"Lifestyle of Chickens" by Donna Shortt, an Indianapolis artist who will be featured in the Southside Art League's newest exhibition, "Passionate About Pastel." The show will run through Sept. 30.

Mokena artist Ted Fuka won’t be quitting his day job soon. Fuka, 55, said he hasn’t yet reached a goal to bring the sale of his award-winning pastel artwork to a level where it replaces his income as ...

Pastels—part crayon, part colored pencil, part paint—are not only a great artistic favorite for their intuitive ease of use, but also for their gorgeous look. Even if you’re not an artist, you’re ...

Teaching, listening, learning and creating. The Friday Pinhook Art Group is a gathering of artists who work in pastels. They move from easel to easel looking at progress. They are imaginative and ...

Fifth Street in downtown Loveland was abuzz Saturday morning as artists dialed into the creative process, hovering over squares of concrete with pastels, rags and water sprayers scattered about as ...

Detailed tutorial on creating a breathtaking moonscape using oil pastels. From sketching the basic lunar outlines to layering ...

“Nicolas Party: Pastel” at The FLAG Art Foundation, installation view: Rosalba Carriera, “Portrait of a Lady at Three-Quarter Length” ( n.d.), pastel on paper, 22 x 17 1⁄4 inches, Collection of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Behind an old wooden counter in a shop in Paris’s Le Marais district, a woman in a light-blue shirt stretches ...