Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted December 16, 2022 Hash Fellow Share Posted December 16, 2022 Imagine if you needed a different mouse for every color you wanted to use. That is pastels. The story of an art shop that has been around since the 1700s... The tiny Paris pastel shop that changed art history click on this link... https://t.co/vUpuFCKxiX Quote Behind an old wooden counter in a shop in Paris’s Le Marais district, a woman in a light-blue shirt stretches for a shelf behind her and slides out a box. She places it on the counter and unstacks three hidden layers. Inside are neat rows of colourful sticks, cushioned in cotton wool and held in tonal formation. Although firm, they appear sweet and doughy. Each is individually wrapped in a loop of branded paper that reads “Henri Roché”. The sticks are handmade pastels, fine enough for Édouard Vuillard, Edgar Degas, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Odilon Redon, Richard Serra, Winston Churchill — all customers of the oldest pastel maker in the world, La Maison du Pastel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtaz Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 I love pastels..... link access not allowed 😔 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted December 20, 2022 Author Hash Fellow Share Posted December 20, 2022 28 minutes ago, Xtaz said: link access not allowed 😔 Oops, sorry about that. It was free when I read it but not anymore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted December 20, 2022 Author Hash Fellow Share Posted December 20, 2022 Try the new link in the top post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*A:M User* Roger Posted December 20, 2022 *A:M User* Share Posted December 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Xtaz said: I love pastels..... Very nice sketch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtaz Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 A true love story... thank you for sharing it Robert. I felt the texture on my fingers and also the dry smell of the environment, an imaginative journey, I will put it on my wish list, visit this little piece of dream. Below my self portrait. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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