PanPastel® Colours are made using a unique manufacturing process requiring minimal binder and fillers, resulting in rich, ultra soft and super-blendable colours.

Each colour is loaded with the finest quality artists’ pigments for the most concentrated colours possible. The colours have excellent lightfastness and are fully erasable. They can be mixed together for a complete painting palette.

PANPASTEL ORIGINAL COLOUR RANGE:

• 20 Pure Colours (mass tones), 20 Tints, 20 Shades, 20 Extra Darks
• Plus: 6 Metallic Colours, 6 Pearlescent Colours, 5 Mediums.
• Pan size (each) 2.44" / 62mm diameter

COLOUR RANGE:

• The range includes pure colours, tints, shades andamp; extra darks.
• Indicated by item codes as follows:
• Pure colours (xxx.5)
• Tints (xxx.7 and xxx.8) = pure colours plus white
• Shades (xxx.3) = pure colours plus black
• Extra darks (xxx.1 and xxx.2) = pure colours plus more black
•  PR101:1 = Colour index no. for pigments
• Metallic andamp; pearlescent colours/mediums also contain mica coated with titanium dioxide andamp; iron oxide.

PanPastel® Colours offer many advantages:

• Super-blendable: the pan format and their ultra-soft formulation mean that PanPastel® Colours blend beautifully for an infinite palette of colours.
• Paintable: for the first time, artists can apply and mix (dry) pastel colours like paint
• Instant: no drying or preparation time is needed. Lift the colour using a Sofft Tool to start painting immediately
• Easy: no solvents, water or other unique mediums are required – use PanPastel® colours “dry” for the benefits of wet paint without the hassle.
• Erasable: PanPastel® is a very forgiving medium – use any eraser to correct mistakes or remove the colour. An eraser can also be used to create highlights and for subtractive drawing techniques.
• Versatile: compatible with other artists’ media and almost any art andamp; craft surface (even thin, delicate papers as there is no bleed-through or buckling because PanPastel® is dry colour).
• Control: using Sofft Tools, it is easy to control the colour and to achieve a wide variety of marks and effects
• Very low dust: for a cleaner, more pleasant working environment. Generating less waste.

For painting, drawing, and mixed media work, use PanPastel® Colours to:

• Block-in colour - quickly andamp; cleanly for under-paintings, washes andamp; toning paper
• Layering - build up thin layers andamp; glazes of colour multiple times without overfilling the paper’s “tooth.”
• Apply controlled marks – from intense strokes to delicate marks, for painterly effects
• Mixed Media – combine with other artist’s media andamp; experiment with various surfaces for new creative effects.