Congratulations to the 2023 Make Your Mark! Award Winners! See all the show entries at Online Juried Shows   2nd Place Spring Evening Sergei Oussik 3rd Place At The Summit Natalie Richards 4th Place In The Clear Gareth Jones Honorable Mention Here Comes The Sun Mike Ishikawa Honorable Mention Dark Fabio Cuffari Honorable Mention Whirlwind Elena Degenhardt Honorable Mention On The Brink John Sherry Member's Award At The Summit Natalie Richards ..read more

Nancy Veits, PSSC Member,  Destination: Art Gallery Artist and member of the Docent Guild, has debuted her One-Woman Show at the Destination Art Lounge. Her exhibition of more than 30 works showcases her art journey through multiple phases of art exploration and art mediums.   You and your friends are invited to Nancy’s Reception to be held Sunday, June 11, 1 to 4 pm.  You can also experience her One Woman Show in person Thursdays through Saturdays 11 am to 4 pm.    Destination: Art 1815 W 213th St., #135 Torrance, CA 90501 310-742-3192 LocalArtists@destina ..read more

Congratulations to the 2023 Members' Show Award Winners! See all the show entries at Online Juried Shows   Thank you to Susan Kuznitsky, our Special Invited Juror, who selected the works accepted into our show this year! And to Patricia Prescott Sueme, who was our Distinguished Awards Judge!    Some words from Patricia Prescott Sueme: "I worked hard to take my bias toward landscape out of the equation. A piece may strike me for a number of reasons... (Here are some, from my memory of what I chose on Sunday).   Mark Making. Such as in the large landscape near the back ..read more

Capturing Light Alain Picard Soft Pastel Cost: $425.00 Workshop Intermediate May 4–6, 2023 Meets daily 9:30 AM–4:30 PM Lunch 12:30 - 1:30pm   Join Alain Picard, an award-winning landscape, portrait, and figurative painter, at Destination: Art for a 3-Day workshop! The true subject of this three-day workshop is light. You will study the way light reveals form, color, and emotion by focusing each day on a unique subject.   For more information and to register go to Destination: Art, Alain Picard Workshop. About the InstructorAlain J. Picard is an award-winning artis ..read more

The very talented artist  and instructor Aaron Schuerr will be teaching two plein air workshops in California this year. On in Laguna Beach on April 26 - 28 and in Carmel June 9-11. Don't miss the opportunity to sign up for one of these workshop offered here on our own West Coast. For more information and  to register go to www.aaronschuerr.com/workshops   ..read more

Multi-talented PSSC Member, Mike Ishikawa shared some of his sketches with us. They are from a day spent with a small group sketching at Malaga Cove last December. Enjoy!                 ..read more

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  When   11/19/2022 - 11/20/2022 Reception: 11:00 am -5:00 pm Where Mancuso Fine Art Studio 1116 Faysmith Ave, Torrance, California 90503 Visit Website 13109952809   ..read more

I attended the paint-out on Saturday June 11, at Lunada Bay in Palos Verdes. Thank you Bernard Fallon, for organizing and setting the location. I'm sorry to say that the turnout was dismal, only 4 of us attended. The weather was kind of cloudy and overcast, but the light was wonderful. Painting plein air is a wonderful experience and the exciting part of painting on site, is that you have to paint what is presented before you at the location. In other words, you have to make the best of what is presented. You get to paint, sometimes nice bright sun sunny day, or like on Saturday, a nice overc ..read more

Daniel Gonzalez gave an excellent demonstration to the assembled PSSC members at the 14 May General Meeting.  He talked about his development as an artist, and demonstrated how to group values in painting, using the Procreate app on his computer ..read more