
The Pastel Podcast is your monthly destination for everything in the vibrant world of pastel painting! Hosted by pastel artists Lisa Skelly and Kari Stober, we bring pastel fans around the globe inspiring stories, and engaging discussions with some of today's top pastel artists. Whether you're a seasoned pastel painter or just starting your artistic journey, you'll find inspiration, practical tips... more
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 14 | Founded | a year ago |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Listeners | Categories | ArtsVisual Arts | |||

What happens when a left-brain scientist retires and discovers pastel? Shirley Anderson — incoming president of the International Association of Pastel Societies — joins Kari and Lisa to share her unlikely journey from chemistry labs and AT&T boardro... more
Episode 13: Greg Barnes on Plein Air Painting, Pastel Mastery & Building a Full-Time Art Career
What does it take to walk away from a stable career and build a full-time life as a painter? Greg Barnes did exactly that after 9/11—and hasn't looked ... more
Welcome to our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY episode of The Pastel Podcast! 🎉 Today we sit down with the incredible Liz Haywood-Sullivan — New England landscape pastel artist, former president of the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS), Mast... more
In this episode of The Pastel Podcast, hosts Kari Stober and Lisa Skelly welcome rising pastel artist Clint Howard, whose rapid ascent in the pastel world is inspiring artists everywhere. Clint shares how he returned to pastel painting in 2023 after ... more
People also subscribe to these shows.





Finally a podcast devoted to pastels and the fantastic artists who create paintings in this wonderful medium. Kari and Lisa are great hosts and so knowledgeable about pastels through their own experiences. Thank you for creating this series!
This inspires me, as a new pastels, to just get out my pastels and paint! I love it!
Really interesting pastel artists with great stories and great tips
Tells how the love of pastel painting evolved in the artist life. The casual interview was well executed.
Tells how the love of pastel painting evolved in the artist life. The casual interview was well executed.
Key themes from listener reviews, highlighting what works and what could be improved about the show.
How this podcast ranks in the Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube charts.
Apple Podcasts | #150 | |
Apple Podcasts | #197 | |
Apple Podcasts | #168 | |
Apple Podcasts | #18 | |
Apple Podcasts | #237 |
Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.
Listeners, social reach, demographics and more for this podcast.
| Listeners per Episode | |
|---|---|
| Gender Skew | |
| Location | |
| Interests | |
| Professions | |
| Age Range | |
| Household Income | |
| Social Media Reach |
This show centers on pastel painting, featuring conversations with prominent pastel artists, educators, and society leaders. Episodes cover technique, career journeys, materials, studio workflows, and practical tips for plein air and studio work, often weaving in mentorship, community building, and the business side of art. Notable strengths include a practical, hands-on approach to creating with pastel, a strong emphasis on joyful practice, and a lineage of guests who shape the pastel community through teaching, collaboration, and leadership.
Rephonic provides a wide range of podcast stats for The Pastel Podcast. We scanned the web and collated all of the information that we could find in our comprehensive podcast database. See how many people listen to The Pastel Podcast and access YouTube viewership numbers, download stats, audience demographics, chart rankings, ratings, reviews and more.
Rephonic provides a full set of podcast information for three million podcasts, including the number of listeners. View further listenership figures for The Pastel Podcast, including podcast download numbers and subscriber numbers, so you can make better decisions about which podcasts to sponsor or be a guest on. You will need to upgrade your account to access this premium data.
Rephonic provides comprehensive predictive audience data for The Pastel Podcast, including gender skew, age, country, political leaning, income, professions, education level, and interests. You can access these listener demographics by upgrading your account.
To see how many followers or subscribers The Pastel Podcast has on Spotify and other platforms such as Castbox and Podcast Addict, simply upgrade your account. You'll also find viewership figures for their YouTube channel if they have one.
These podcasts share a similar audience with The Pastel Podcast:
1. Savvy Painter Podcast with Antrese Wood
2. Hidden Brain
3. Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
4. Everything Happens with Kate Bowler
5. The FASO Podcast
The Pastel Podcast launched a year ago and published 14 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
Our systems regularly scour the web to find email addresses and social media links for this podcast. We scanned the web and collated all of the contact information that we could find in our podcast database. But in the unlikely event that you can't find what you're looking for, our concierge service lets you request our research team to source better contacts for you.
Rephonic pulls ratings and reviews for The Pastel Podcast from multiple sources, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, and Podcast Addict.
View all the reviews in one place instead of visiting each platform individually and use this information to decide if a show is worth pitching or not.
Rephonic provides full transcripts for episodes of The Pastel Podcast. Search within each transcript for your keywords, whether they be topics, brands or people, and figure out if it's worth pitching as a guest or sponsor. You can even set-up alerts to get notified when your keywords are mentioned.
Recent guests on The Pastel Podcast include:
1. Liz Haywood-Sullivan
2. Brenda Boylan
3. Alan Picard
4. Karen Margulis
5. Lorenzo Chavez
6. Pamela Comfort
7. Albert Handell
8. Harley Brown
To view more recent guests and their details, simply upgrade your Rephonic account. You'll also get access to a typical guest profile to help you decide if the show is worth pitching.