Blick Presents: PanPastel and Sofft Tools Tips and Techniques

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In the following video, Ladd Forsline with Colorfin LLC demonstrates how to work with the wonderful pastels “PanPastel”. These are not your ordinary pastels folks.  Instead of coming in the usual stick form, they are made in little pan like containers and applied with tools called “Sofft Tools”. Its a very unique and interesting way to work with pastels.  The following video will demonstrate various tips, techniques and applications of this product .

One of the key advantages of working with PanPastels as opposed to stick pastels, is that you can block in large areas of color very quickly using the Sofft Tools, which Ladd will demonstrate.

Another great advantage of these pastels is that they are loaded with color.  Unlike regular pastels, which take multiple layers to cover the support, PanPastels can cover quickly with a very thin layer, making these pastels more economical.

Learn much more in the free video demonstration below.


21934 2049 2 2ww mPanPastel Artists’ Painting Pastels Sets

Here are genuine artists’ quality pastels — the softest in the world — uniquely packaged in stacking and interlocking jars. The packaging protects the colors, thus reducing damage and waste.

PanPastels were specially developed so that artists could lift, apply, and control pastel color, just like true painting. The pan format holds color like paint for easy application. Each pan contains 35% more material than the average pastel stick. (On average, based on a market survey of standard soft pastel sticks.) The label, with color name and number, remains with the color pan for easy identification.

Loaded with the highest quality artists’ pigments, PanPastel colors are made using a unique manufacturing process requiring minimal binder and fillers, resulting in a rich, ultra soft, low-dust formulation.

These professional quality colors are highly pigmented and have excellent lightfastness. They are erasable and fully compatible with traditional pastel sticks, pastel surfaces, and conventional fixatives. They can be mixed, blended, layered, and applied like paint for an infinite palette of colors. With PanPastel, it is possible to create more painterly effects.

The artist can apply controlled marks, from intense to delicate — ultra thin “glazing” layers and veils of color. It is possible to block in large areas of color in seconds, for backgrounds, underpainting, and tinting paper. PanPastels clean up easily. Included with each PanPastel multi-color set are one Sofft mini applicator, two Sofft Covers, one Sofft Art Sponge, and a storage jar for these tools.

Instructions are also included. The sets contain individual 9 ml (0.3 oz) jars of each color. Sets of 5 include one Sofft Art Sponge, two Sofft Covers, one Sofft Mini Applicator, and a storage jar for these tools. Sets of 10 include two Sofft Art Sponges, three Sofft Covers, one Sofft Mini Applicator, and a storage jar for these tools. Sets of 20 include three Sofft Art Sponges, 10 Sofft Covers, three Sofft Mini Applicators, two Sofft Knives, and four storage jars.

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  1. jenny on Wed, 7th Mar 2012 7:12 am 

    I think the painting have so important relation with the tools:bush pen and small tips,all create different looks!Like chinese painting?it just use soft brush but never use others hard tools,so it was featured by “freehand”.I thiks tools deceide this feature.

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