DIANE TOWNSEND SOFT PASTELS
Origin: USA
Colors: 408
Size: 3/4" x 1-3/4"
Diane Townsend has been making hand formed pastels since 1972. The pastels are truly handmade and produced in very small batches, are very densely pigmented with great clarity and good covering power. The nature of the base pigment dictates the soft to very soft consistency of each color. Diane uses a very simple 3 step value for each color: Dark, Pure Color & Light. The Off-White and Pale colors (80D thru 90L) are a nice subtly tinted alternative to using traditional whites. The Midnight colors (50D thru 53L) are a great alternative to blacks.
There are sets of all 120 Solid pure colors, 120 Light (L) and 120 Dark (D) variations of each color and 48 exotic colors set (10 fluorescent, 7 iridescent, 15 pearlescent and 16 metallic).
NEW SETS: Hot = colors of fire and brimstone; Grey = mixed light and dark with cool and warm; Light = warm and cool off whites with barely perceptible shifts in tonality; Purple & Violet = intense colors with red to blue variations; Midnight = VERY dark, almost imperceptible shifts and Dark = a great rich undertone set with more perceptible color.
SPECIAL SETS: The Artist Choice set is a very painterly selection by Diane as an introduction to the line. The Portrait and Landscape sets now have an A & B that allows expanding a set without duplicating colors.
*There are no L or D variations of Bone Black #1 and Titanium White #10. The Light and Dark 120 sets have the Solid form of both these colors repeated in the set.
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