Since I have been so pleased with the performance of
PanPastels for
coloring caricatures using just two colors and a couple of art sponges, I decided to get a set of 20 pure colors, a couple of additional skin colors (
yellow ochre tint, and
burnt sienna shade) and some
Sofft tools to better experience the range and potential of this line. My
Blick's order arrived yesterday in great shape with no damage thanks to their careful handling and adequate cushioning air bags used in their sturdy cardboard boxes. When ordering soft pastel sets in the past, it was not rare to find a few cracked pieces here and there. Yet all the
PanPastel jars arrived intact. Additional pictures of the unpacking and initial testing in my
Flickr photostream:
photo 1,
photo 2,
photo 3,
photo 4,
photo 5,
photo 6,
photo 7,
photo 8,
photo 9,
photo 10,
photo 11, &
photo 12. The 20 color covered palette tray is a convenient way of organizing the pastel jars in the studio, but might be too large to take along for field work. They are actually easier to transport by threading a few
PanPastel pans together with a jar of applicator tools and a sponge. The
Sofft tools and applicators were indeed easy to clean on a paper towel when switching from one color to another without contamination.
Initial mark making tests with the
Sofft Tools. It will take further testing and practice on a variety of support papers to get a better feel for this new painting set, but I can tell already that the
PanPastels are pigment rich, clean to handle, and probably more suited for broad applications with painterly strokes and situations where quick coverage of large areas is desired. Will probably have to break out my
Derwent or
Stabilo CarbOthello pastel pencil sets to render the finer details. Considering that
PanPastels can be easily corrected with an eraser, they certainly offer new exciting creative possibilities and smoother work flow with a media that I have avoided in the past for being "too messy".
Since I have been so pleased with the performance of PanPastels for coloring caricatures using just two colors and a couple of art sponges, I decided to get a set of 20 pure colors, a couple of additional skin colors (yellow ochre tint, and burnt sienna shade) and some Sofft tools to better experience the range and potential of this line. My Blick's order arrived yesterday in great shape with no damage thanks to their careful handling and adequate cushioning air bags used in their sturdy cardboard boxes. When ordering soft pastel sets in the past, it was not rare to find a few cracked pieces here and there. Yet all the PanPastel jars arrived intact. Additional pictures of the unpacking and initial testing in my Flickr photostream: photo 1, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4, photo 5, photo 6, photo 7, photo 8, photo 9, photo 10, photo 11, & photo 12. The 20 color covered palette tray is a convenient way of organizing the pastel jars in the studio, but might be too large to take along for field work. They are actually easier to transport by threading a few PanPastel pans together with a jar of applicator tools and a sponge. The Sofft tools and applicators were indeed easy to clean on a paper towel when switching from one color to another without contamination.
Initial mark making tests with the Sofft Tools. It will take further testing and practice on a variety of support papers to get a better feel for this new painting set, but I can tell already that the PanPastels are pigment rich, clean to handle, and probably more suited for broad applications with painterly strokes and situations where quick coverage of large areas is desired. Will probably have to break out my Derwent or Stabilo CarbOthello pastel pencil sets to render the finer details. Considering that PanPastels can be easily corrected with an eraser, they certainly offer new exciting creative possibilities and smoother work flow with a media that I have avoided in the past for being "too messy".
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