pastel

(noun)

Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue, and lavender

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Examples of pastel in the following topics:

  • Dry Media

    • The exact composition and characteristics of an individual pastel stick depends on the type of pastel and the type and amount of binder used.
    • Soft pastels, also called chalk pastels, are the most widely used form of pastel.
    • Pastel pencils: These are pencils with a pastel lead.
    • Closely related to the pastel, and also sometimes termed the wax pastel, the crayon is a stick of colored wax, charcoal, chalk, or other material.
    • A crayon made of oiled chalk is called an oil pastel; when made of pigment with a dry binder, it is simply a pastel.

  • Rococo in French Decoration

    • Rococo salons are known for their elaborate detail, serpentine design work, asymmetry and predisposition to lighter, pastel, or gold-based color palettes.
    • Rococo salons are characterized by their elaborate detail, intricate patterns, serpentine design work, asymmetry, as well as a predisposition to lighter, pastel, and gold-based color palettes .

  • Painting and Sculpture

    • Rococo was ornate and made strong usage of creamy, pastel-like colors, asymmetrical designs, curves, and gold.
    • The middle of the eighteenth century saw a turn to Neoclassicism in France, that is to say a conscious use of Greek and Roman forms and iconography as opposed to the light pastels of the Rococo style.

  • Japanese Art in the Meiji Period

    • The Yōga, style encompassed oil painting, watercolors, pastels, ink sketches, lithography, etching, and other techniques developed in western culture.
    • Yōga, in its broadest sense, encompasses oil painting, watercolors, pastels, ink sketches, lithography, etching, and other techniques developed in western culture.

  • Rococo in Painting and Sculpture

    • Painting during the Rococo period has many of the same qualities as other Rococo art forms such as heavy use of ornament, curved lines and the use of a gold and pastel-based palette.
    • The work employs serpentine lines, a reasonably pastel palette and themes of love indicative of Rococo artwork.

  • Tempera

    • In fact, the colors of an unvarnished tempera painting resemble a pastel palette.

  • Liquid Media

    • Drawing media are termed either dry (e.g.graphite, charcoal, pastels, or Conte) or liquid because they use a fluid solvent or carrier (e.g. markers, pen and ink).
    • Dry media, normally associated with drawing such as chalk, may be used in pastel paintings.

  • Samburu

    • Marani (warriors) wear a cloth that may be floral or pastel.

  • Naturalism

    • The aesthetic features of this style include complex tonal qualities, a pastel palette, loose brushwork and softness of form.

  • Identity

    • Works on paper, such as drawings, pastels, watercolors, prints, and photographs are typically not permanently displayed for conservation reasons.