Introduction
I am passionate about painting in pastel! Nature gives us so many beautiful pigments, which are used to make pastels. Think about that for a moment: All of these beautiful colors are derived from nature and carefully blended to make hundreds of wonderful pastels to choose from!
Artists have been painting with pastels since the Renaissance. By the eighteenth century, pastels had grown in popularity, and they were favored by many Impressionists during the nineteenth century, particularly Claude Monet and Edgar Degas. Some of their pastel paintings look as fresh today as the day they were painted, all those years ago. Today, with the increase in pastel choices and the developments in surfaces, pastel painting has never been more popular. ...
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