"Lifestyle of Chickens" by Donna Shortt, an Indianapolis artist who will be featured in the Southside Art League's newest exhibition, "Passionate About Pastel." The show will run through Sept. 30.

Pastels—part crayon, part colored pencil, part paint—are not only a great artistic favorite for their intuitive ease of use, but also for their gorgeous look. Even if you’re not an artist, you’re ...

“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 ...

Fifth Street in downtown Loveland was abuzz Saturday morning as artists dialed into the creative process, hovering over squares of concrete with pastels, rags and water sprayers scattered about as ...

The Tahoe Art League will welcome Irene Lester, pastelist, as the speaker/demonstrator for the Wednesday meeting. The league will meet from 7 to 9 pm. at the South Lake Tahoe Senior Center, 3050 Lake ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Behind an old wooden counter in a shop in Paris’s Le Marais district, a woman in a light-blue shirt stretches ...

A private museum aimed at advocating pastel paintings will open to the public for free in Suzhou, Jiangsu province starting Jan 9. The Ming Art Museum, coving an area of around 1,000 square meters, ...

The medium of oil pastel empowers artists to create stunning and vivid art using a range of techniques. However, the choice of paper is crucial in achieving the best results. This article will assist ...