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Your perspective on different Pastels

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From the lens Pastels - Resources for Artists.

This is an opportunity to say what you like or don't like about different brands of soft pastel. Please be as concise and precise as you can and highlight positives as well as negatives.

  • castlequeen51 Apr 10, 2012 @ 3:22 pm | delete
    I now use gumbacher..have found them to be great for velour as well as ceramics :) Would like to try som softer ypes though.
  • tvyps Apr 10, 2012 @ 4:02 am | delete
    I love using pastels as well as colored pencils. I have tried watercolor recently and it is a different skill set that I am trying to master. Nice lens and Squid Angel blessed!
  • miaponzo Apr 9, 2012 @ 12:59 am | delete
    I don't have a lot of experience using pastels.. more water colors and acrylic.. :)
  • Michey Mar 9, 2012 @ 9:49 am | delete
    Great resource lens, Thanks I like pastels so I pick up a coupe of good ideas
    Regards
  • Pain_Man Sep 27, 2011 @ 5:56 pm | delete
    Very cool & helpful lens! I have several of the brands mentioned & the pastels I like working with are medium-soft by Mungyo. They seem to maintain a saturated color & hold up well over time. Thanks for creating this interesting lens!
  • artyfax Sep 21, 2011 @ 12:54 pm | delete
    Very informative. I had become attached to my Rembrandt pastels but after reading the above reviews I hope to be trying one or two of the other brands. My only worry is that they may be too soft for my style of usage.
  • Close2Art Sep 13, 2011 @ 8:27 pm | delete
    great source of information for pastels, thanks so much for sharing it...:)rwjr
  • ErnestBoehm Jun 24, 2011 @ 4:29 pm | delete
    I am a big proponent of Oil Pastels I like the smear and the ability to build layers of color. They are wonderful because like oil paints you can layer transparent pigments over opaques. Also you can get great paper blending and rub effects. I love the Neopastel oil pastels for opaque pastels and Vangogh for transpenent colors.
  • Color_Expert Oct 12, 2010 @ 8:55 pm | delete
    Love my 2 sets of Unison Grays 1-18 and 19-36. So beautiful and fun to use.
  • Gloriousconfusion Oct 8, 2010 @ 7:03 pm | delete
    I have just discovered pastel pencils. They are really good for finer work than would be possible with pastel crayons, but the crayons are better for large areas of colour
  • Geoff Feb 6, 2010 @ 2:29 pm | delete
    Just like to make brief comments on 2 or 3 brands I am familliar with. Will not linger too long on these as well commented upon, but overall (UK) affordable, extremely uniform and consistent range of excellent colours. Best everyday workhorses. Cover well, easily blended, good for layering, used carefully can make fine lines when needed.
    Henri Roche, total agreement that possibly best in world, stunning colour, consistency and quality. Excellent for all purposes, spread well, blend well, fantastic selection shades.
    Kremer, excellent expanding range of colours some almost unique. Very strong on earth colours. Let down by huge variation in soft hardness, some of the harder ones I find unusable.

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Katherine Tyrrell creates art in pastels based on drawings from life and plein air studies. 

Her work is in private collections in the UK, Australia... more »

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