Pastels
Pastels comes in two forms, chalk and oil.
Chalk pastel is like a powdered stick while oil pastels have an oily residue.
Oil pastels, the more common, has a fluid quality because of its wax base.
This fluidity has qualitites of both drawing and painting.
Once chalk or oil pastels have been applied to a surface they need to be sprayed with a fixative to prevent smudging.
This oil pastel painting, Two Dancers, is by Degas.
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