Color Mixing & The Art of Tone Value & Scheme

As pastelists, most of us are encouraged to arrange our pastel sticks with some sort of purpose similar to our wet media comrades. Many segregate by color family, others by value, and some (myself included) utilize a system similar to the chromatic palette, placing colors to represent the color wheel in a value range from light to dark. I make one addition: a section devoted to neutrals (colors that are less intense in appearance). Until recently, this would take considerable effort to achieve. But now, there is available a new set of pastels that is organized in a traditional manner—by hue, value and intensity. Full Article