Designers are embracing muted, sun-washed pastels this summer – 'They're a great way to dip your toe into color without fully ...

I almost didn't open my sketchbook this afternoon. Some days, starting feels harder than the actual drawing. I was feeling a ...

For over 300 years, La Maison du Pastel has handcrafted pastels used by artists like Degas. We visited its secret workshop in the French countryside.

If you’ve been looking to upgrade your studio setup with genuine, professional-grade art supplies, we’ve just spotted an incredible deal on a medium with a legendary backstory. Right now, you can snag ...

Pastels are sticks of colour that can be either soft and chalky, or oil based. Soft pastels or chalk pastels are made with a coloured chalk or pigment. Soft pastels allow you to blend and mix the ...

If you've noticed a remarkable amount of pastels in fall, people wearing a surprising number of impractical yet whimsical accessories, or an abundance of shells and flowers motifs, don't worry, babe.

Mahima Makwana has never really needed loud colors to make an impression. Scroll through her Instagram for more than a minute and you'll notice the pattern, soft pinks, muted blues, buttery yellows, ...

When the designer and photographer Sallie Harrison moved from South Carolina to Los Angeles, the colors in her work started to shift. “I used to hate pastels,” says Harrison, who as a tomboy growing ...

Many people may think of pastels as a medium for kids in art class. But at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the "Touch of Color" exhibition celebrates the history of pastel from the ...