CAT’S EYES INTRO
Some info on choice of pastels
I use a mix of Unison pastels and pastel pencils for my work to achieve my realistic paintings.
Unison Colour – these are perfect for under layers and getting vibrant colours. They blend so easily and can be layered easily one on top of the other.
Stabilo Pastel Pencils – these are highlight pigmented, and work especially well on dark papers. They are softer than Faber Castell Pitt pastel pencils, and easy to blend. I use these to add the finer details
Faber Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils – these are harder than the Stabilo brand, which makes them excellent for very fine details, if that’s your thing. Again highly pigmented and a good range of muted shades and earth tones.
Clairefontaine Pastelmat paper – this is a 360 gsm card surface with a velvety texture which can hold multiple layers of pastel. For my piece I’ve selected the Sienna colour, a mid range tone which I particularly like for using for my animal portraits.
Unison Pastels Used:-
- Black – Carbon Black – CB1
- Dark – DK15
- Greys – G9, G23
- Browns – Natural Earth NE3, NE8 & NE12
- Browns – Brown Earth BE16
- Yellow – Y2
- Additional – A9
Stabilo Pastel Pencils Used:
- 760
- 726
- 706
- 440
- 590
- 655
- 221
- 695
- 690
- 105
- 331
Faber Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils used:
- 199
- 283
- 185
- 183
- 101
Paper:
- Clairefontain Pastelmat – colour Sienna
Tools
- Soft blending tools
- Tortillion paper blending stumps
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