PanPastel 20-Color Complete Realism Set: Curated by Kirsty Rebecca
The PanPastel Complete Realism Set is a professional-grade toolkit curated by award-winning Australian artist Kirsty Rebecca. Specifically designed for high-realism across multiple genres—including wildlife, portraiture, and landscapes—this set serves as a comprehensive system for both standalone work and foundational underpaintings. By balancing vibrant primary colors with a sophisticated range of earth tones and extra-dark values, this collection provides the technical breadth required to achieve lifelike depth and tonal accuracy before adding fine-line details with pastel pencils.
Key Features and Artistic Benefits
- Universal Realism Palette: A highly versatile 20-color selection that spans the entire color wheel, featuring critical landscape greens, portrait earth tones, and vibrant primaries for floral and still life subjects.
- Optimized for Underpainting: Engineered for seamless integration with colored pencils and pastel pencils, allowing artists to block in large areas of soft, blended color quickly while maintaining the "tooth" of the paper for subsequent detail work.
- Profound Value Management: Features a robust selection of "Extra Dark" and "Shade" variants, such as Phthalo Blue Extra Dark and Burnt Sienna Extra Dark, to establish structural shadows without the flatness of pure black.
- Delicate Tonal Transitions: Includes essential tints like Cerulean Blue Tint and Payne's Gray Light, perfect for rendering soft atmospheric perspective, subtle skin highlights, and realistic cloud formations.
- Comprehensive Application System: Equipped with 3 different Sofft Painting Knives and 15 covers, providing the mechanical variety needed to transition from broad washes to sharp, structural definitions.
Application and Technical Guidelines
- Structural Blocking: Use the Sofft Sponge Bars and Extra Dark tones to map out the heavy values of your subject. The high pigment concentration ensures immediate coverage, reducing the time spent on initial composition.
- Skin and Fur Undertones: Utilize Raw Sienna and Burnt Sienna to establish the warm foundational layers of animal or human skin, layering Violet Shade or Payne's Gray into the recesses for anatomical depth.
- Landscape and Sky Rendering: Use Ultramarine Blue and Cerulean Blue Tint to create smooth, grain-free sky gradients. The Yellow Green and Permanent Green Extra Dark pans allow for the rendering of complex foliage from highlights to deep shadows.
- Detailing and Highlights: Employ the Sofft Mini Applicators for precise pigment placement in small areas like the iris of an eye or the tip of a petal, finishing with Titanium White for high-impact specular highlights.
Technical Specifications
- Product Identification: PanPastel 20 Complete Realism - Kirsty Rebecca Set
- Contents: 20 PanPastel Colors (9 ml each), 1 Palette Tray with Cover, 3 Painting Knives (No. 1, 2, 3), 15 Knife Covers, 2 Sponge Bars, 5 Mini Applicators
- Included Tones: A strategic mix of Primaries, Extra Darks, Earth Tones, and Tints
- Primary Application: Realism, Wildlife, Portraiture, Underpainting for Mixed Media
- Product Grade: Professional Artist Quality
