Roche pastels?

Sharon Knettell · 02-24-2005, 09:19 AM

Mary,

When was that article posted and by who? They had completely reformulated their line and it was available in 2000, when I bought their complete set. As far as I know that is the latest reformulation. Some still are crumbly.

Here is an interesting link that discusses the various qualities of most of the available pastel lines. http://www.creativeprofessional.net/Main-Artists.html

Mary Sparrow · 02-24-2005, 09:47 AM

Sharon, I am not sure exactly when that article was published. Wet Canvas started a review section a few months ago for just about every art product imaginable, and that is where I pulled that. From what I can tell each product has a blurb from the individual manufacturer. When I have time, I will see if I can find out just how old that is.

Considering I just started using pastels a little over a year ago, I would assume I have some of the newer ones, and they CRUMBLE, so if I have the new ones, I'd hate to see what the old ones were like.

Jimmie Arroyo · 02-24-2005, 01:40 PM

Can't remember exactly when, the Pastel Journal had an article about the Roche line. A family member had taken it over, but the colors were limited, about half, compared to the original line of about 1,200. (that number is from memory, I might be way off)

Like I said, it was a while ago, the number may be higher now. The author of the article was very impressed by the quality of the pastels, but admitted to not being able to afford more, and it was bought straight from her, no middle-person. That could have been said for the sake of the article, but if she's still in business, someone's buying them!