For a relatively low-cost set of pastels, Faber-Castell’s are formulated with an impressively small amount of filler and chalk. These sticks have strong pigmentation that is subtle rather than blatant ...

I was going to do the gonzo journalist thing and participate in last night’s chalk pastel class at Xcentricity Gallery, led by Corrina Espinosa, but I thought I would make all of the other students ...

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 ...