NEW YORK — No major artistic medium enjoyed so fast a rise into almost universal acceptance as painting in pastels, which are something of a cross between chalk and pure powdered pigments — pastels ...

Joseph Cotes, “Portrait of Joseph and his Brother John Gulston” (1754), pastel on blue paper, mounted on canvas (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) LOS ANGELES — ...

Case Antiques describes the piece as “pastel on wove paper bust-length portrait of a bearded man with vibrant blue eyes and piercing stare.” “The penetrating stare and psychological intensity of this ...

Ninety pastel landscapes, still lifes and portraits will fill Weems Gallery, Friday, Nov. 1, through Nov. 23. The Pastel Society of New Mexico’s All Members’ Art Show has landed in Albuquerque in time ...

“Nicolas Party: Pastel” at The FLAG Art Foundation, installation view: Rosalba Carriera, “Portrait of a Lady at Three-Quarter Length” ( n.d.), pastel on paper, 22 x 17 1⁄4 inches, Collection of ...

Art historians studying a painting by Pablo Picasso have uncovered the mysterious portrait of a woman, hidden beneath its surface. The portrait of the woman was lost when Picasso painted over it, ...

Party’s current exhibition is his first solo in this city since 2012 and an experimental one, combining his whimsical pastel paintings of voluptuous forms and psychedelic perspectives with pastel ...

The magic of soft pastels as we bring twin girls to life in this detailed drawing tutorial. Experience step-by-step ...

This is the long, complicated follow-up story to an earlier complicated story about a beautifully preserved, circa 1845, pastel drawing of two gentlemen that was purchased last year by The Historic ...

A portrait of Cecile Black Boy titled "Kills Instead" is a part of the “Connections – the Blackfeet and Winold Reiss” exhibit at the Museum of the Plains Indian in Browning. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Through a miscommunication about wearing a red jacket, Richard Wilson knew it was ...

Explore the delicate art of soft pastels in this heartwarming portrait of a cute little girl. Every stroke is designed to ...