Most pastels get broken or are simply used up into smaller pieces.
I realised quickly I wanted to get rid of the foam inserts that pastels come with. I found my own system lacking so I went on the hunt for a good storage system to put my pastels in, organised and all. You can find the colour you need much quicker than going through four boxes to find the perfect red.īut when you are done painting, where are you going to put those pastels? Organised pastels are much easier to work with when you are painting. Many also order by value and some by temperature. Many artists organise their pastels by colour all the reds together, all the blues etc. It is time to organise your pastels! Time to Organise your Pastels At another time you might buy some loose pastels for which no space is left in your foam shaped inserts. That box will have reds in them too so now you have reds in three places. Then you might buy a box of pastels from a different brand. So you will have some reds in one box and also in the other. You will have two boxes with all the colours in it. When the Pastel Collection Growsīut if you end up buying another box of pastel things get messed up. So you could easily leave them in their boxes as you use them. They are already ordered by colour for you. Each foam cutout will fit a single pastel perfectly, and it all looks yummy. When you buy a box of pastels they usually come in gorgeous looking cardboard boxes with foam inserts. Many would agree that the boxes your pastels come in are not ideal, so let’s see what alternatives there are. In this article I thought it might be useful to go over the ways we can store our pastels. In an earlier post I wrote about organising your pastels by colour, value, brand or type. Well, until you find the perfect solution that is. Storing pastels is always a topic of conversation amongst pastel artists.
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