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I love doing portraits in water soluble pencil bur I am having difficulty with the shadings on the face -my shadings look to harsh any ideas will be greatly recieved dave.
I don't think I've ever seen Unison pastels on sale in my local art shops (West Yorks). I've seen people using them in art classes, they are quite chunky and barrel shaped - the pastels, not the people. Jackson's art supplies shows the full range in their catalogue, which I'm looking at now. There are some interesting sets, such as : 18 starters for £24 18 dark jewels at £24 18 landscapes at £24 They might be included in the website at : www.jacksonsart.co.uk Although I've got a mix of Daler, W & N and Conte pastels I don't use them much because they are too messy and dusty
Hi I have used numerous soft and hard pastels in the past but now mainly work with unison pastels. In my opinion nothing compares to them although I haven't tried every brand as yet. I still use the hard conte pastels mainly for detail parts.