Here's a preiview of one of the facial portraits you can view on the new portrait art page on MyDepictions website. The portraits featured span across the generations, and are all pastel portraits of people.
Did you know good quality artist's pastels are a fully archival artists medium? The surface or paper used and standard of framing off course matter when it comes to longevity, but it seems a common misconception that oils are "the only archival" medium.