Pastels - Resources for Artists
Information, advice and links about pastels, pastel art and pastel artists
Want to know how to use pastels? Learning about pastel art and pastel artists or brands of hard and soft pastels? Useful information and tips for both experienced and new pastel artists can be found below covering: pastel brands | which are the best pastels | learn how to use pastels | tips and techniques | pastel forums | pastel artists | pastels in art history You can read about the scope of topics covered just beneath this introduction. Then scroll down and click a link in the table of c...

Pastel Societies - Resources for Artists
This is the most complete list of soft pastel societies on the Internet. Find out about: * Pastel Societies which cover your area * Pastel Societies in other regions * Pastel Societies in other countries * Pastel Societies which are open to national and international members Why not take a look at what other Pastel Societies are getting up to?

Pastel types and their uses
Which pastels should I buy?
Pastels vary from pastel pencils, round our square sticks and oil pastels to pan pastels that aren't sticks at all. Which pastels you need depends on what you want them to do. Many pastelists use a variety of pastels at different stages of a painting. All dry pastels can be used together. Oil pastels are a different medium also described in this article. I've included paintings done with each type of pastels profiled. In my photo, clockwise from upper left: 80 Sennelier half sticks (very sof...