Introduction To Soft Pastels
Beginners Soft Pastel Tips from Rebecca de Mendonça. If you’re new to soft pastels or have always wanted to try, this free PDF guide will help you Get Started.
This colourful guide covers all the basics, including what surface to work on, how to set up your workspace and how to clean and look after your pastels.
Rebecca then shows you how versatile soft pastels can be, helping you to master various techniques like Smudging, Hatching and Twisting.
Inspired by Our Land
Exhibition
9th Dec - 28th Jan
The Sill National Landscape Discovery Museum
with Pastel Paintings of Northumberland, from Associate Artists…
- Fiona Carvell
- & Stuart Walton
Artist Set
'This set is designed for those wanting to steer their work out of the monochrome and into colour. It will help you see more values in your highlights, midtones and shadows. Combined with your existing collection this set will ensure you have the right shades and tints for every lighting.'
Blendable
Because we use the best ingredients, our pastels have superior blending capabilities, used wet or dry.
Soft and Smooth
With careful use of binder, our pastels are often described as 'smooth as butter' and need no encouragement to leave their mark.
Highly Pigmented
We use a high percentage of traditional pigments for the deepest colouration.
Lightfast
Colour that stands the test of time.
Handmade
Made, labelled and packed completely by hand. No extrusion.
Colourful Chronicles
Competitive Pastelling
If you use social media, then your followers can comment and “love/like” you in the virtual world, but what about entering pastel art competitions?
Breaking Pastels
Who would believe what possibilities and potential lie inside these neatly wrapped lozenges of colour? They are essentially chunks of pure dry pigment, more intense in colour than any tube of paint.
Start The Year With A Starter Set Giveaway
In this month’s giveaway, win one of our Starter Half Stick Sets, or a beginner’s pastelling book by Rebecca de Mendonça.
My Three Studio Basics: The Tools of my trade
I often get lovely comments about my work from people at art shows. One that crops up regularly is ‘I’ve tried pastels and just can’t get on with them’.
