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Pastels Painting. Pastels are a unique painting medium in that the colors are mixed on the paper by overlaying or blending, rather than on a palette.Here you'll find helpful tips, essential techniques, and step-by-step demonstrations on pastel painting.astels Painting. Pastels are a unique painting medium in that the colors are mixed on the paper by overlaying or blending, rather than on a palette.
Pastel colors are colors that hide under names like soft, pale, washed-out. On the saturation scale in colors these colors are darker than whites and lighter than light colors. Pastel colors are the colors we associate a lot with Easter and spring time. Turquoise, lavender, primrose yellow, baby pink, baby blue, a soft green called jade green, peach, apricot, salmon pink are all pastels.