| Pastels are...... A strong colourful way of painting. The medium itself is dry and because of its powdery surface the light reflects well. So, with pastels, they give out very intense colouring, more so than any other medium. Therefore it will be longer lasting than oil paint, simply because it has no varnish or oil contained in it to yellow and crack over the years. Amazingly enough, pastels used in the 18th Century, are still lovely, bright and fresh today. You can frame pastels under glass as long as there is a mount mat between the surface and the glass, as you do not want the glass to come into contact with your picture. In actual fact, strangely enough, the pigments in pastel paints are just the same as the ones used in oil and watercolours. The main difference is how they are produced. For example, watercolours are made by mixing gum with pigment and pastels have chalk and water mixed with the pigment so that it forms a paste. |
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