Pastel reviews

Customer Comments

"I am amazed at the brilliant new book, Multi-Brand Color Chart for Pastels. The organization is an innovative way of analyzing and arranging pastel sticks in a clear system encompassing all the information needed to master your materials. It will be of immense help to every pastel artist."
Daniel E. Greene, N.A.

"For the pastel artist struggling to fill the gaps in his arsenal of pastels, this book is the ticket. I was delighted at how easy it was to find, for example, who makes that exact tint of red-violet I need."
Michael Chesley Johnson, PSA, MPAC, PSNM

"Your book is the most successful body of work to delve into the practical concept of 'pastel-brand' color selection. Color theory is one thing: but the reality of pastel painting is the actual colors the pastels are as they come from their manufacturers. The unique color of the individual pastel stick is what each pastelist has to realistically work with.

Perhaps not all pastelists have problems with color; maybe color is not an issue for them. But for those artist for whom color is problematic, your book will be an immense aid. Especially since your book's wide scope covers every conceivable brand of pastel commercially available to contemporary pastelists.

Excellent work."
Bill Creevy, PSA Master Pastelist and author of "The Pastel Book"

"Marie Meyer's Multi-Brand Color Chart for Pastels gives us anamazingly simple method of identifying color in a precise way. It takes the mystery out of understanding color by showing how to think about color in terms of hue, chroma and value. I think the book will be a very valuable asset to pastel artists in search for colors they yearn for and to fill in gaps in their palette. I highly recommend it for any artist who is serious about mastering pastels."
Alan Flattman, PSA Hall of Fame Honoree, author of "The Art of Pastel Painting"

"I love your book and have spent many hours over the past two weeks examining it very closely. It's fantastic and the best reference book I've seen in years. In addition to assisting me in locating just the right colors to complete my pastel collection (I've created a dream list of the ones I want), your book is very useful in showing a beginner in color study how various pastels differ in their hue, chroma and value. This is a great book for art educators to show their students slices of the cylindrical color space."
Martha Butterfield

"I was somewhat sceptical to start with but have been won over...This is a very informative book prepared by somebody who has taken agreat deal of care over its scope and the analysis undertaken. It deserves a place in the library of every serious pastel artist and I'm very happy to recommend it."
Katherine Tyrrell, author of the "Making a Mark" blog.
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"It's a remarkable piece of work. Your explanation of hue, value and chromatic intensity is very clear. I wish everyone understood these three variables; it would make my job as a painting teacher much, much easier."
Tony Ryder, founder of the Ryder Studio School
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"Every so often a resource emerges that makes people wonder how they ever managed without it. Marie Meyer's book is such a resource, a necessity for serious pastel artists. The importance of the catalog will resonate with anyone who has experience being at an art store trying to decide between five almost identical colors, while trying to remember what they already had in the studio."
Juliette Aristides, founder of the Aristides Classical Atelier, author of Classical Drawing Atelier and Classical Painting Atelier
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"I can't tell you how happy I am with the system you've put together. Hue, chroma and value make sense to me for the first time ever."
Marcos Iglesias

"I am very appreciative of all the information that you've put in there. It's a priceless resource - thank you!"
Suzanne Godbout
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"Enabling me to understand the marketplace is a huge benefit. This book is the only thing that delivers it. And whereas magazines and art shops encourage spending, this book is actually curbing mine - no more splashing out on multi-stick sets in the blind hope at least some of them will turn out to be special or useful."
JR Connor

"I am a value painter, so my palette tends to be subdued. I often work several pastels together to achieve a specific value from an initial underpainting of hue or chroma. The Multi-Brand Color Chart enables me to pinpoint a closer initial choice, streamlines rendering and invites more spontaneity between my surface and media."
Lynne Cannoy
View some of Lynne's work at the Pittsburg Society of Illustrators website.

"What a great book. Learning how to visualize color as a 3D space was worth the 40 bucks on its own. In addition, you've also solved my number one problem - finding colorful darks."
Bonnie MacMillan

"Using the Multi-Brand Color Chart takes ambiguity out of extending the pastel artist's palette. It's a brilliantly original piece of scientific research to make the selection of color equivalents a breeze for pastel painters. Thank you for doing it!"
Robyn Spence

"I received my color chart today, and I must say that I have longed for just such a reference since I turned to pastels four years ago. The downside of pastels, of course, is the need for so many. And my local store can be out of stock in certain colors for months at a time. The printed color charts and internet color samplers are so unwieldy that finding the precise hue has seemed impossible. So...thank you for this book. It will be my Christmas present for all my pastelist friends."
Diana Farris

"Wow! Thank you!!! I just received your book as a gift, and I am blown away by the information.

I have been painting for many years, almost exclusively in pastels for four years, and have always had such a hard time sorting and categorizing , and then, the hardest part, filling in missing colors. You know how that goes. Get to the art supply store, think you found that perfect dark, even grab a shade on either side just to be sure..and find out you already have them, or they are completely wrong!! And forget about ordering on line, unless you have each color number recorded with a swatch for reference (which is a good idea, but , I am just not that organized). You have done it all for me, and so much more.

One more advantage your book will give: I am excited to try new brands which I had not tried before."
Margi Lucena

"The time, energy and dedication given to this complete this book is awe-inspiring.

The book uses the system developed by Munsell and very quickly gives one an understanding of the parts that a colour consists of and where a colour fits within that system. The layout of the book is very simple and easy to work with.

I am convinced that this book is a great guide that will make life for the pastel artist lot easier and also much cheaper and I couldn’t recommend it highly enough to do it justice."
Anneke Newman
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"I am blown away by the critical thinking done to provide a book that is scientific yet a joy and makes pastel color selection doable. I've just ordered another for my friend and pastel instructor. Her birthday is next week and a more perfect gift cannot be found."
Carol Athey

"It is everything I hoped it would be. I knew I had gaps in my collection, and now I know where they are. Thanks for having a great idea and a great product."
Don Rantz
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