How the pastels are produced can effect the makeup and characteristics of how the pastel will act on the paper. Some have a creamy rich texture while others are very chalk-like. It depends on which brand you use. This is mostly contributed to which type of binder and how much is mixed with the pigment. This includes soft and hard pastel types as well as pastel pencils.
The only difference between these is the amount of binder used when producing them. Produce brighter more saturated colors since they have more pigment than binder. They are great for filling in large areas of color and are usually larger than hard pastels. They're quite fragile as well. Have a higher percentage of binder and less pigment resulting in a slightly duller color on paper.
They are more often used for detail work or for preliminary sketching. They are more dense than soft pastel types giving them a firmer texture, hence how they get there name!
Advantages: Easier to control than soft pastels as they are less prone to crumbling and shed less pigment. Simply hard pastels rolled into rods and enclosed into a wooden casing. They are used just like hard pastels and can be sharpened into fine points just like a regular pencil. Pin Share Email Save Remove. Your Recently Viewed Projects.
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Sign In Create Account. You can use letters, numbers and white space. First Name:. Last Name:. Confirm Password:. Forgot Your Password? Enter your email address and we will send your password. A very good starting point might be the Rembrandt soft pastel basic starter set or the Unison soft pastel half stick landscape set. As a general rule, higher priced soft pastels tend to have more pure pigment and there are obvious benefits with that come with that.
Each make and type of pastel will feel slightly different. Different ranges of colour, more or less pigment, more or less soft, different shapes and so on. Pastel pencils are a similar story in terms of choices. There are no easy answers in terms of choices to make when you are starting out. Sometimes going on a pastel workshop can give you the opportunity to handle and experiment with a range of makes and types.
My first soft pastels were a beginner box of Rembrandts and the landscape set of Unisons. These were suggested by the artist who was leading a painting holiday I went on. One of the first things I do on getting new pastels is break them in half. This gives me more options in terms of varied mark making and also makes it easier to use the pastel on its side. Another consideration is what paper, sandpaper or board to work on. My favourite is heavy duty watercolour paper with gesso. You could paint the same painting on each of the different surfaces and find different challenges and different results.
Below I demonstrate some of the ways of using hard and soft pastel in a painting, using a 3-stage process. I am working on watercolour paper with a light clear gesso underpainting, using the brands Unison, Rembrandt and Conte. So really there is only one thing to do. Play, mix, experiment. Try and get your hands on a variety of pastel surfaces and pastels themselves. Mix things about and see what works and what does not.
Try moving the pigment about with water or pure alcohol or mix in with charcoal. Judy Tate has been drawn to soft pastels for most of her painting life. She followed a structured learning with The Open College of Arts and attendance at a wide variety of workshops in different mediums and techniques. In the last decade Judy now focuses almost entirely on soft pastels with some mixed media.
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