Rembrandt Soft Pastel General Selection: Comprehensive Brilliance in a Versatile Format
The Rembrandt Soft Pastel General Selection features thirty half sticks, offering a wide-ranging palette for artists who demand professional-grade performance in a compact size. Skilfully crafted in the Netherlands, these world-renowned pastels are produced under strict quality control to ensure unparalleled consistency. By utilizing the purest kaolin clay and high concentrations of premium pigments, this set provides the necessary breadth for complex color transitions and expressive sketches.
Key Features and Artistic Benefits
- High Pigment Concentration: Formulated with a dense pigment load to provide excellent color transfer, allowing for immediate saturation and vibrant results with every stroke.
- Pure Kaolin Clay Base: Utilizes only the purest types of kaolin to ensure a signature velvet-smooth application that is entirely free of grit, facilitating seamless blending.
- Maximum Lightfastness: Each unique color formula is engineered to provide the highest degrees of archival lightfastness, protecting your artwork from fading over time.
- Metal-Free Composition: This professional selection is free of lead, cadmium, and cobalt-based pigments, ensuring a safer studio environment without sacrificing color intensity.
- Dynamic Half-Stick Design: The compact format offers increased structural strength and easier handling for detailed edge work, while still providing ample surface area for broad color blocking.
Included Color Selection
- General Selection (30 Half Pastels): 100.5, 201.5, 202.5, 205.5, 205.8, 227.5, 235.9, 236.5, 331.5, 339.7, 372.5, 408.7, 409.5, 411.5, 506.5, 506.7, 508.7, 545.5, 548.5, 570.7, 619.5, 620.3, 620.7, 626.7, 627.5, 633.5, 640.7, 700.5, 704.8, 709.7.
Application and Usage Guidelines
- Mixing and Layering: The high purity of these pastels allows for clean layering; use the sharp edges of the half sticks for fine architectural details and the flat sides for tonal gradations.
- Surface Recommendations: Best applied to specialized pastel papers or sanded supports with enough tooth to capture and hold the dry pigment through multiple applications.
- Blending Precision: Achieve smooth transitions by blending colors directly on the support with a finger or blending stump, taking advantage of the grit-free, buttery formulation.
- Care and Storage: Protect the sticks from breakage by keeping them in their original packaging; clean individual pastels with a dry cloth periodically to maintain the purity of the 218-color system.
Technical Specifications
- Product Identification: Rembrandt Soft Pastel General Selection Set
- Quantity and Format: 30 Half-Length Pastels
- Base Chemistry: Pure Kaolin Clay and High-Concentration Premium Pigments
- Safety Profile: Free of Lead, Cadmium, and Cobalt
- Finish: Extra-Fine Matte Velvet
- Manufacturing Origin: The Netherlands
- Dimensions: Half-length sticks approximately 35 mm in length
- Cleanup Requirements: Dry removal from tools; soap and water for skin and non-porous surfaces
