I have recently been experimenting with pastel chalk. I really like working with these. General's makes some in pencil form, and there are also pastel chalk sticks. They lay down very soft colors that blend easily. I have used paer towels and q-tips to blend them. I also like how they erase easily too! I have been using them on greay pastel paper, and the colors really stand out. Only thing is, there is no balck, so I have been mixing them with carbon or graphite.
"Daydreams" is the first work I created with pastel chalk pencils on white paper. I used a thin tip black pen for her eyelashes. For her skin tones, I applied the pastel challk to a paper towel and then to the paper.
I will be posting some other pasterl chalk works shortly in my gallery on Fine Art America. I recently added some high res images of some of my graphite portraits to my gallery there. they have a wonderful high res preview featrue that really lets you see the detail in a piece.
So, if you want to get into to color, but want something that blends easily, and don't like the waxy look of colored pencils, give these a try. Especially on colored paper!
