Rembrandt Soft Pastel General Selection: Compact Brilliance and Precision
The Rembrandt Soft Pastel General Selection offers a foundational palette of fifteen half sticks, providing a professional introduction to the world’s most widely utilized dry media. Skilfully crafted in the Netherlands, these pastels are engineered with unique formulas and rigorous quality control to ensure a reliable, high-performance experience. By combining the purest kaolin clay with high concentrations of premium pigments, this set delivers the signature velvet-smooth application and intense color transfer required for sophisticated sketches and detailed studies.
Key Features and Artistic Benefits
- Concentrated Pigment Load: Formulated with a high density of premium-quality pigments to ensure excellent color transfer, allowing for vibrant saturation even with a light touch.
- Refined Kaolin Base: Utilizes the purest types of kaolin clay to provide a buttery, grit-free texture that facilitates seamless blending and layering on the substrate.
- Maximum Archival Lightfastness: Each color is designed to offer the highest degrees of lightfastness, ensuring your creative work remains vibrant and resists UV-induced fading over time.
- Metal-Free Formulation: Strictly free of metal-based pigments, including lead, cadmium, and cobalt, prioritizing artist safety without compromising the purity of the 218-color range.
- Efficient Half-Stick Format: The compact design offers increased structural strength and a larger variety of colors in a portable format, making them ideal for both edge work and broad strokes.
Included Color Selection
- General Selection (15 Half Pastels): 100.5, 201.5, 205.8, 227.5, 236.5, 372.5, 409.5, 411.5, 506.5, 548.5, 570.7, 620.7, 627.5, 633.5, 700.5.
Application and Usage Guidelines
- Versatile Mark-Making: Utilize the flat ends of the half sticks for blocking in tonal masses or the sharp edges for adding precise architectural details and highlights.
- Blending Techniques: The soft consistency allows for effortless blending using fingertips, blending stumps, or soft brushes to achieve smooth gradients and atmospheric effects.
- Surface Selection: For optimal pigment grip, apply to specialized pastel papers or sanded supports with enough tooth to capture and hold the dry particles effectively.
- Maintenance of Purity: Keep the sticks organized and clean by periodically wiping them with a dry cloth to remove any cross-contaminated pigment from adjacent colors.
Technical Specifications
- Product Identification: Rembrandt Soft Pastel General Selection Set
- Quantity and Format: 15 Half-Length Pastels
- Manufacturing Origin: The Netherlands
- Base Chemistry: Pure Kaolin Clay and High-Concentration Premium Pigments
- Safety Standards: Free of Lead, Cadmium, and Cobalt-based pigments
- Finish: Extra-Fine Matte Velvet
- Dimensions: Half-length sticks approximately 35 mm in length
- Cleanup Requirements: Dry removal from tools and surfaces; soap and water for skin
