Made by blending dry, powdered pigments with a non-greasy, water-soluble binding medium, traditionally a plan gum. The resulting paste is then usually rolled into a stick and dried. Pastels were first used at the end of the 1400s, but they became especially popular in the 1700s and have their own tradition as a medium. A wide spectrum of colors is possible with pastel, and they were often collected and displayed more like paintings than drawings. In the 1800s, pastels were commercially manufactured much as they are today. The term "colored chalk" is often used interchangeably with pastel.
DRY MEDIUM comprising of compressed pigment combined with just enough gum to bind it together. Most notable exponent - Degas.
A drawing medium of dried paste made of ground pigments and a water-based binder that is manufactured in crayon form. Pastel is the simplest and purest method of painting, since pure color is used without a fluid medium and the crayons are applied directly to the pastel paper. Pastels are known as painting, rather than drawings, because color are applied in quantity rather than drawn in lines.
Technique of painting using sticks, called pastels, made of dry powdered pigments mixed with a small amount of gum. They are used on paper or fine textured canvas.
Pure pigment mixed with a binder and water, then pressed into a stick.
any of various pale or light colors
delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"
pigment bound in stick form like chalks. Can be oil pastels which are greasy and water resistant.
A soft or subdued color. Also, a drawing stick made of mixed chalk, or a drawing done with these sticks.
Soft chalks bound with a weak solution of gum. Powdery to work with, an illustrator must use fixatives for the artwork to survive the printing process.
A drawing stick made from pigments ground with chalk and mixed with gum water. The term also refers to drawings executed with these sticks.
Drawing material made of ground white chalk and colored powder.
Pigments are mixed with gum and pressed into a stick form to be used as crayons.
Ground-up pigment mixed with gum and formed into crayons used for drawing. Also denotes a soft, pale shade of any color and additionally, any work of art made with pastels.
A dried stick consisting of pigments mixed with gum and water used as a medium.
A colored crayon that consists of pigment mixed with just enough of a aqueous binder to hold it together; a work of art produced by pastel crayons; the technique itself. Pastels vary according to the volume of chalk contained...the deepest in tone are pure pigment. Pastel is the simplest and purest method of painting, since pure color is used without a fluid medium and the crayons are applied directly to the pastel paper.
a crayon made from pigment mixed with gum and water and pressed into a stick-shaped form. A work of art created from these crayons is also called a pastel. Pastel can also indicate a pale color.
Colors go from soft to brilliant in a stick form. When the paper is covered completely, it is known as a pastel painting. When the paper is exposed through the pastel, it is known as a pastel sketch.
a light, pale tint of color
A genetic “morph” giving a very diverse display of colors typical to a species but in an atypical pattern and combination.
A pastel is a colored stick made of pigment mixed with just enough gum binder to hold the particles together. Pastels can vary in tint and hardness. Since they are basically chalk, pastels are very dusty and require fixatives to ensure there is no smudging. Paper with a tooth or a slight texture is the most common support for the pastel drawing, although many paintings are created on canvas with a base painting of watercolor or ink. Pastel is unsuitable for use over oil paints. Pastels do not fade but the paper used will fade in brightly lit conditions causing the pastels to look very different, especially if the paper is worked as part of the color scheme.
Can refer to soft shades of color or the powdered pigment sticks or crayons used to draw directly on paper. It is usually smudged with the fingers to produce soft and chalky tones.
Dry pigments mixed with a dry gum, easily applied but needs to be protected with a lacquer of resin.
A medium used for drawing or painting, pastel is a stick of color made from powdered pigment mixed with just enough resin or gum for binding. The main difference between pastel and other kinds of paint media (such as oils) is that with the latter, the effect of the color when applied is different from what it is when dry. This is not true of pastels, the effect of the color is known before application. Pastels were developed in Italy in the 16th century, as an offshoot from chalk drawings. Pastels are best protected under glass.
A soft chalk made of pigments. water, and a binder, blended into a stiff paste and dried.
Pastel is a drawing material made out of pigment that is dissolved in resin or gum and formed into a crayon. It is usually used on paper. There are two major types of pastel, oil pastels that tend to be brighter and glossier, and chalk pastels that are softer colors and dryer.
A color of a soft, subdues shade. Also, is a drawing stick made from pigments ground with chalk and mixed with gum water.
A color to which a lot of white has been added to make it very light in value.
A combination of pure pigment and binder forming permanent-colored sticks; noted for colors which go from soft to brilliant. When the ground is completely covered with pigment, the work is considered a pastel painting; leaving much of the ground exposed produces a pastel sketch.
1) A crayon made from pigment mixed with just enough biding agent to hold it together. 2) A drawing (painting) made with pastel crayons.
Ground coloring matter mixed with gum and formed into a crayon, or a picture drawn with these crayons; a soft, pale shade of a color.
A pigmented chalk drawing stick, the drawing made by pastel sticks, or the soft pale tinted shade of a color.
Pigment bound together using gum to make a drawing stick; also the art produced using this medium. In color terminology, pastel refers to tints of color or pale colors.
Pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art media, including oil paints.