childlike and looks like it was hand-drawn with a crayon-style oil pastel. One artist, Dahye Lee, also known as Dareum Tattoo, is a master of the art of the painterly brushstroke tattoo.

For over 300 years, La Maison du Pastel has handcrafted these pastels, used by artists like Degas. Today, the company is run and operated by just two women — Isabelle Roché, a distant relative ...