Its oil pastels, in particular, are stunning. The richness of the colors is unparalleled and you can feel the oiliness of the pastel. I lust over them every time I got to the art store.

Oil pastels give you vibrant colours and are rich and bright. Oil pastels have a waxy greasy feel to them but won't crumble like a chalk pastel. Pastels are a lovely medium to work with.

Medium Art Center (formerly Deep ... Featuring works in graphite, charcoal, pastel, oil pastel, conte crayon, ink, and marker, the show highlights the immediacy and intimacy of mark-making, ...

Through the streams of oil pastel – a new medium for the artist – waves of paint crash against each other, and only a glimmer of neon-blue electric light seeps through the surface of the work.

“Pastel owes its brilliance and durability to its make-up of pure ground pigments, bound with glue or gum,” say Le Harivel and MacNally. “Pastels retain their brilliance as, unlike oil ...