About Pastels

[kykydiary]

Pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of a high concentration of pure powdered pigment and a low amount of binder. Thus, they are not chalks. A pastel artwork is made by letting the sticks move over an abrasive ground, leaving color on the grain of the paper, sandboard, canvas etc

Comments

[runecircle]

I loved the look of pastels, and tried it for a bit. It's just way too messy for me. Pity :(

[kykydiary]

Understand. Each medium has its good and bad points. Pastel suits me best so far.

That said, any medium is easy to learn but difficult to master.

[t_yervor]

Thanks for the sharing!

[kykydiary]

No prob :) Some of my friends/colleagues asked me what is pastel? From now on, I can refer them to this page.

[t_yervor]

ya, many wont know about pastels.
it gets even more confusing when there are chalk pastel and oil pastel.