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Award Winners Photographs Courtesy Mark Sepple

22nd January 2026

Award Winner photographs Courtesy Mark Sepple

Mark Cazalet, Senior Member of Faculty at the Royal Drawing School Opens the Exhibition

Pastel Society President Richard Rees

Pastel Society Catalogue Award | Second Prize
Winner: Mary Ruggeri

Pastel Society Prize
Pastel drawing
£1,000 for the best work by a member, selected by the Pastel Society Council.

Winner: Benjamin Hope NEAC PS ROI RP RSMA

Frank Herring Award
Winner: Caroline Matthews, High Summer 5

Caran d’Ache Prize
An autumnal woodland.
£1,000 for the best work in the exhibition as selected by Caran d’Ache.

Winner: Sheila Goodman PS

The President’s Prize
£500 for the best work by an artist aged 35 or under.

Winner: Miles Elliott

The Bob Last Prize
Winner: Justine Lois Thorpe

Painters Online Award
Winner: Stella Downing PS

The Daler-Rowney Prize (for a non-member)
Winner: Manny Woodard

Caran d’Ache Product Prize
Winner: Lynn Howarth

The Daler-Rowney Prize (for a member)
Winner: Simon Klein PS

Henri Roche Award
Winner: Patrick Will Baker

Pastel Society Catalogue Award | First Prize Winner: Alex Ayliffe

Unison Member Award
Winner: Fiona Carvell PS

Unison Non-member Award
Winner: Barbara Henkes

Pith Sketchbook Award
Winner: Tanya Avchinnikova PS