Colours and Paper Used
Paper – 800p Sanded paper
Pastel Pencil -White
Pastels Used
I use a selection of brands, each brand will have its own property.
I apply hard pastels initially to create a thin layer of under painting, then applying further layers of softer pastels. I do dip back in to the harder pastels to blend and mark make as needed.
Conti Carre – Hard pastels
| Bright Red 005 | Orange Lake 49 | Van Dyke Brown. 80 |
| Light Grey 20 | Grey Blue 72 | Sketching Grey 2457 |
| Natural Sienna 18 | Tile 79 |
Caron d’Ache – Hard pastels
No. 105
Other colour code not known – please refer to colours on chart
Unison Colour – Soft Pastels
Red 1 & 13
Red Earth 3, 4 & 11
Brown Earth 7, 12, 7, 12 ,16 & 23
Blue Violet 1
Grey 1, 8, 13, 34, & 27,
Natural Earth 3 & 12
Portrait 1 & 5
Dark 18
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Rembrandt – Softer than Conte – but harder than Unison
Black
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Sennelier – soft pastels
| Intense Blue 463 | Black Green 177 | Hot Brown 002 |
| Purple Grey 478 | Bronze Green Deep 155 |
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