pastel (drawing)

  • 1pastel — [[t]pæ̱st(ə)l, AM pæste̱l[/t]] pastels 1) ADJ: ADJ n, ADJ colour Pastel colours are pale rather than dark or bright. ...delicate pastel shades. ...pastel pink, blue, peach and green. ...pretty pastel coloured houses. N COUNT Pastel is also a noun …

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  • 2Pastel Yumi, the Magic Idol — Magical Idol Pastel Yumi Freesia no Shōnen single cover 魔法のアイドルパステルユーミ …

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  • 3Pastel — Pas tel, n. [F.; cf. It. pastello. Cf. {Pastil}.] 1. A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water. [Sometimes incorrectly written {pastil}.] Charming heads in pastel. W. Black. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A plant affording a… …

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  • 4pastel — [pas tel′] n. [Fr < It pastello < VL * pastellum, dim. of LL pasta,PASTE] 1. a) ground coloring matter mixed with gum and formed into a crayon b) such a crayon 2. a picture drawn with such crayons 3. drawing with pastels as an art form or… …

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  • 5Pastel — For other uses, see Pastel (disambiguation). Commercial pastels Pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art… …

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  • 6drawing — /draw ing/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that draws. 2. a graphic representation by lines of an object or idea, as with a pencil; a delineation of form without reference to color. 3. a sketch, plan, or design, esp. one made with pen, pencil …

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  • 7pastel — pastel1 /pa stel /; esp. Brit. /pas tl/, n. 1. a color having a soft, subdued shade. 2. a kind of dried paste made of pigments ground with chalk and compounded with gum water. 3. a chalklike crayon made from such paste. 4. the art of drawing with …

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  • 8pastel — Synonyms and related words: air brush, art paper, black and white, brouillon, brush, camera lucida, camera obscura, canvas, cartoon, chalk, charcoal, charcoal drawing, chiaroscuro, crayon, creamy, delicate, delineation, design, diagram, doodle,… …

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  • 9Drawing — For other uses, see Drawing (disambiguation). Male nude by Annibale Carracci, 16th century Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite… …

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  • 10pastel — I. noun Etymology: French, from Italian pastello, from Late Latin pastellus woad, from diminutive of pasta Date: 1662 1. a paste made of powdered pigment ranging from pale to deep colors and used for making crayons; also a crayon made of such… …

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