Mary Cassatt, pastel, and the art of knowing when to stop

<p>Kerri Dixon takes listeners back to the 1800s for another Meet the Masters episode, focusing on Mary Cassatt and the practical lessons her work offers modern artists. </p><p>The episode is especially useful for pastel artists, but the takeaways apply just as much to composition, mark making, and deciding where detail belongs.</p><p>Kerri explores how Cassatt balanced smooth blending with loose, visible strokes, used colored paper as part of the artwork, and made ordinary domestic scenes feel worthy of serious art. </p><p>She also connects Cassatt’s approach to wildlife and nature art, showing how historical practice can solve very current creative problems.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/KJ0xcIquAx0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">You can watch the video chat on Youtube</a></p><p><br></p>