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

Discover the delicate art of pastel drawing as this portrait brings my beloved daughter Ranna to life. Each stroke is ...

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 ...

Having defined folk music and folk rock for a generation, Bob Dylan is continuing to build his reputation as a visual artist, with a show of pastel portraits at the National Portrait Gallery. Bob ...

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 ...

My art teacher wanted me to experiment with different materials. I chose pastels and this was my first attempt to use them. I'm thrilled with this picture. There have been no comments made here yet.

Rosalba Carriera, “A Young Lady with a Parrot” (circa 1730), pastel on blue laid paper, mounted to laminated paperboard, 60 x 50 cm (Regenstein Collection ...

John Russell created pastel portraits of some of the great minds of the eighteenth century, but one of his regular models was not a person. Russell spent twenty years studying the moon, and drew some ...

Adirondack artist Diane Leifheit is spending a lot of time this year getting to know her neighbors in Saranac Lake. She's been drawing their... Jul 23, 2014 — Adirondack artist Diane Leifheit is ...

Daniel Greene’s soaring studio occupies the upper half of an old gambrel-roofed dairy barn in North Salem. Greene, who was relocating after three decades in Manhattan, recalls the first time he saw ...

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 ...