Understanding control and layering is what truly unlocks the potential of soft pastels in portrait drawing, and this artwork ...

The Swiss artist Nicolas Party is both the subject and curator of Pastel, an extraordinary exhibition examining the under-appreciated, fugitive medium and its history. Artists make the best curators.

Daisy Craddock, “Willow By Water (2nd)” (1995), oil pastel on paper, 11 x 15.5 inches (photo courtesy of the artist and John Davis Gallery) If a dollop of paint or a chunk of stone could talk, might ...

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 ...

Artwork by J. Howard in the new Nave Museum exhibit. The Nave Museum’s newest exhibit is “Visual Expressions: Seeing Things Beyond the Eyes and Into the Heart,” featuring works of art by Alvin artist ...

Aron Kapembeza from Dallas, Texas sold unique sculptures made from south African stones during the Art in the Park on Saturday in Highland. Brian Biamontes from St. Charles, Missouri uses 3-D glasses ...

French impressionist Edgar Degas’s Danseuse rose and Femme sortant du bain, representing the artist’s two favorite themes, dancers at rest and women bathing, will be offered at Christie’s 20th and ...

Each week, Mansion Global tackles a topic with an elite group of designers from around the world who work on luxury properties. This week, we look at how to embrace pastel colors within your home.