Art lovers witnessed a visual arts session on ‘Oil Pastel Work on Paper’ by artist Tirthankar Biswas from Delhi. This was organised by Jawahar Kala Kendra’s ongoing ‘Online Learning – Children’s ...

Kathy Davis is an artist living in Sykesville. When she was in sixth grade, she recalled being bored in class and doodling on her white sneakers. She got in trouble for that. Davis was not encouraged ...

When Desiree Sterbini was in ninth grade, she had to do a class presentation, and as a shy teenager, she was petrified. Something a teacher said helped her push past ...

Pastel is a paradoxical medium. It is the most fragile of materials—essentially dust rubbed on a surface (usually paper). It is easily disturbed and impossible to fix without altering its character.

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 ...

It has been almost 30 years since the National Gallery of Ireland staged a dedicated pastel exhibition. One reason is because works in pastel have to be shown sparingly, to prevent their bright ...

Halla El Shafe is recognised by the International Pastel Journal in 2016 as one of the top 10 pastel artists worldwide To talk of colours as an emotional force is arguably to talk of pastel. The ...