Pastel
Working with pastels is usually called drawing.
But for me it's closer to painting.
Although I've worked with paint in the past.I now work only with pastels.
I'm in love with the bright colors and feel,"like old expressionist painters did"
very comfortable with pastels.Pastels are a sensitive substance made out of pigments.
Working with pastel is not so easy,
but if you got a touch for it,
you can create art with a tone exclusive for pastels.
In the past I worked with Rembrandt pastels from Talens,
and sometimes Schmincke both good pastels.
Recently I'm working with Unison soft pastels
they are more expensive but they are simply the best.Pastels keep their color value and freshness over the centuries,
as they contain no additives and are not varnished.
Unison Handmade Pastels
Over a decade ago, in the hills of Northumberland, England, artist John Hersey began hand-making his own pastels. Gently hand-rolled and air-dried, each stick is as much an organic sculpture as it is a tool. Look closely at a stick and you may see the fine lines and fingerprints imparted by the pastels' creator. Each pastel takes on the tapered shape of the bowl of the maker's palms.
Hersey's unique color formulations contain only pure pigments in a cycle of related hues, instead of adding white or black to the colors. The result is intense, vibrant color application not muddied by the blending of colors. The color range is sublime overall and in moments astonishing.
Unison's pastels contain very little binder, making them truly soft and smooth. Pastels measure approximately 2-1/8" long � 5/8" diameter (54 mm � 16 mm). Sticks vary slightly due to the hand-making process.