“To see far is one thing..going there is another - Brancusi 

Pastel Paintings

Finished works of art can be rendered in pastels which are

comparable to those done in other media.

Though some pastels contain a small amount of chalk to make

them abrade more easily, pastel should not be confused with

colored chalk. They are made with exactly the same pigment

used in making all fine art paints. Powdered pigment, mixed with

a little water and a special binder is ground into a paste, rolled

into sticks and allowed to dry.

The word pastel is derived from pastello, Italian for paste. The

softness or hardness of a pastel depends on the nature of the

pigment and on how much binder is used, the more glue the

harder the stick.

Pastels are quit often used for preliminary sketches which then

provide a good reference for larger works of art.

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