Last week i bought a Brevillier's Cretacolor (made in Austria) set with 24 brilliant color pastel pencils. I was looking forward to trying them immediately, and i've been perfectly satisfied with the quality. The set was not cheap, 9000 Ft - about 36 USD, but i think a quality product worth it! Important: these pencils are not to be sharpened with a pencil sharpener, because they are fragile. Instead of sharpening, you need a piece of glasspaper to sharpen them. They are better than thick pastel bars, because you can work without dust and make more detailed drawings.
This is the original drawing, on green ingres paper:
Inverted in Gimp:
Greyscale:
Edited in Raw Therapee, low tonemapping and high saturation/vibrancy:
My recent SoulDoodles of this year:
https://steemit.com/souldoodle/@kalemandra/my-souldoodles-of-2018-7-my-collaborative-work-for-everlove-left-out-from-the-last-collaborativeartjourney
https://steemit.com/souldoodle/@kalemandra/my-souldoodle-6-when-fire-meets-water
https://steemit.com/souldoodle/@kalemandra/my-souldoodle-5-2018-abandoned-corner
https://steemit.com/art/@kalemandra/my-souldoodle-4-2018-happy-tulips-spring-is-coming
https://steemit.com/souldoodle/@kalemandra/my-souldoodle-3-2018
https://steemit.com/souldoodle/@kalemandra/my-souldoodle-2-2018
https://steemit.com/souldoodle/@kalemandra/my-souldoodle-1-2018
