Pastel Pencils

Pastel Beauty, Pencil Control

Pastel Pencils Project Sheet
This step by step demonstration will give you great hints and tips on how to use our Pastel Pencils which offer pastel beauty and pencil control. The project depicts 'Bathers' and you should be able to complete it in just 20 minutes. Be amazed at what you can achieve in such a short time!
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Nothing beats the colourful brilliance of pastels but they’re not the easiest medium to use. Now you can enjoy all the beauty of pastel in a convenient, non-messy form. These woodcased Pastel Pencils have a soft, powdery texture which produces a velvety smooth finish, ideal for mixing and blending. And because they’re pencils, they’re clean and easy to control – although you may not be able to resist the occasional smudge with your finger! There are no less than 90 fabulous colours to choose from.

These round 8mm diameter pencils with an extra wide 5mm strip are ideal for soft expressive studies. They are a medium pastel with a slightly chalky feel but also able to achieve a fine point. They have a soft powdery texture which means they can be mixed and blended well but because they are encased in wood you do not get the mess associated with a pastel block. Available in a range of 90 colour tones ranging from full strength to palest tints each Pastel Pencil is coded with a colour name and number.

We sell Derwent Pastel Pencils in tins of 12, 24 and 72 assorted colours.

Colour Chart

Hints and Tips

Pastel Pencils are more delicate than normal pencils, so when sharpening them be sure to take care. Keep the pencil in a straight line. Do not insert the pencil at an angle or the point will be subjected to unnecessary pressure and may break. Alternatively you can use a craft knife to sharpen your Pastel Pencil. Always ensure your blade or sharpener is sharp, pastel by it’s very nature causes a blade to blunt more quickly than normal pencils.

1. Tinting. Gently add colour to another and softly rub to merge the 2 colours together. 2. Sfumato. Rub pigment into the grains of the paper to leave a misty effect. 3. Feathering. Stroke or ‘feather’ pastel colours into each other to draw areas of tone lightly together. 4. Overlaying. Layer colours on top of each other to create new colour hues and add tonal depth.

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