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Soft Pastel Stories

Colourful Chronicles

Learn new techniques, hear artist's stories, and stay up to date on Soft Pastel News.

  • Unison Colour pastels, now available from Sir Gordon Bennett.

    Sir Gordon Bennett

    Sir Gordon Bennett is a destination where everything that has been designed & manufactured has been done so in Great Britain.

    Helen Bullock

    17th October, 2018

  • RS Weinblatt's work, featured in Chinese Gallery.

    Congratulations to RS Weinblatt!

    Congratulations to RS Weinblatt who is currently exhibiting in Tiyuan, China alongside none other than Andy Warhol! Rob is showing original paintings as well as silk screened silk scarves with his art featured on them.

    Helen Bullock

    12th October, 2018

  • Cath Inglis at Ilkley Art Show.

    Ilkley Art Show 2018

    I had been delighted to have been asked to demonstrate & promote my very favourite pastels UNISON (what else!) I have been using these since I first discovered them in the Skipton Art Shop in approx 1988, my goodness showing my age now.

    Cath Inglis

    16th August, 2018

  • Daily painting by rs weinblatt

    Daily Painting by RS Weinblatt

    All of us as artists have busy lives! As it goes, some of the things we are obliged to have nothing to do with art! For me, as an artist and committed pastelist, I still, on a daily basis, strive to find that everyday time to paint, regardless of how little time I have.

    RS Weinblatt

    2nd July, 2018

  • Zaria forman exhibits at the childrens museum of arts

    Zaria Forman exhibits at the Children’s Museum of Arts

    On a recent trip to New York City I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Private View of “Scale: Possibilities of Perspective” at the Children’s Museum of the Arts; where one of my favourite pastellists, Zaria Forman is exhibiting two of her beautiful paintings.

    Michele Ashby

    16th May, 2018

  • Denise finlay east and west

    Hints & Tips from Denise Findlay

    Unison Colour pastels are very buildable. Try mixing colours by applying one on top of the other then use a blending stick to the mix (also called a tortillon).

    Denise Findlay

    11th May, 2018

  • A blonde haired women in a lumberjack shirt, balanced on a large piece of driftwood, looking out in the steep sided lake.

    A Pastel Artist in the age of Social Media

    Things sure have changed since I began my career in fine art nearly 30 years ago, the internet was an obscure not quite fully formed idea and social media referred to the posters up around town telling of the dance on Friday night.

    Daniel Porter

    30th April, 2018

Colour Chart Guidance

We believe the colours in our web based colour chart are a faithful representation of our pastel range. But with any colours portrayed on the internet, there’s a whole heap of variables which mean that what you see, may not be what we see. That said, there’s some things that can be done to mitigate some of the variance.

Mobile phone and tablet screens tend to be pretty good for colour, so they’re always worth using, when viewing our colour chart.

We hate to say it, but cheaper computer displays, including laptops, can be rather hit and miss, in both colour and contrast, so they might not reveal the depth of the colour, as well as the true tone.

If you’re really keen on getting your computer up to speed on colour representation, you can use a calibration device to reach your display's fullest potential.

With all that said, if you think we’re way off the mark with any of the colours then, by all means let us know, and we’ll give it another shot.