Pitt artists’ pastel pencils, with their oil-free pastel
leads, are used by artists not only as the perfect
complement to pastel crayons for elaborating
fine details, but also on their own. Many artists
who enjoy pastel techniques and their versatility,
but not the dirty hands and coloured dust that
accompany them, have opted to use these special
pencils. Pitt pastel pencils have a very compact
lead, which is economical to use. The lead
contains a very high level of pigment, making the
pencils ideally suited both to drawing lines and
shading, as well as blending and merging into
delicate colour transitions. The colour selection
in this range places a particular emphasis on the
muted shades and earth tones that are especially
important for pastel drawing.
Pitt pastel pencils are ideal for drawing lines and shading surfaces, as well as for small pastel drawings and picture details. They perfectly complement the Polychromos artists’ pastel crayons. Pitt pastel pencils can be smudged by fingers, and thus require light fixing.
Pitt pastel pencils are ideal for drawing lines and shading surfaces, as well as for small pastel drawings and picture details. They perfectly complement the Polychromos artists’ pastel crayons. Pitt pastel pencils can be smudged by fingers, and thus require light fixing.
Variations in colour intensity
Blending colours
Blending colours
Intensifying
Transitions
Adjacent lines or areas of colour can
easily be smudged with a finger to
create a distinct block or a delicate
transition of colour. The more often
the area is coloured over, the greater
the intensity of the colour.
Brush painting
Corrections
Fixing.
Every fixing process alters the vividness
of pastel colours. Pitt pastel
pencils adhere well to the structure
of the paper, meaning that only
minimal fixing with a fixing spray
is required.