Unison Red Earth 16 Soft Pastel

Overview

Unison Red Earth 16 Soft Pastel is a deep dark earth red with a rich muted character. Its depth makes it particularly useful for establishing strong shadow areas and dark warm passages without resorting to black. Use it in landscapes portraits still life and figurative work for deep earth tones dark brick shadowed stone rich foliage and warm structural shadows. Like all Unison soft pastels it offers highly pigmented colour with a soft smooth texture that layers and blends beautifully.

Why Artists Choose This

• Deep dark red earth colour with natural warmth
• Excellent for strong shadows and darker passages
• Useful for landscapes portraits still life and figurative work
• Highly pigmented with a soft smooth texture
• Layers and blends easily with neighbouring earth colours

How to Use It

Use Red Earth 16 to establish deep warm values and create structure in shadow areas. Layer it with lighter Red Earth colours to build gradual value transitions or combine it with cool darks to create rich complex shadows. It can be used wet or dry and works well on textured and sanded pastel surfaces.

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