ery arrangements, revealing the effects of light
and shadow on varied surfaces.
wenniehuang.com
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Simon Levenson
INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING
Maceo Mitchell PSA-MP FOR PASTEL
COLOR & COMPOSITION Thursdays, 6 pm-9 pm
Thursdays, 1 pm-4 pm Students will improve their skills in the founda-
In this class, the award-winning instructor will tion techniques that underlie all representa-
cover the basics: how to use color to achieve har- tional drawing. Starting with monochrome
monious effects and the use of the color wheel. (single color) drawings, students will focus on
There will be an emphasis on organizing the ele- proportion, value, and composition. Color theory
ments that make for a good composition. Along with then be introduced in a clear and under-
with improving their drawing, the students will be standable way to improve on their single color
encouraged to use their imaginations to develop drawings. Finally, students will focus on different
their own style. techniques specific to pastel, including render-
maceoartsl.com ing different materials with this very special
medium.
simonlevenson.com
Please contact the PSA office in advance of the workshop date for your supply list: 212-533-6931 email: psaoffice@pastelsocietyofamerica.orgRegister Now for Classes!
FEES: Six-week session $160; single class $40.
Intimate classes with one-on-one instruction. Classes ongoing year round.
Day Time Genre Instructor
Tuesdays 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm Intro to Pastel Still Life & Landscape Janet A. Cook PSA
Wednesdays 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Portraiture, Landscape, Still Life Diana De Santis PSA-MP, HFH
Wednesdays 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Flowers, Faces and Fabrics Wennie Huang PSA
Thursdays 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Color & Composition Maceo Mitchell PSA-MP
Thursdays 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm Introduction to Drawing for Pastel Simon Levenson
PAStEL CLASSES—ONGOING YEAR ROUND
Registration Form (Please Print)
Name________________________________________________________________________________
Address______________________________________________________________________________
City_________________________________________State_______________Zip___________________
Telephone
(Day)_______________________________________(Eve)______________________________________
Email:_______________________________________________
Classes you wish to attend:___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
Amount enclosed ___________ (To register, a check for the full amount of each class must accompany this form.)
Please make checks payable to: PASTEL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003
Pastel
PSA now accepts MasterCard, Visa, Discover Card, and PayPal in payment for your dues and for a class
or workshop. Please call the office for details.
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Page 15WRITTEN CRITIQUE SERVICES
The Pastel Society of America’s ex- Artists interested in this service may
panded critique services better serves the send a CD or flash-drive with three in-
needs of member and non-member focus jpg images to the PSA office.
artists. We have four PSA-Master Each image should be photographed or
Pastelists with expertise in different scanned without frames or matting as a
genres, one of which may be particularly 72 dpi, 1200 pixels or more
relevant to the artist, available to consult. on the longest side file. Include, if you
Critique Services is now open to non- can, no more than three additional
members as well as members — $65 for images of source materials, such as
non-members, $50 for members. Artists a photo references or drawings that
will receive a 350 word or more evalua- relate to the submitted art work. For ad-
tion of their paintings, focusing on draw- ditional information please visit the web-
ing, color, value, technique, and site at www.pastelsocietyofamerica.org
composition, all aimed at expanding or email us at psaoffice@pastelsociety-
artistic options and producing paintings ofamerica.org or contact the PSA office
of high competitive quality. at (212) 533-6931.
Elaine Augustine PSA-MP, Robert Carsten PSA MP, Nancie King Mertz PSA MP, Daggi Wallace PSA MP,
is nationally known for her is an award winning workshop received a BFA from the Univer- specializes in contemporary
vitality of color, strength of instructor, exhibition juror, sity of Illinois, Urbana. Her plein portraits and realism. A native
composition, and versatility of and contributing author to The air pastels earned her a 2015 of Berlin, she now lives in Los
subject matter. She paints Pastel Journal and The Artist’s cover of The Pastel Journal and Angeles. Her pastels create a
award-winning colorful land- Magazine. Trained at the Rhode a growing national reputation narrative using strong composi-
scape, vibrant still life, and Island School of Design, Robert for urban scenes, interiors with tion and lighting to provoke
energized abstract paintings. is a master of a broad range figures, and scenic landscapes. emotions and social
elaineaugustine.com of creative techniques and nanciekingmertz.com consciousness.
subjects. daggistudio.com
robertcarsten.com
Pastel
Front cover, Windowsill by the Sea by Sally Strand
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