In order to make large portraits of European elites, artists had to literally piece together pieces of paper, circumventing the limitations of their medium. LOS ANGELES — Eighteenth-century portraits ...

Artist Carol Arnold works with pastels to paint landscapes, including both flora and fauna. She also occasionally creates dog portraits for people and their pets.

Case Antiques describes the piece as “pastel on wove paper bust-length portrait of a bearded man with vibrant blue eyes and piercing stare.” “The penetrating stare and psychological intensity of this ...

A Roman Catholic prayer card slipped between the portrait and its frame offered proof that this was an original Carriera. Rosalba Carriera,The Portrait of a Tyrolese Lady. The rediscovered pastel, ...

Rosalba Carriera, “A Young Lady with a Parrot” (circa 1730), pastel on blue laid paper, mounted to laminated paperboard, 60 x 50 cm (Regenstein Collection ...

A rare highlight of Christie's online auction of Old Master and British drawings that started Thursday is Jean-Étienne Liotard’s pastel Portrait of Philibert Cramer (1727-1779), one of the principal ...

Kathy Davis is an artist living in Sykesville. When she was in sixth grade, she recalled being bored in class and doodling on her white sneakers. She got in trouble for that. Davis was not encouraged ...

Uncover the secret behind creating a breathtaking soft pastel portrait with smooth blending and vibrant color layering. This short art video showcases essential pastel techniques, realistic skin tones ...