Art supply goodness
Just encountered a fairly new method of delivering an old medium: pastels.
The method is akin to painting. Has been around for a while. But I think this new supplier has come up with a way to take the "homemade" aspect out of it.
Panpastel has released the following "medium" for pastel painters. An example of their basic set is seen here.
Each color comes in a little bucket, not much unlike what you would see with eyeshadow.
For useage tools, Panpastel has developed a line of spongelike applicators that fit on the ends of various fixtures that are very similar to a painter's toolset. You can see different brushlengths, and even something that mimicks a smearing knife. Way cool.
But one of the most interesting things that the company did, was in their design of the entire system. You can see that the jars the pastel-paints come in are completely interlockable.
If you buy them seperately, each comes with a few small brushes in a container that interlocks at the bottom of the actual pastel holster. But these can be removes, so that you can stack a large grouping of containers together.
Now thats some intelligent design! It makes me happy.
Finally, although this is somewhat of a gimmicky product, they did not treat it as such. The picture below details the entire color spectrum they have available. At a total of 60 different colors, there is no slacking here.
The price is not too bad. Starting at $6 a color, it is a little bit more pricey than your usual pastel. And I am not entirely sure what the overall volume of materials is in comparison. However, if you purchase the entire set, the cost drops to a little under $4 a color. Which makes it very comparible to all other supplies.
Of course ... me being me ... I instantly wanted all of them. Because I love pastels. Because I love paints. Because I love purchasing things. And I like exploring new techniques, whenever I can.
But the realist in me knows that I probably will not go through with anything pastelly very soon. Because I am deathly afraid of ruining my carpet. And I just cannot be a neat artist - its not how I work.
But time will tell the truth.
Comments
those look mint! i love stuff like this. going to tell my dad about them too... as for your carpet, cover it with a decorating sheet or something...don't NOT do it! ;)
I used to love working with pastels. Wonder how different it would be to use the applicator tools instead of column of medium. I think I'd like this better - less mess, easier blending, and - after a gazillion years of putting on makeup - the tools should be more familiar to me (except the putty knife - I haven't reached that level of horror).
Please post if you try them out.
I typicall like to use standard pastels for really large areas, and pastel pencils for more detailed work.
Almost always blend with my hands, to rub a lil me into it.
And that you cant buy at any store. Ancient Jaynese Secret! ;)
Try a bigger tarp then!! ;)
Or a bit extreme but what about ditching carpet altogether and getting wooden flooring or something, least you can mop that clean!?
You can't use carpets as an excuse not to do your art... that would be depriving the rest of us! I want to see your pastel creations!