Create your pastel digital gallery website

Cons of pastels: 1. Fragility: Pastel artworks can be fragile and prone to smudging, requiring careful handling and framing to protect them.

Oil pastels are easy to use, and theyʼre not just for kids. Yes, thereʼs a learning curve- a drawing done in oil pastel usually needs a little development to look good, and that can scare people away. But there are huge benefits to using oil pastels.

Due to this renaissance, more artists and collectors than ever before are discovering pastel as a desirable painting medium. The resulting artworks rival other mediums in their competence, beauty, presence and permanence.

Oil and Acrylics require careful layering techniques to achieve similar results, making pastels a more forgiving choice for capturing the multi-dimensional aspects of hair and enabling even beginner and emerging artists to achieve advanced painter results.

I recommend student range soft pastels such as Jaxell and Mungyo for beginners because they are harder than professional and mid-range pastels and therefore easier to control.

Limited detail- Achieving fine details with soft pastels can be challenging due to their soft and chunky nature. This is why I wonʼt give up on my colored pencils, even after working on an especially difficult piece.

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A pastel (US: /pˈstɛl/) is an art medium that consists of powdered pigment and a binder. It can exist in a variety of forms, including a stick, a square, a pebble, and a pan of color, among other forms.