Bartc
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In the past in my pastel odyssey I found that online I had bought at least 2 different brands of essentially the same dark earthy colors and had overlap with another set on some of them. So it was an expensive waste. (Nobody carries pastels in nearby stores, unfortunately.)
Having bought online since, I have also found that the screen representation is not the same as the reality, which is usually duller. In fact, sometimes some sets don't even have much difference between hues/values in real life, so it wasn't just an issue of chroma/saturation.
Having some gift certificates I have been hankering to buy some more colors. Since I'm stuck doing it online and pastels are very expensive as a medium, I tried to hold off on this for months. My theory was that, if I wrote down the color I was looking for and didn't find when painting, I might avoid some of the mistakes. Plus, I figured that I could take the online pic and print it out on regular paper, which with my printer has the effect of dulling down the representation enough to better approximate real life.
OK, so I didn't write down the "missing" colors, but I kept them in mind, and seeing this wonderful Unison sale at Jackson's and with the dull print outs in hand, I was certain that I could pick out some colors or sets that would fill out my rainbow properly. But first, of course, I had to finally clean my pastels, which had become dusty and seriously dull coated from the box. Found one of my mistakes in building my DIY box, but that isn't the point here.
Having then a totally clean set arrayed by hue, I took my print out for comparison to find the missing links. To my surprise none of the colors in the 6 sets of half Unison sticks was actually now missing from my box! That doesn't mean I have all the colors I might want nor enough of some after heavy use or breakage. But damn, I saved myself yet another mistake of buying colors I don't need right now.
Ummmmm, denial of treating myself is not such a revelatory experience, however! LOL
Having bought online since, I have also found that the screen representation is not the same as the reality, which is usually duller. In fact, sometimes some sets don't even have much difference between hues/values in real life, so it wasn't just an issue of chroma/saturation.
Having some gift certificates I have been hankering to buy some more colors. Since I'm stuck doing it online and pastels are very expensive as a medium, I tried to hold off on this for months. My theory was that, if I wrote down the color I was looking for and didn't find when painting, I might avoid some of the mistakes. Plus, I figured that I could take the online pic and print it out on regular paper, which with my printer has the effect of dulling down the representation enough to better approximate real life.
OK, so I didn't write down the "missing" colors, but I kept them in mind, and seeing this wonderful Unison sale at Jackson's and with the dull print outs in hand, I was certain that I could pick out some colors or sets that would fill out my rainbow properly. But first, of course, I had to finally clean my pastels, which had become dusty and seriously dull coated from the box. Found one of my mistakes in building my DIY box, but that isn't the point here.
Having then a totally clean set arrayed by hue, I took my print out for comparison to find the missing links. To my surprise none of the colors in the 6 sets of half Unison sticks was actually now missing from my box! That doesn't mean I have all the colors I might want nor enough of some after heavy use or breakage. But damn, I saved myself yet another mistake of buying colors I don't need right now.
Ummmmm, denial of treating myself is not such a revelatory experience, however! LOL