Sennelier oil pastels are "lipstick-soft" and were a Picasso collab with a Parisian master craftsman.

"Lifestyle of Chickens" by Donna Shortt, an Indianapolis artist who will be featured in the Southside Art League's newest exhibition, "Passionate About Pastel." The show will run through Sept. 30.

A palette of mixed emotions was on the drawing board at Old Torrance’s Destination Art, a 2-year-old mecca for artists, collectors and students. Fifteen pastel newbies gathered for the Michele East ...

Within minutes, you can be transported from a small sunny stone courtyard in Italy, in Angela Arkway’s “Tuscan Light,” to an expansive rich lake scene with a calming effect in John Landy’s “Jean’s ...