Painting of the Month

Nocturne in Turquoise and Indigo

Winner, President’s Award at the 2023 Northwest Pastel Society Exhibition (Casey Klahn juror)

Other small pastels can be found on my pastels page.

At a demonstration In Italy at Castello di Petroia in 2023. Yes, it was as splendorous as it appears!

Mitchell Albala is an award-winning landscape painter, workshop instructor, and author. His semi-abstract and atmospheric landscapes have been exhibited nationally and are represented in corporate and private collections. He is the author of two best-selling books on landscape painting: Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice (Watson-Guptill, 2009), with over 60,000 copies in print; and The Landscape Painter's Workbook: Essential Studies in Shape, Composition, and Color (Rockport Publishers, 2022), which is currently the #1 selling book on landscape in the nation. Mitchell leads plein air workshops in Italy and teaches workshops throughout the Pacific Northwest. He is also a mentor with the online mentoring community Mastrius. He has lectured on Impressionism and landscape painting at the Seattle Art Museum and has written for International Artist and Artists & Illustrators magazines. Mitchell also hosts a popular painting blog, which is among feedspot.com's "Top 100 Painting Blogs for Artists." He is a Signature member of the Pastel Society of America.