Brand of Pastel used for PYO?

[BDW]

Hi,
I need quick help here.
I need to know what brand and what kind of pastels to use for my PYO. There are many brands out there and keep in mind I live in Quebec, Canada, so I don’t have access to brands from UK or US.
Are prismacolor soft pastels ok?
😕 Please any sujestions?
Thanks

[BDW]

[SPark]

As I understand it brand isn’t that important, but it needs to be a chalk pastel, NOT oil based.

Although so far I haven’t used any pastels, just acrylic paints. I do know that oil based pastels will permanently stain your PYO though.

[UnicornLvr]

With pastels, typically, I have learned that the more you spend on them, the better pigment quality you are going to get. I like to use Rembrant brand pastels personally. I have never tried the prismacolor brand pastels. I’ve used their watercolor pencils and colored pencils and LOVE them. Prismacolor probably does make a good quality chalk pastel too!

[Amanda]

Yup, must be the chaulk pastels, and I grind them up into a fine dust-like powder. I use Art Pro and some other brand I got at Michaels, they were really cheap and I don;t like them at all. I really like the Art Pros tho. I am looking to get more, in different shades.

[BDW]

asinnamon wrote:

Yup, must be the chaulk pastels, and I grind them up into a fine dust-like powder. I use Art Pro and some other brand I got at Michaels, they were really cheap and I don;t like them at all. I really like the Art Pros tho. I am looking to get more, in different shades.

Where can I get Art pro’s pastels?
At the Micheal’s store in Ontario they don’t have that brand.

[Amanda]

I got mine off Ebay and a little art shop in town. I have seen similar(packagin the same, colors the same, different name) at Ben Frankin Crafts, but I dunno if they are outside the states. Let me look for the place I got mine off ebay and I’ll post the link….be right back.

http://cgi.ebay.com/12-PC-EARTH-TONE-PASTEL-SET-PASTELS-NEW_W0QQitemZ8243510320QQcategoryZ28107QQcmdZViewItem

[BDW]

asinnamon wrote:

I got mine off Ebay and a little art shop in town. I have seen similar(packagin the same, colors the same, different name) at Ben Frankin Crafts, but I dunno if they are outside the states. Let me look for the place I got mine off ebay and I’ll post the link….be right back.

http://cgi.ebay.com/12-PC-EARTH-TONE-PASTEL-SET-PASTELS-NEW_W0QQitemZ8243510320QQcategoryZ28107QQcmdZViewItem

Thanks Asinnamon for the link.
Are any of you familiar with this brand (featured in the link)
I would like to know more about them: aplication easy? ect…

Thank you

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Asinnamon, I had a couple of questions:

What do you use to grind down the chalk (a grater or something like that)?

Also, what do you use to apply the dust to the PYO with?

Thanks.

[ladybrooklyn]

SilverArrow wrote:

Asinnamon, I had a couple of questions:

What do you use to grind down the chalk (a grater or something like that)?

Also, what do you use to apply the dust to the PYO with?

Thanks.

I just grind it down with the butt of a exacto knife… or whatever I have that I can use to crush them. 😀

And I use pastel brushes and just plain paintbrishes to apply my pastels… lemme go find a pic…

EDIT:

Here are my pastels…

And here’s what I use to apply them….

Notice the bottom smaller brushes are just your cheepy ones from Walmart… Michael’s… etc…

The top two are actually two sets of three sized brushes… I bought them from Dick-Blick I think… or Art Supply Warehouse… Lemme find a link…

::runs off again::

AH HA!! Art Supply Warehouse… that’s where I got them… here’s the link…

http://www.aswexpress.com/discount-art-supplies/online/1262/art-supplies/5

They are GREAT for large areas… but I still use the smaller ones for detail work… or nooks that I just can’t get in with the larger ones… 😀 They blend REALLY well… love them to death. 😀

MAN I still need to do that pastel tutorial I promised… 😯 As SOON as my studio is back in working order (MAN I hate moving) I’ll pastel someone!!! 😀

[BDW]

ladybrooklyn wrote:

SilverArrow wrote:

Asinnamon, I had a couple of questions:

What do you use to grind down the chalk (a grater or something like that)?

Also, what do you use to apply the dust to the PYO with?

Thanks.

I just grind it down with the butt of a exacto knife… or whatever I have that I can use to crush them. 😀

And I use pastel brushes and just plain paintbrishes to apply my pastels… lemme go find a pic…

EDIT:

Here are my pastels…

And here’s what I use to apply them….

Notice the bottom smaller brushes are just your cheepy ones from Walmart… Michael’s… etc…

The top two are actually two sets of three sized brushes… I bought them from Dick-Blick I think… or Art Supply Warehouse… Lemme find a link…

::runs off again::

AH HA!! Art Supply Warehouse… that’s where I got them… here’s the link…

http://www.aswexpress.com/discount-art-supplies/online/1262/art-supplies/5

They are GREAT for large areas… but I still use the smaller ones for detail work… or nooks that I just can’t get in with the larger ones… 😀 They blend REALLY well… love them to death. 😀

MAN I still need to do that pastel tutorial I promised… 😯 As SOON as my studio is back in working order (MAN I hate moving) I’ll pastel someone!!! 😀

🙂 Hi ladybrooklyn,
so do you recommed these, the one mentioned in the link asinnamon gave me?
Need your expertise!
Thanks

[ladybrooklyn]

I use the cheep stuff… I haven’t actually gone out and bought more “expensive” pastels yet. 😀 REALLY need to… but hey! I’m a starving artist!

They look like they’d be great…

Honestly… ANY pastels will work… they are right… the more expensive… the more “pure” pigment you are gouing to get… thus the better color… adn the better archivability (it’ll last longer as a work of art)…

but to get started… just find yourself some cheap stuff to play with. 😀

oh… and CHALK pastels… NOT OIL pastels. 😀

[BDW]

Hi Ladybrooklyn,

😳 Sorry me again…

Where do you get your alpha colors pastels?
Can I get them online?

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[ladybrooklyn]

Blackdesertwind wrote:

Hi Ladybrooklyn,

😳 Sorry me again…

Where do you get your alpha colors pastels?
Can I get them online?

[/i][/b]

Dick Blick SHOULD have them… as should Art Supply Warehouse…

I bought mine at a local art store that just closed it’s doors last year… so I don’t have anywhere LOCAL to get them… (Michael’s DOES NOT carry them GRRRR!!)

You should be able to find them online… Lemme see here…

Yup! Dick Blick carries Alphacolor!

http://www.dickblick.com/zz200/24/

And it looks like Art Supply Warehouse does not carry them. 😛

Now pastels aren’t for the faint of heart. 😀

You know you have to use clear acrylic sealer between EACH layer to seal it right? you can’t touch the PYO… or anything until it’s sealed or you’ll mess up your work. 😀

Now… Jennifer Danza (REALLY big in the model horse hobby) JUST put her “pastel basics” webpage back up… check this out… it can certainly help ya out if you’ve never pasteled before…

http://danzaanddanza.com/winter4.html

I do things a LITTLE bit differently than Jen Danza does… but she’s a good starting place! 😀 That’s how I learned!

[.]

Thanks for the pics and tips ladybrooklyn. I forgot about those! 😀

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