Pastel Work - Degas

Dancers In Blue - Edgar Degas

Woman in the Bathtub - Edgar Degas (1886) - Pastel on Paper

The delicacy and evocative texture of chalk pastel work (particularly that of the master pastelist, Edgar Degas) is something which I would like to use in this project, as if it is an impressionistic style which I wish to explore and develop, this is one of the key mediums of the original movement and the natural qualities of pastels seem to capture the sense of light and movement, as well as the vague interprative element which defined impressionism. Thus far, I have designated oils, chalks and watercolours as potential media to use in this forthcoming project.

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dgsp/hd_dgsp.htm