History of pastel artists
Pastel painting is arguably one of the oldest forms of painting: dry chalks were used in cave paintings and still survive today. Pastel painting is more about drawing since the pigment is in stick form. As stated, one of the reasons pastel paintings are so beautiful is the quality of the pure color and how these particles refract light. Everybody knows about oil paintings but pastel painting is a little less appreciated. Extremely labor intensive, each pastel painting is a unique work of art with considerable interpretive development over the canvas. Go and discover why pastel artist painting is now so popular.