Thursday, December 24, 2009

What is the VERB for creating a picture using Pastels?

As in if you use a pencil it is called a drawing, paint it is a painting, pasteles are colored chalk...What is the VERB for creating a picture using Pastels?
pastelling?What is the VERB for creating a picture using Pastels?
I know in life drawing, when we use charcoals and pastels we just refer to it as sketching. I've never heard a specific term for creating a piece with pastels.
Pastel Painting or Pastel Drawing are both appropriate. When I teach about famous pastelists, such as Cassatt or Degas, I use the term ';pastel painting'; because they are masters of the craft. If the work is less finished and more like a sketch, I use the term drawing.

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