Art Spectrum Releases New Extra Soft Square Pastels
Art Spectrum Releases New Extra Soft Square PastelsArt Spectrum Square Pastels, the latest incarnation of their extra soft pastels, have been released by the Australian company founded in Melbourne by artist David Keys. Art Spectrum is one of the leading art supply brands in Australia, manufacturing oil paint, watercolors, gouache, pastels, and inks. They are known for their unique Australian colors and traditional European methods.
Art Spectrum also has a comprehensive range of supporting products including the world’s first pastel surface paper Colourfix™, canvas and stretcher bars, papers and pads, brushes, and palette knives.
Art Spectrum originated as a co-op run by a group of local painters who sourced knowledge and machinery required to produce materials that would meet the needs of the local art community.
Discover the collection of Art Spectrum Extra Soft Square Pastels. With over 50 years experience of making professional artists’ colours, we are proud to introduce a selection of pure pigment extra soft square pastels. Colours ranging from smouldering darks to delicate veils of highlight colours, all exhibiting the rich velvety bloom loved by pastel artists.
Experience soft creamy pastels that lay down smoothly and blend beautifully onto paper. The shape allows broad strokes for easy coverage and strong gestural marks and the ability to create fine detailed work.
Feel confident that you are using professional artists’ materials made from the highest quality lightfast pigments which are triple-milled to bring out the intensity of each colour.
Innovation drives us at Art Spectrum®. We will continue to expand our Extra Soft Square Pastel range to include new and exciting colours for the artist.
Each extra soft pastel is 13mm high x 16mm wide x 45mm long (1/2 inch high x 5/8 inch wide x 1 3/4 inch long).
Availability
The new square pastels are sold individually and as sets and are available at Blick.
I love these pastels and have the sets, but I wish to buy more of one specific color and two vendors do not sell individual square pastels . Jerrys Artrama and Dick Blick.
This statement says that individual squares are sold
Each single pastel is 13mm high x 16mm wide x 45mm long (1/2 inch high x 5/8 inch wide x 1 3/4 inch long). The new “square pastels are sold individually” and as sets.
Where can I order INDIVIDUAL square pastels?Especially RED PILBARA RED D? If not in squares is this sold in round pastel individual?
Thank you Roger a Pastelist
Hi Roger,
Thanks for your comment. It looks like Dakota Pastels sells individual Art Spectrum square pastels. I don’t know if you’re familiar with Dakota or not but I’ve ordered from them many times and they are a reputable source. They also sell “Pilbara red” as individual sticks. Here’s a link:
https://www.dakotapastels.com/products/AS-Extra-Soft-Individual