15% Off Pastelgrain Sheets
Pastelgrain is another unique pastel surface from Clairfontaine. Pastelgrain has the same characteristics as Pastelmat except that it has a noticable, mild, surface texture.
Pastelgrain allows you to use texture creatively. You can accentuate textural effects and add depth by using the grain in the paper, but also progressively build layers of pastel to control the amount of texture. You can also plan for, and reach, the stage where areas of the painting can be textural and others not.
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15% Off Blue Earth Sets
The pastels are made using high density mineral pigments which gives them their very soft and dense consistency. The pastels have excellent covering power and you can lay down colour very quickly.
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15% Off Art Spectrum Extra Soft Sets
The Art Spectrum Extra Soft Pastels are available in colour grouped sets of 10, 20 & 30. The pastels are quite open in their consistency and not dense at all which allows you to lightly lay down colour very quickly. The pastels can be best characterised as having a light creamy texture.
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20% Off Sennelier Sets of 30 Half Sticks
The Sennelier pastels were first introduced at the turn of the 20th Century. Whilst the colours and tones have evolved the making of the pastels themselves has remained relatively unchanged. The sennelier pastels are highly recommended and are part of the history of colour itself.
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10% Off Hahnemuhle Pastel Sketch Pads
Pastel Sketch is a 130 gsm 100% Cotton Rag paper. This high quality pastel paper has a slightly raised grain and is natural white in colour. The paper has a lovely feel to the touch. Each pad contains 30 sheets and two pad sizes are available.
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15% Off Lux Archival Packs of 5 & 10
Lux Archival paper was developed by Alyona Nickelsen of Brush and Pencil. The paper makes an excellent pencil and pastel paper, easily taking many layers. The base paper is 100% cotton whilst the sanded surface is 400 grit but extremely uniform without any visible pattern. The paper is archival, lingen free, acid free and 300gsm. The paper has a neutral white colour and is suitable for underpainting; it will take water, inks, alcohol and mineral spirits.
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The Big Pan Pastel Sale
- Single Pan Pastels from $11.95
- Compact Sets of 10 only $99.95
- Compact sets of 20 only $179.95
- $300 off set of 80 Pan Pastels and Accessories. Now Only $695 including free postage (pictured above).
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Soft Pastel Art Prize 2025
$5000 First Prize
The Soft Pastels Art Prize for 2025 will feature a $5000 first prize and a total prize pool of $6700. It is an on-line competition and open to all artists from Australia and New Zealand. The competition is run by softpastels.com.au and aims to promote soft pastel painting in Australia and New Zealand.
Entries will open on 01 April 2025, so start painting!
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New: Mi-Teintes Velvet
Mi-Teintes Velvet has a distinct soft grained feel. The grain provides excellent pigment adhesion which eliminates the need for fixative. The paper is well suited to a light hand when applying pastel which will ensure good layering and blending. The paper is 430gsm, acid free and suitable for wet techniques such as underpainting.
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20% Off Rembrandt Set of 90 Half Sticks
Rembrandt are towards the harder end of the scale in terms of softness. This allows many techniques and effects to be implemented which are a lot harder with the very soft pastels.
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15% Off Kirsty Rebecca General Realism Set
Kirsty Rebecca is an award-winning Australian artist who specializes in realism. Kirsty largely uses Pan Pastels for underpainting for use with pastel pencils.
The kit contains:
- 20 Pan Pastels
- Palette Tray with Cover
- 3 Sofft Painting Knives
- 15 Sofft Knife Covers
- 2 Sofft Sponge Bars
- 4 Sofft Mini Applicators
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15% Off Pitt Pencil Sets
There are four Pitt Pastel Pencil sets available, all of which come in a protective tin. The Pitt pastel pencils are well suited to fine details and line work. The compact lead is towards the harder end of the 'softness scale' which gives great control. The pencils are also a good choice where shading, transitions and blending are sought. A very versitile pastel pencil.
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New: Sennelier Sets of 6 Oil Pastels
Sennelier have expanded their themed range of 6 oil pastel sets to include:
- Discovery Assorted Colours
- Pears Duo
- Rose in Bloom
- Seascape
- Iridescent
- Fluorescent
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New Unison Soft Pastel Sets
Unison have released several new sets including:
- 8 Half Stick Summer & 8 Half Stick Autum
- Set of 18 Bird Essentials by Loes Botman
- 16 Half Stick Versatility Set by Ginny Elston
- 16 Half Stick Abstract Set by Caitlin Helsop
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