Rembrandt Soft Pastel Landscape Selection: Mastery of Atmospheric Environments
The Rembrandt Soft Pastel Landscape Selection offers a comprehensive professional palette of ninety whole sticks, specifically curated for the discerning landscape artist. Skilfully crafted in the Netherlands, these pastels are engineered using unique formulas and the purest kaolin clay to ensure a velvety application. This expansive set provides the specialized tonal range necessary to capture the shifting light, botanical complexity, and atmospheric depth of the natural world.
Key Features and Artistic Benefits
- High Pigment Concentration: Each pastel is loaded with premium-quality pigments to facilitate excellent color transfer and immediate vibrancy on the substrate.
- Superior Kaolin Foundation: Based on the purest types of kaolin, the sticks offer a grit-free, buttery consistency that allows for effortless blending and soft transitions.
- Highest Degree of Lightfastness: Formulated to archival standards, these pastels ensure that your landscape works remain vibrant and resist UV-induced fading for decades.
- Metal-Free Formulation: Strictly free of metal-based pigments, including lead, cadmium, and cobalt, providing a safer creative environment without compromising color intensity.
- Professional Whole Stick Format: The full-length sticks provide a substantial physical volume of pigment, ideal for broad expressive marks and sustained studio usage.
Available Colors
- Landscape Professional Selection (90 Whole Pastels): 100.5, 201.5, 201.7, 202.3, 202.5, 202.7, 202.9, 205.12, 205.3, 205.5, 205.9, 227.3, 227.5, 227.7, 227.9, 231.3, 231.7, 231.9, 234.5, 235.8, 236.3, 236.5, 236.9, 318.5, 318.8, 331.5, 331.7, 347.5, 371.3, 371.7, 371.8, 372.5, 397.9, 408.10, 408.3, 408.5, 408.7, 409.3, 409.5, 409.7, 409.9, 411.5, 411.7, 505.5, 505.8, 505.9, 506.3, 506.5, 506.7, 506.9, 508.7, 536.5, 536.7, 536.9, 538.10, 538.5, 545.3, 545.5, 548.5, 548.7, 570.5, 570.7, 570.9, 618.5, 618.9, 619.5, 620.3, 620.5, 620.7, 626.10, 626.3, 626.5, 627.3, 627.5, 627.8, 633.5, 633.7, 640.5, 640.7, 640.9, 675.5, 675.8, 700.5, 704.5, 704.8, 707.7, 709.9, 727.3, 727.5, 727.8.
Application and Usage Guidelines
- Layering Techniques: Use the broad side of the whole stick to block in large areas of sky or land, and the edges for defining structural details like branches or horizon lines.
- Blending for Atmosphere: Leverage the soft consistency to blend colors directly on the paper with a finger or blending stump to achieve soft, misty effects.
- Substrate Selection: For optimal pigment grip, use specialized pastel papers or sanded supports with enough tooth to capture and hold dry pigment through multiple layers.
- Maintenance of Purity: Clean sticks periodically with a dry cloth to remove color contamination and ensure the purity of each hue remains uncompromised.
Technical Specifications
- Product Identification: Rembrandt Soft Pastel Landscape Selection Professional Set
- Quantity and Format: 90 Whole-Length Pastels
- Manufacturing Origin: The Netherlands
- Base Chemistry: Pure Kaolin Clay and High-Concentration Premium Pigments
- Safety Profile: Free of Lead, Cadmium, and Cobalt
- Finish: Extra-Fine Matte Velvet
- System Compatibility: Part of a comprehensive range featuring 218 intense colors
- Cleanup Requirements: Dry removal from surfaces; soap and water for skin
