When fully covered with pastel, the work is called a pastel painting; when not, a pastel sketch or drawing.

It promotes use of pastel painting through exhibitions, workshops, demonstrations and lectures.

The greatest prisoner of the winning streak was 27-year-old Myrella Moses, a talented artist of acrylic and pastel sculptural paintings.

Of importance are especially Florentine bronzes from the collection of the Medici and pastel paintings from Venice.

He also worked in pastel painting.

I recently purchased a book on pastel painting.

Gradually I got to know what would work, it caught the mood, the shadows held up and the grain was soft, it was like a pastel painting.

Nonetheless, when made with permanent pigments and properly cared for, a pastel painting may endure unchanged for centuries.

That pastel painting of a sunset--surely not Anna's.

All are available by mail order but a visit to the shop offers an opportunity to see and try a thoroughly comprehensive selection of colours for pastel painting.