BATAVIA — Artist Pat Tribastone says pastel painting is a natural choice for her artwork. “It combines my love for drawing and rich color in one,” she says in her artist’s statement.

Pastel, that vivid yet exceedingly delicate medium, is at the heart of the Frick collection’s new show setting the contemporary work of Nicolas Party in dialogue with a portrait by 18th-century ...

A Roman Catholic prayer card slipped between the portrait and its frame offered proof that this was an original Carriera. Rosalba Carriera,The Portrait of a Tyrolese Lady. The rediscovered pastel, ...

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 ...

BATAVIA – Award-winning artist Colette Savage, a native of Rochester, reflects her love of the region she grew up in through her art. She will share some of the love with a pastel-painting ...

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, "Portrait of Madame Charles Mitoire with Her Children" (1783), pastel on three sheets of blue paper, mounted on canvas, 38 ¾ x 31 1/8 inches (image courtesy the J. Paul Getty ...

Low-poly art has definitely been getting more popular over the last few years, which I only realised after a few of my ...

Understanding control and layering is what truly unlocks the potential of soft pastels in portrait drawing, and this artwork demonstrates that principle with clarity. The portrait is developed ...

Landscape artists from the Pastel Society of New Mexico want viewers to experience the staggering sites they see in their state. The show of award-winning pastels at Weems Gallery brings 90 pieces ...

When most visitors think of the Louvre in Paris, names like Leonardo da Vinci or Delacroix come to mind. Yet tucked away in its expansive galleries are hidden treasures by forgotten artists. Their ...