Testing the MOST EXPENSIVE PanPastel Set... waste of money?
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2022
- I bought the most expensive pan pastel set... Are they worth it?
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You don't need all 80, just start with the set of 20 basic colors (there are only 20 basic colors), extra white and black (to make the tints, shades, and to tone, and extra blending pan). I spent about 100 US dollars and I am good for now. I might get the whole set at some point but since I am using them mainly as under painting for pastel pencils and colored pencils I didn't feel I needed all of them. I would rather have another set of Holbein and Luminance for that money, also I have not been able to find a decent budget substitute for their Sofft tools so you have to save money for them as well (you will go through them a lot, especially at first until you learn to NOT over coat the paper).
This pan pastel set is a dream!😍 I still only have my set of 10 from 6 years ago. The portrait at the end turned out beautiful!!
It looks like you used the wrong kind of paper. The sponge is a horrible tool to spread and mix pastel, especially if you want deep, rich colors!
Maybe I'm cheap, but I've literally used make-up applicators for pastels. You can pick them up from beauty supply stores for next to nothing.
I have a set of 80 that I haven't even opened yet because after spending all that money, I got very intimidated. This helps! Thanks so much!
Hey Kirsty, I have a hack that I use for chalk pastels that may work for these pan ones too. Instead of using sponge applicators, I use the rubber styluses that are normally used for sculpting. They work FANTASTICALLY! Super smooth application and they don’t fall apart. You can also get super fine detail with them. It might be worth a try with these pan pastels.
Too bad they don't have a CMYK basics set. It looks like you could only mix dull pinks and purples with the primaries they chose...
If you want to use the powders for details, cut the tip off a cotton swab that uses the rolled paper stick. You can cut a slight chisel end and it should work better than the pencils.
The type of paper is extremely important when it comes to pan pastels, the fact that you will save SOOOOOOOO much high end color pencils thanks to them, and that they last for a while kinda justifies the price. The tiny sponges that come with them are frankly shit quality, but the easy quick cheap fix is to buy small makeup ones instead.
So why don't u just use carbathellows pastelles pencils to do details with the medium that would mix well and be for the pastelles mat I have so many pastell sticks that I just have in a big tin but I did buy a set of the metallic pan pastelles epwhith the tools in the middle to the tower curious did u connect them together to make the full on roll that keeps them dry and contained in one long tube they all have the threads on those pans for that reason .🤹♀️🔵🔴⚫⚪🏳️🌈🤔🎨🌚💜
Hi Kirsty, I came here to comment with some tips for using Pan Pastels after watching your landscape in the first part of the video...
WOW youre a fantastic artist.I am so impressed. Watching you do that little portrait took my breath away, seriously!
For anyone else UK-based watching this. Head to the Dick Blick US store, where they're c£300!! Even with shipping and import duties, it's far less than buying them from Jackson's.
i love that you watched tutorials. it's often very frustrating watching artists on here try new supplies and not do any research to figure out how to use them properly 😭
I loooove PanPastels! I made the same mistake with the paper in the beginning. I was so discouraged. I thought I just sucked and there was no way the paper makes that much of a difference. Then I ordered Pastelmat and my whole life changed haha!
I’m really surprised with how gorgeous that portrait came out considering it was only lightly refined with pencils 😍😍
This technique may already be in the comments but I have not seen it. Once you lay down the initial pastel (treat it like an underpainting), spray it with a workable fixative. then do your details on top with colored pencil or traditional pastels. The vibrance will then shine through. once the work is complete, then you will need to coat again with a non-workable fixative if you use pastel for detail to prevent color from smearing. Oh yeah, I'm not misspelling color but rather I live in the USA and that's the way it is spelled here 😀. I hope this tip helps as well for you as it does for me.
The sofft tool covers are very delicate but if you use them only when necessary and use the larger sponges for larger areas you will be able to find the best way to save money, also try not to press too hard with them and try to avoid rubbing them up and down, it will be easier to prevent braking them if you go in one direction repeatedly.
this set looks so pretty!!! cant wait to watch the rest of the video!!
There are these pencil elongating end pieces which can be put on very short and used up pencils to give them their last life use time. You could use these stick thingies to elongate the small eyeshadow applicators to create a stick applicator yourself, for when the one in the set is used up.