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Art Spectrum Soft Round Pastel Six Pack - Autumn Earths

Art Spectrum Soft Round Pastel Six Pack - Autumn Earths

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Sale price $39.95

Earth tones do the quiet work in most landscapes and portraits. This six pack gives you a light to dark run of ochres, siennas and umbers, crafted by hand from artist grade pastel.

Features

  • Pastels: 6 full size soft round sticks, 70 x 12mm, good for side strokes
  • Range: from Yellow Ochre down to Burnt Umber, spanning pale through deep earths
  • Colours: Yellow Ochre P (540P), Caput Mortuum T (554T), Raw Sienna P (544P), Burnt Sienna N (548N), Greenish Umber N (579N) and Burnt Umber D (552D)
  • Grades: D darkest, then N dark, P pure and T tinted
  • Useful shades: Greenish Umber suits gum leaves in shadow and olive skin tones, while the siennas and Caput Mortuum T help with portrait shading

Staff tip

Tone the paper first. Lay down Raw Sienna with the side of the stick, then blend it into the sheet with a tissue. A warm middle tone underneath means lights and darks both stand out, and the paper never looks stark white.

Work from dark to light: start with the deep shades, Burnt Umber and Greenish Umber, move into the siennas, then finish with Yellow Ochre where the light hits. Art Spectrum makes these sticks in Australia, at a family owned Melbourne company founded in the early 1960s, and the brand is proudly 100% Australian made.

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