Pastels are sticks of colour that can be either soft and chalky, or oil based. Soft pastels or chalk pastels are made with a coloured chalk or pigment. Soft pastels allow you to blend and mix the ...

Pastels come in two varieties – oil pastels and chalk pastels. Both are quick to use and easy to control. Chalk pastel are soft and can be blended with your finger or a cotton bud. Oil pastels are ...

Photoshop CC 2014 tutorial showing how to transform photos into beautiful, color pencil & pastel portrait drawings.

The French business La Maison du Pastel, founded in the 1720s, calls itself the oldest maker of pastels in the world. Margaret Zayer, a co-owner of La Maison du Pastel, at work last month in the ...