20% Off Single Pan Pastels

Pan Pastels are ultra soft professional artists’ pastels packed in a unique pan format. Pan pastels are very blendable which allows you to mix colours to extend your palette. They are also very painterly as you can create very delicate marks and veils whilst also having the ability to block in large areas very quickly. The Pan Pastels mix very well with regular pastels and using them together gives you the advantages of both.

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10% Off Colourfix Paper and Pads

Colourfix is the Australian pastel paper. It is able to hold multiple layers of pastel and comes in a comphrensive array of 20 colours. The special includes both the A3 and Large sheets as well as the new pads.

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Huge Reductions on Carbothello Sets of 24 and 36

Stabilo CarbOthello Pastel Pencils have a lovely dry stroke which can be easily blended. The pencils have a highly pigmented 4.4mm core which provides high levels of lightfastness and great luminosity and opaqueness.

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20% Off Girault Wooden Box Sets

These French Artisan Made Soft Pastels are of the highest quality having been in continuous production since 1780. Exceptional pigment load provides true and vibrant colour whilst the application is easy and flowing. The soft and creamy nature of the pastels lends itself to blending as well as the ability to make consistent accurate strokes with varying degrees of density.

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10% Off Schmincke Singles

Schmincke pastels contain the purest medium fine ground artist’s pigments in the highest possible concentration. Contrastingly, the binder is kept to a minimum. This provides for one of the softest pastels on the market, a joy to use which takes you back to the origins of colour.

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Up to $300 Off Rembrandt Wooden Box Sets

Special is strictly Whilst Stocks Last. No backorders will be held. Rembrandt pastels are towards the harder end of the scale in terms of softness. This allows many techniques and effects to be implemented which are a lot harder with the very soft pastels. They have very good lightfastness and are free of pigments based on lead, cadmium and cobalt.

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Up to $500 Off Sennelier Big Sets

King Set of 525 pastels, $500 Off. Assorted Set of 250 pastels, $300 Off. Assorted set of 175 Pastels, $200 Off. Special is strictly Whilst Stocks Last. No backorders will be held.

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Save $30 on the CrayPas Specialist Oil Pastel Set of 88

Cray Pas Specialist oil pastels are artist grade. They are made from highly concentrated premium quality pigments, wax and oil to provide professionals with a superb creamy texture that facilitates blend-ability, and can be used in combination with a variety of painting mediums.

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$35 Off Bruynzeel Pastel Pencil Set of 48

Bruynzeel pastel pencils are rich and buttery, yet firm. They have strong colour release and resist crumbling which is great for finer lines and sharpening. The pencils are 3.7mm wide with the colour strip being perfecly centred within a cedar casing. The well balanced colour range and excellent lightfastness make them a great choice for artists.

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Terry Ludwig Pastels Now Available

Handcrafted Pastels with a Velvety Soft Stroke. Terry Ludwig Pastels were the first rectangular shaped pastel. The rectangular shape opened up new painting possibilities with the pastels being able to be used for both broad strokes and detailed wotk. The pastels are highly concentrated and uniformly soft across the range which allows you to paint with confidence. The current range will be expanded upon over the coming months to provide a comprehensive selection.

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Pastels - Pure and Vibrant

Pastel painting takes you back to the origins of colour. Lying somewhere between sketching and painting, pastels encompas the best of both. Pure enjoyment resulting in beautiful art works.

A Guide to Softness

Soft Pastels vary in their degree of softness and we are often asked about this. The list below is arranged from softest to hardest and is based on our experience.