Up: [[Visual Arts]] Created: 2023-07-08 I’m drawn to this medium by the richness of the colours. And the huge variety of those colours -- 1600 colours now in contrast to the original three colours of red, black and white. It’s not just the colours for me. It’s the colours combined with their chalky softness. I love that they can be applied with different pressures and smudged into the surface, again with different pressures. > [!Orbit] Edgar Degas > Pastel is the most sensitive of all mediums. It is pure colour. I love that pastels are such a direct medium. Because they can be put down without mixing colours or adding water like with paints, they are spontaneous and they let me access my emotions much more immediately and directly.