Pastel

Pastels — A Collection Curated by a Pastel Artist

Our pastel range is one of the most comprehensive you'll find in the UK — and that's no accident. PaperStory is run by a working pastel artist, which means every brand and format we stock has been chosen with a real understanding of what artists actually need. Whether you're just starting out or building a professional palette, you'll find the right pastels here.

Pastel Formats

• Soft pastels — highly pigmented, velvety, and blendable; the classic pastel format for expressive colour and painterly effects
• Hard pastels & pastel cubes — firmer sticks ideal for fine detail, underdrawing, and linear work
• Pastel pencils — the control of a pencil with the rich pigment of soft pastels; perfect for portraiture, botanical illustration, and fine detail
• PanPastels — ultra-soft pastel colour in a pan format, applied with a sponge tool for smooth, even coverage and subtle blending

Brands We Stock

• Unison Colour — handmade in Northumberland, UK; exceptional pigment load and a huge individual colour range
• Caran d'Ache — premium Swiss quality in both soft pastels and pastel pencils
• Sennelier — legendary French soft pastels and innovative woodless pastel pencils
• PanPastel — the original pan format pastel, beloved by artists for smooth, dust-free application
• Faber-Castell — Pitt Pastel pencils; reliable quality at an accessible price point
• STABILO CarbOthello — soft, blendable pastel pencils that work beautifully across brands
• Cretacolor — excellent grey ranges, particularly popular for animal portraiture
• Van Gogh — great quality soft pastels at student and intermediate price points

Not sure where to start? Get in touch — as a pastel artist, Angela is happy to help you find the right pastels for your work.