Claude J. Millette OIL AND PASTELS
 Rushing WaterPastel on prepared Masonite 30 x 36 |  rushing waterfirst.jpg |
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 Sunny Day in the ParkPastel on Ampersand board 16 x 20 |  Path in Oakville Parkpastel on prepared masonite 16 x 20 |
 Dusk in Northern Ontariopastel and charcoal on watercolor paper 11 x 14 |  Northern Treelinepastel on Sennelier Paper 11 x 14 |
 Moutain ReflectionsPastel on Sennelier sandpaper 19 x 25 |  Fall Colors 1Pastel on Kitty Wallis sandpaper 9 x 11 |
 Autumn Fencepastel on Sennelier paper 11 x 14 |  Open Gate 1pastel on Sennelier paper 18 x 24 |
 Open Gate 2Pastel on canson paper 10 1/2 x 131/2 |  8.jpg |
 Surfing Rockpastel on Kitty Wallis paper 11 x 14 |  Surface Turmoilpastel on Ampersand board 16 x 20 |
 Big Puddle of Waterpastel on Ampersand board 16 x 20 |  Rushing Water 24 x 36 Pastel on Kitty Wallis paper 1000.jpgpastel on prepared masonite 30 x 40 |
 Spring Greens 16 x 20 Pastel on Sennelier sandpaper 1000.jpgpastel on kitty wallis paper 16 x 20 |  Sunlit PathPastel on Sennelier paper 16 x 20 |
 Dock at DuskPastel on Watercolor paper 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 |  Petites Chutespastel on Sennelier paper 11 x 14 |
 Swirl 2pastel on Sennelier paper 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 |  Calm Amidst the StormPastel on Ampersand board 16 x 24 |
 Cedar Springs River - LowvillePastel on Ampersand board 18 x 24 |  Birch Tress Basking in the SunPastel on Ampersand Board 18 x 24 |
 Sunshine in the BushPastel on canson paper 18 x 22 |  Ferns Basking in the SunPastel on Sennelier sandpaper 28 x 34 |
 LanternPastel on Kitty Wallis sandpaper 16 x 20 |  Dundas Fishing HolePastel on Sennelier Sandpaper 14 x 20 |
 Fall Bales of Haypastel on prepared masonite 14 x 20 |  Two Birches Dancingpastel on prepared masonite 16 x 20 |
 Ferns Basking In The Sun 12 x 18 Pastel on Cannsom Paper .JPG |
PASTEL PAINTINGS 2007-2012
Soft pastels preceded oil as a painting medium. Many of the painters of the 19th century painted primarily in pastel. Degas is probably the most well known painter who enjoyed the use of pastel.
Advantages of pastel. 1) Pastel is more durable than mediums with a chemical substrate such as oil because it does not change chemically over time. Protected under glass, pastels will last as long as the Lascaux Cave paintings of France.
2) Pastels are beautiful. There are effects produced in pastels that cannot be reproduced with other mediums. Pastel is made up of individual flecks of colored chalk. Light bounces off each fleck of chalk to produce an interesting luminosity unparalleled by other mediums.
3) Traditionally, pastel was applied to rough papers and some form of spray was used to fix it to the paper. This is no longer necessary. New surfaces for painting in pastel made of wood or paper offer a sandpaper surface that grips onto the pastel chalk and made the need for fixatives redundant.