Playing with Pan Pastels

[faebyl]

I got my pastels:) soooo happy! I played with them a little yesterday on my spare time! so much fun!
here's what I did:

Comments

[ellenmillion]

How awesome!! I'd never even heard of pan pastels!

[faebyl]

They are pretty new, I'm pretty excited about them! they blend so nicely and I heard they are great with other materials, so exploring them will be fun:)...maybe something new for you to try Ellen???:)

[faebyl]

oh no! thanks for the heads up...yeah it's a BIG learning process, but I think it's one reason why I bought them, I really wanted to try something different and these are it! you should break them out again:) I want to see your paintings with them:) it's nice to know someone else who has them.
I will try the brushes, I'm gonna go look into something thats as small as a pencil for fine detail...if I find anything I'll let you know.

[faebyl]

Thanks Cathy:)

[theirea]

looks great for your first try! <3
i've always thought pastels are crayon sticks? how do you use them? you wet that spatula thing?

[faebyl]

It's actually all dry, they are all pastels(kinda like chalk but very velvety and creamy...just not wet...kind of like really nice eyeshadow)Anyways, they usually come in sticks, this is pretty new, only a few years old I think and much more like painting but it blends like a dream. I was using them and thought of you, the colours are so vibrant and blending is so nice I thought it would be something you'd like:) you can use the tools that are made for them and lots of sponges to block really large areas of colour and when you need to clean it you just wipe on a paper towel. It's fun,I'm going to try using it with my brushes, I'll let you know how it goes:) heres there website if you want to know a bit more, I'm horrible at explaining things:) http://www.panpastel.com/
Have a great weekend hun!

[theirea]

thanks for that, looks cool! might give it a try sometime. I've seen a few pretty cool childrens book illustrations done in pastels and another artist who does incredible work in this medium. i'll try and find this artist and show you :)

[faebyl]

Sweet! thanks:)

[katerinaart]

wow i love it !!!!!!! the pastels look like make up !! and love the tools you are using :) i love pastels too, so far use brishes and q-tips to blend :)

[faebyl]

I totally think you would love these Katerina! they're really fun! I'm going to try some brushes with them as well...we'll see what happens:)