This set contains 8 watercolors, handmade locally by a young craftsman from Luberon. The colors are made, for a big part, from our pigments, mined in our quarry in Gargas (light yellow ochre, yellow ochre JFLES, tan ochre, red ochre RFLES and brown ochre) and from indian black, green earth of Brentonico, but also with vegetable indigo of Provence.
The "Orangeade" box contains eight natural and synthetic pigments, pulling toward yellow-orange such as the Oxy Apt jaune or pulling toward the red-orange just like the Ocre havane. Its tints are luminous and warms.
The "Soleil" (= "sun") box contains eight natural and synthetic yellow pigments. The yellow, color of the light, is often associated to joy and good mood. In this box, here is a gam of luminous yellows.
The "Vermeil" box contains eight natural and synthetic red pigments. The red is one of the first pigment discovered and used by men. Its color is passionate, warm and deep. This box contains many reds which will surprise you.
The "Prairie" box contains eight natural and synthetic green pigments. Going from a bright light green (green 4FR) to a deep green (green Monté Carlo), it helps you discover a complete range of greens which will not fail to amaze you.
The "Gourmand" (= "greedy") box contains eight natural and synthetic pink pigments. From light pink (bois de rose) to bright pink (rose magenta), this box offers a gam of pink for every taste. It also contains the white tiona 595 pigment which allow you to lighten your colours and the Indian black.
The "Terre" (= "earth") box contains eight natural and synthetic brown pigments. During a long time, brown pigments were only earths, hard to obtain and pretty expensives. Here are these earths in this box.
The "Marine" box contains eight synthetic blue pigments, blue being one of the three primary colours. In this box, a range of blue is presented, between freshness and purety, from the sky blue to the lavander blue of our Provence, or deeper blues.
The "Ocres" (= "Ochers") box contains eight ochers and natural earths in a wooden box. The ochers come from our open air quarry in Gargas (Vaucluse, France).
These soft pastels are hand-crafted with light-stable pigments. They have an ideal size (diameter of 14 mm, length of 60 mm) for a good grip, reduced fragility and long life. They are particularly tender and velvety.
"Ocres" ("ochers") box : red ocher, apricot ocher, golden ocher, yellow ocher.
These soft pastels are hand-crafted with light-stable pigments. They have an ideal size (diameter of 14 mm, length of 60 mm) for a good grip, reduced fragility and long life. They are particularly tender and velvety. "Terres" ("earths") box : Ru ocher, natural siena, burnt siena, brown Van Dyck.
These soft pastels are hand-crafted with light-stable pigments. They have an ideal size (diameter of 14 mm, length of 60 mm) for a good grip, reduced fragility and long life. They are particularly tender and velvety.
"Sanguine" box : light sanguine, sanguine, burn umber, natural umber.
These soft pastels are hand-crafted with light-stable pigments. They have an ideal size (diameter of 14 mm, length of 60 mm) for a good grip, reduced fragility and long life. They are particularly tender and velvety.
"Red" box : ruby, red, vermilion, coral.
These soft pastels are hand-crafted with light-stable pigments. They have an ideal size (diameter of 14 mm, length of 60 mm) for a good grip, reduced fragility and long life. They are particularly tender and velvety.
"Yellow" box : orange, golden yellow, medium yellow, lemon.
These soft pastels are hand-crafted with light-stable pigments. They have an ideal size (diameter of 14 mm, length of 60 mm) for a good grip, reduced fragility and long life. They are particularly tender and velvety.
"Green" box : yellow green, light green, "bladder" green, olive.
These soft pastels are hand-crafted with light-stable pigments. They have an ideal size (diameter of 14 mm, length of 60 mm) for a good grip, reduced fragility and long life. They are particularly tender and velvety.
"Violets" box : carmine, manganese violet, parma ultramarine, violet.
These soft pastels are hand-crafted with light-stable pigments. They have an ideal size (diameter of 14 mm, length of 60 mm) for a good grip, reduced fragility and long life. They are particularly tender and velvety.
"Turquoise" box : phtalo blue, ceruleum, turquoise, emerald.
