Neocolor ll Water Soluble Wax Pastels

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Mona Majorowicz of Wild Faces Gallery.

The artwork or content in this lens may not be used or reproduced, either
in part or in whole, without the express written consent from the artist.

Though the company states that the Neocolor ll Water Soluble Wax Pastels have excellent lightfastness, as of yet I've not seen any chart with the various colors listing their ratings. As soon as Caran d'Ache creates one I will either add it here and post a link.

Fleece On Earth This was an image I created while at an art event for our 2009 Christmas card image. It is done using both watercolor pencils and the Neocolor II: Water Soluble Wax Pastels on suede board. If I applied too much of the Neocolor II it seemed to burnish down the suede fibers some. This can be remedied by adding water to the surface but there is a limit to how heavily they can be applied to a suede surface.

On this piece the Neocolor ll pastels allowed my inner illustrator to come out and play. This painting was the result of my very first experience working with this medium.

I have not tried all the different possible ways for using this medium, but listed below are the most common.

* Lay down your color dry and then add a water wash.

* Wet brush and lift color off the pastel then paint

* Work them dry then use lightly moistened rag to smudge and soften

* Use them dry as you would a pastel

* Encaustic As they are wax you can use heat to create some interesting effects.

* On fabric as a resist and/or to color it like batik

* Wet surface then apply pastel gentle to saturated areas. I have done this on suede board and it gives a very soft watercolor like effect. Be aware it really uses up the pastel though.