Leeds-based expressive, impressionist professional artist and tutor, Robert Dutton tested out Jackson’s Handmade Soft Pastels for Painters-Online and wrote about his experience. Dutton’s detailed examination of the pastels covers everything from handling to their effects on a variety of surfaces surfaces. He concludes, “I’m convinced that once you have used them and discovered their luscious colours and buttery consistency you will be hooked.”
Handmade Soft Pastels from Jackson’s Art Supplies
by Robert Dutton
Jackson’s have created a range of handmade professional quality soft pastels and they are lovely! Once I started to use them, I just couldn’t put them down. These hand-rolled pastels have a great buttery feel; their low binder to pigment ratio ensures brighter, more saturated hues when used on all sorts of surfaces and in mixed-media work.
Presentation
The pastels come in strong, rigid slimline black cardboard boxes with protective foam. Jackson’s also make a lightweight folding empty beechwood travelling case that you can fill with your pastels – the protective foam inserts from the box sets can be transferred to the sections in the box. There are two sizes: one takes 112, the other 196 pastels. When folded it is really easy to carry around by its comfortable leather handle and internal melamine boards keep the pastels in place. A very useful colour chart is also available. Read more here.
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