The soft pastel is an amazing medium. Soft pastel contains mostly a pure pigment and just enough of the binder to hold the stick together and is therefore the purest color you can apply. It's so exciting when I open my big box full with pastels, and start painting directly with the sticks that I suddenly found myself using my fingers as brushes blending the colors on the paper.

But don't be mistaken. This is a serious technique used from Sixteenth Century till our days and from such recognized painters as Delacroix, Millet, Manet, Renoir, Redon, Vuillard, Bonnard or even Degas, the most prolific painter in Pastel. 

Get yourself surprised and be welcome to Pastel world!