GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Pastels are artificial chalk made of ground white chalk and powdered pigments. They are usually compressed into stick form. Although naturally colored chalks have been used since prehistoric times, pastels were not used until the 15th and 16th centuries when they were employed to color portrait drawings. In the 18th century, pastel portraits became very popular, since their refined, delicate effects were the embodiment of the Rococo style. Edgar Degas and the Impressionists also found pastels well suited to their technique of representing light with dashes of color.
Pastels are usually applied to paper or prepared canvas. The artist commonly uses short rapid strokes to apply the color, although colors may also be blended with fingers or a brush. The finished work must be set with a fixative to prevent the color from rubbing off.
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Source- Anne Bromberg, "Painting: Materials and Techniques," DMA research document, Education files, 1986-1987.
Note- This definition is western-centric and should be revised if intended to be suitable for non-western objects.
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This photograph shows a set of soft pastels.
Source: Wikimedia Commons, accessed August 2, 2016.
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General Description
Pastels are artificial chalk made of ground white chalk and powdered pigments. They are usually compressed into stick form. Although naturally colored chalks have been used since prehistoric times, pastels were not used until the 15th and 16th centuries when they were employed to color portrait drawings. In the 18th century, pastel portraits became very popular, since their refined, delicate effects were the embodiment of the Rococo style. Edgar Degas and the Impressionists also found pastels well suited to their technique of representing light with dashes of color.
Pastels are usually applied to paper or prepared canvas. The artist commonly uses short rapid strokes to apply the color, although colors may also be blended with fingers or a brush. The finished work must be set with a fixative to prevent the color from rubbing off.
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Notes
Source- Anne Bromberg, "Painting: Materials and Techniques," DMA research document, Education files, 1986-1987.
Note- This definition is western-centric and should be revised if intended to be suitable for non-western objects.
This note was routed and revised in GDocs by Sue in October 2016. The changes have been made and the note is being tagged #routed until the updated version is uploaded to GDocs, at that point it can be tagged #complete.
The content and rules were revised 3/6/2017. I am removing the routed tag and adding the completed tag. The GDoc has been moved to Queta's folders for review. (EAS)
This image was cataloged in Piction 2/27/2017. I am removing the %ImageJP, %pictionJP and %UMO pending tags.
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