Pastel Play

A PASTEL PORTRAIT LESSON EXPLORING THE LUXURIOUS COLORS, QUALITIES AND POSSIBILITIES OF SOFT PASTEL.

I fell in love with soft pastels when I saw Edgar Degas’ ballerina works. His use of light, movement and emotion as well as the beautiful textures he was able to create using soft pastel, blew my mind and made me want to learn how to work with these little chalky chunks of color.