Faber-Castell Gelatos Translucent Set: Swatch, Review and Talens Art Creations Sketchbook Painting
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- I finally got my hands on the Translucent set of Gelatos, from Faber-Castell - I've been swooning over these colours from afar for ages!
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If you wet the page ebfore you lay down, you wont need as much, it blends better (no crayon crumbs) and you have time to blend seemlessly. Thanks for sharing, the colours are stunning.
Oo lovely - another experiment to try, thank you!!
Many years ago Faber Castell came out with a gelato activity set. It showed a bunch of techniques. One was to mix with air dry clay, or blend with acrylic gesso or clear gel medium or chop and add to spray bottle. I think there were also texture pastes.
Oh wow - plenty of ideas! Thanks!
What a lovely, relaxing, helpful video! I’m devastated that the translucents are no longer available, but seeing them put to good use helped me to feel a bit better about it all.
It's such a shame isn't it?!?!
I’ve had some of these for a couple of years, at least, and have never used them. I absolutely love the way you used these! Thank you for the inspiration. I want to get them out and try this.
That's lovely to hear - I'm so glad! Thank you!
Thank you for this video! It's kind of like artistic asmr for me))) you have pleasant voice timbre))
Thanks so much!
I unfamiliar with pastels. The swatches are pretty. 😊
I think they're great fun for looser work!
Just looked up thistle recipes, thistle au gratin was 1st I found, then an article about foraging & that they are prepared as we would artichokes, isn’t it interesting what art teaches us! Liked the colours especially the pastels, & the stiffer sponge effect. Like the gelato pic, thought the colours turned out well! Gelato makes me think of ice cream! And, we’re back to food! Thanks
Haha, that's brill! I definitely need to get hold of some of the stiffer sponges - loved using it! Thanks!
This color selection is just gorgeous and the landscape turned out beautiful. Those of us who love the art nouveau color trend need to stock up on all the great supplies coming up before the next fad takes over.
I've only used the brighter gelatos but they perform much better on gesso than on bare paper. But these translucent colors seem to do okay on the sketchbook page as is. Maybe it's a creamier formula? Would love to see if there's a noticeable difference on a gessoed surface.
Yes, I couldn't resist them! I'm sure I'll get sucked in by the next fad too though... I'm totally shallow!
I don't have any others to compare them to, I'm afraid.
Please continue demonstrating gelatos and oil pastel pieces..love your scenery!
I definitely will from time to time as the mood takes me! Thank you!
I shop for art supplies vicariously through you 😆
But that sounds like I get to do all the fun bits!
The Asian persimmon is called kaki and the leafy bit on top is this colour. Maybe that's how it got the name.
Ps. I love researching. ❤😂
Haha! Brill!
Oh wow I LOVE these colours!! I’ve just recently purchased my first Gelato Gift Set 1 ~ so haven’t really played much with them as yet or know quite what to do with them, but now after seeing your set here, I’m drooling over these gorgeous colours!! 🧡💛💚🩵🤎🩶
They really are gorgeous colours!
I just did a video comparing the Gelatos to other gel/paint sticks, which might give you some more ideas:
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@@helencryer YES I’ve just enjoyed watching it before I even realized that you’d messaged me! 💚🙏🏻 It was really interesting to see how they all compared to each other as I’m still new to all these mediums… I only have that gelato set I previously mentioned, as well as a few individual Neo2’s. It was good to see that KingArt seem quite similar to gelatos (as Gelatos are also not readily available here in Australia) and I’d love to eventually try the Shuttle Tempura sticks too! FYI TH-camr “Marabeth Quinn Art” loves to use her Shuttle Tempura sticks in a beautiful layered way in her intuitive abstract art - very different style to you, but also so effective - well worth a look…
Btw I must now subscribe to you as I’ve noticed that I’ve recently enjoyed quite a few of your videos… thx for making & sharing them with us 🙏🏻🎨🖌️🖍️💚
Thanks ever so much!! And I will look up Marabeth Quinn!
@@helencryer I forgot to mention that Marabeth Quin seems to be primarily a collage artist, however her intuitive landscape collage paintings in particular are fascinating to watch how they come together - she puts no pressure on herself to plan in advance, placing papers & colours wherever she pleases on her page & then ends up with this amazing dark & moody landscape! Enjoy… 🖼️
wow this set looks really cool, I've never seen them before! My favourite colour is Persimmon ❤❤
They don't feel like a serious art supply - just great fun!
Hi Helen , I've only recently found you and I'm enjoying sharing your journey . We are almost neighbours , I am in Exeter but have travelled your patch extensively , including Britanny . I've been dabbling with all art media for years but have now settled mainly on pastel pencils because I now have difficulties controlling a brush due to advancing years . The main reason for this comment is to thank you for your efforts and to wish you well . Please continue posting your work and be assured , there are a lot of us out here who look forward to your videos , they are so very welcome .
Hello neighbour! That's a shame painting is not so easy nowadays, but I'm glad you're still creating. I've yet to get very into pastel pencils, but am intrigued by them. Thank you so much for your kind comment!
oh these colors are gorgeous, thanks so much for swatching!
Thanks!
They are stunning
Great colours, hey?!
Ooh i love the colours in this set and your landscape is fab😍 I've only ever seen Sandi Hester using them before now. Thank you for swatching and testing them out......they look like loads of fun!
Thanks ever so much!!
Those colors look amazing though 😍
Yep! Not your usual 12 set!
I hadn't eally seen anyone use these fully, so that was useful to see. Thanks for sharing, and the finished piece is very pleasing - it looked like it was effortless to use the gelatos - as you said a 'no pressure' medium to play with
Thanks! Yes - very easy and because they only have a very blunt end, there's no pressure of neatness or exactness.
Ah, so that’s what gelatos are (following on from the comment I made on your recent post). I may have to try these despite thinking I would stick to water colours🤷🏻♂️still quite new to this sketching stuff so was going to keep it simple. So much for that as TH-cam videos are responsible for me now having water colour pencils and Faber Castell dual markers as well. Thanks for sharing your experiences though, as without people like you, I’d still be feeling my way in the dark💜
Good luck with keeping it simple! 😁
Think I’ve already realised that this is impossible 🤷🏻♂️
This set has gorgeous colors! Thanks for sharing - I love how your little landscape turned out.
Thank you!
These gelato pastels do look fun to use and your landscape art is fab! What a lovely relaxing watch. 🙏💜
Definitely great fun! Thanks!
These are so pretty. Love your painting=3
Thank you!!
Absolutely love the sketch! Fun, whimsicle yet so beauitful, keep up the great work Helen!
Thank you! I'd no idea how this one was going to turn out 🤣
I think this is the first time I’ve seen the translucent Gelatos, although they may have been in a large set I used to have, and just not labeled as such. I can definitely see the appeal - that color selection is beautiful! About 5 years ago I had a set of 64 Gelatos, and I think they were already old when I received them, even though I had purchased directly from Faber-Castell, because they were not creamy at all. I didn’t use them much and returned to them after several years, and oddly, a waxy/oily substance had leached out of all of them. I don’t mean a wax bloom like you sometimes see on Neopastels or Neocolor II crayons, but they were actually oozing large amounts of this synthetic wax type material, and the rest of the stick was hard, and I threw them away. I don’t know if it was a freak occurrence, or if they really don’t have a good shelf life. They were stored in normal temps and humidity level. In any case, for me I think Gelatos are one of those products which are fun to play with, but don’t really have a place in my art-making. They are fairly versatile, yet I have many other materials which can do all the things these can do. I always end up giving things like this to my kids because I know that if I don’t they will just sit around. I think if you were starting out from the point of having few art supplies, these might be a good option, if you could get them at a good price. I do like that they “dry” more than oil pastels. My understanding is that they were originally designed for paper artists - for card making, stenciling, etc., and were also adopted by art journal enthusiasts, mainly for washes and stenciling and abstract areas of color.
Thanks interesting information especially as I’m on a limited budget.
Hmmm, that's interesting, thank you. I definitely only intend them as a fun sketchbook product, and am not interested in getting more colours, but I did really enjoy using them. I don't have anything else like them - my oil pastels aren't water soluble (except for one set of Mungyo's I have that I didn't like the texture of), and Neocolor II's are not as loose and light at these. What materials do you have that can do what these do? I'd definitely be interested in them.
@@helencryer What I meant to say was that these are versatile but that I have supplies which can each do one or some of the things which Gelatos can do. I’m not sure if there is anything exactly like them. (Part of the problem is also that I just have so many art supplies that I can’t really think of a way to introduce them… it doesn’t feel like there is a natural use for them for me, but if I didn’t have those other supplies, maybe these would be a good “all in one” to start with.) There are the Neocolor IIs but it is true they are not just like these (although I sometimes watch Sandi too and I followed her approach and took the paper off and broke them so they’re smaller, and I can apply the broad side of them.) I have Unison soft pastels which are water-soluble although not marketed as such… when washed out with water on paper, they are pretty well “fixed” despite starting out as extremely powdery. I also have another brand of harder pastels, Charvin, which are specifically marketed as water-soluble. (I think pretty much all “chalk” pastels are water-soluble, anyway.) Then there are the Inktense blocks, and regular watercolor and gouache, and various oil pastel brands. Some people like the Portfolio brand water-soluble oil pastels, but I have not tried those. (I have tried mineral spirits with regular oil pastels, but that’s certainly not as user friendly.) I definitely see the appeal of the Gelatos, in theory. I buy my kids tempera paint sticks (Kwikstix brand) and they have a set of 36 which have some beautiful less “kid-like” colors. These look a lot like Gelatos but are not marketed as water-soluble and they dry quickly. Last summer they had them on vacation and I used them on watercolor paper and realized that they gave the look of chunky oil pastels, yet they actually dry. They layer extremely well and there was something really fun about using them loosely and going in with a wet brush, or my fingers. (For that matter Faber Castell sells “gel crayons” for kids, which are great, but don’t come in the range of colors Gelatos do.) It’s just that for me, usually, I would have to consciously find a time to use something like that instead of my other supplies, when I have limited time, if that makes sense.
I just wanted to add that I just went looking for my kids’ set of Faber Castell “Gel Sticks,” which are basically the kids version of Gelatos. They are almost identical but F-C says they’re not formulated to be as lightfast, and they only come in basic colors. Our set is probably 4 years old, and it has no signs of wax leaching or other deterioration, and they are still soft. I think the set of Gelatos I had must have either been very old when they shipped to me, or perhaps they had been exposed to extreme temperatures. Generally Faber-Castell makes high quality art supplies and I wouldn’t expect they would formulate something which would deteriorate so badly and so quickly.
@@Anonymoi Thanks for the adage. Very interesting I was a little surprised as FC was always a good name.
I’ve recently tried mailing FC as a scam Polychromos set was advertised for a really low price “too good to be true sort of price “ on my fb side, with no response! Have you tried writing to them? To complain.
Beautiful scenery! Love those Gelatos 😊
I've used Gelatos for a while now and I find you don't need to lay so much color down on your surface.
Thank you! I'll experiment!
wonderful spread! Sandi got me re translucent also...& irridescents... try the metallics on black paper...& the pastels which pretty much go w/ everything, including neocolors 1 & 2...esp on top of watercolor [paints, sprays, inks] (dry blends to add/intensify colors & contrasts), or blend damp brush for pen & ink drawings, washes or color hints. If ii use clear gesso between dry layers there's no limit, but then other water soluble won't blend if that's what you want.
Oh this is great! Thanks so much!
I hadn't seen or heard of these before so it was something new and interesting to me.
Thanks! I didn't realise at the time of making the video though, that they are harder to get hold of now. I was very late to the party on these!
Wow.. the colours are gorgeous in this set! I’d probably like a watercolour palette in these shades, honestly 😊. I’ve seen Sandy Hester use gelatos, but I don’t think I’ve watched anyone else use them. They’re a neat supply to have on hand! I still haven’t gotten into any mediums that require blending… the little sponges do make the process of blending look more manageable for me personally (since the finger thing really bothers me a lot, I just hate that feeling of rubbing the paper texture and the medium on my fingers).
Haha - I was already wondering about putting together a watercolour palette along these lines, including some pastels. In fact I've also been looking at getting some empty paint tubes and mixing some of my own paints up!
I'm really pleased to have found that foam block - it's the best thing I've tried by far, so far.
Apparently, the eggish shape beauty blenders work really well for blending pastels & and gelatos, too
I believe that gelato 🍧 is an Italian frozen dessert
Absolutely! Of which I have eaten many!! And apart from some rock and mineral names, most the Gelatos have food names.
thanks for sharing
Thanks!
Since they’re transparent, I’d be curious to see what they look like over a colored pencil drawing.
That's an interesting idea!
So this is what gelatos are! I've seen them many times, but their price is insanely high, especially considering no information about the pigments or lightfastness. A big thank you for this enlightenment!😊 However, having said that - I have to admit that the colours in this set are gorgeous.😍😇😍 And the same is your painting. I love it!😍😍😍😍😍😍
P.S. How is your phone and the carger? I do hope you didn't have to buy new ones 🫣
Yes I agree, in the UK it only seems possible to get hold of bits of the range, and the prices vary wildly, but always on the high side. I guess they were more in fashion years ago. Oh well, I just really fancied this one set.
Haha! It turned out to be a faulty cable, and my phone and charger are fine thank you!
@@helencryer A faulty cable??? 🤣😂🤣 Life is full of surprises 😊
Cosmetic sponges will probably work well to blend them
Thanks, unfortunately I tried them, and they're too soft for blending oil pastels with much control.
@@helencryerHi Helen! Have you tried Panpastel sponges to blend them? From the video it seems the texture of the white sponges are similar to the Panpastel ones.
@@chris.369 Hi, thank you! Yes, I've tried them, and they're still that bit too soft. The harder Gelato one is actually very dense.
@@helencryer Good evening, Helen! Oh, that’s annoying. 😒 The small ones, tips actually, used with the plastic tools are also too soft? Another idea I just had, maybe a stupid one: those makeup brushes used to blend foundation/concealer. Some people blend really thick makeup using these brushes. I hope you’ll find a solution! Personally, I hate when my fingers are dirty because I make the most incredible mess around me. 😅
Yes, unfortunately I've tried those too - the sponge tips kind of move around, and pull off the handles if you're trying to blend anything but a small area. Also the foam isn't easy to clean on those, so you'd have to use a lot of them. I did a whole picture using the Gelato firm blender in my latest video yesterday, and I loved it! It also cleaned really well in between colours, because the foam is so dense.
Hadn't thought about a brush, but I suspect the oil pastels texture will be too 'draggy' for them. Wondering if I'm willing to sacrifice my foundation brush to try it though!!
'Thistle plants are related to globe artichokes, and there's a few different parts of thistles you can eat. The leaf mid rib of the larger, deeply lobed leaves can be trimmed and ingested eaten. The young flower stalk shoots can be peeled and eaten raw or cooked.' - food foraging
Yay! Well done Panda! I'll forgive the dodgy naming! You and I won't starve anyway - not with our penny wort, nettles and now thistles!
@@helencryer I've found hazelnuts and sloes too. 😊
@@helencryer It’s the dodgy cooking I’m worried about 😂😂
Yes, well, a fair concern. I made acorn tea once and it was truly disgusting!
@@helencryer Good God, woman! Just visit your local Lidl. In your case every little does actually help 🤣🤣🤣.
Have all of them!
Do you especially recommend any of the other sets?
Faber-Castell said that this color range “Translucent” has been discontinued. I had emailed them having had no luck trying to find them on the internet.
Oh no, that's such a shame!
You can also rub them on a hard surface then add water on the palette and use them like a watercolour
Great, thank you!
These look good fun! Do you think they are similar to caran d'ache neo color 2's or something completely different?
They are quite a lot softer and waxier than the Neocolor II's, and don't lay down or wash out as evenly as them. Also because they're fatter and softer, you can't get very precise marks with them, unlike the Neocolor II's which you can sharpen. Neocolor II's are more lightfast and pigmented too, so overall they're fairly different.
I much prefer an Italian gelato over these gelatos, thank you very much 😂.
I don't see it as an either-or situation... I just prefer to have both!
@@helencryer Good point! I still prefer the gelato 🍧 🍨 🍦😊.
I bought a couple of these, odd names by the way, but when I got my hands on Prima's water soluble oil crayons, I never went back.
Ah no... more things I need to try out now!!
In my experience gelatos are fun but only Posca pens goes on top. Nothing really sticks. It's been ages since I've used mine but so I've don't really remember if any are much more opaque than these. I don't think so. I've never tried them in the book you have there. I should try because I have them in different sizes. The paper doesn't take too much water but that's not always needed. Anyways beautiful colors in this set of yours.
Oh, that interesting about the opacity, thanks. Although they didn't move as well on the Art Creations paper, I actually really enjoyed using it, and it left a kind of 'sketched' appearance afterwards. I threw quite a lot of water on this one, and it stood up to it pretty well.
I wonder if the Carandache neo colours will overlay on them x
I just tried, and they do really well! Thank you!
I just went to the Faber Castell U.S. website and they say the translucent set has been discontinued!!🤨 Not on Amazon either. So so disappointed! 🤬
Oh, I'm so sorry! I know the Gelatos have been around for years, and are no longer very 'fashionable'. I'm going to have a look at the Prima Art Philosophy Rustic set next, and see how similar they are.
According to google Thistles are not only edible but delicious.
So interesting! I'll have to try one one day!
I’m unable to find this set anywhere here in the USA! Everything but the translucence is available, anyone know where I could get my hands on these? I tried Amazon,Walmart, Michaels, hobby Lobby, Dicks & Jerry’s artorama….thanks. Love your videos!!!
I even tried faber castells website
I'm so sorry to get people's hopes up for it, and then it not be available 😢
Good morning 👋🏼
Hi!
How do these compare to the carandache neo color two?
If a Neocolor II is like a soft wax crayon, then a Gelato is like a waxy lipstick. This Gelato set is fairly transparent (though other sets are more opaque), whilst Neocolor II's are very opaque. Both water soluble.
have you tried the nail artistry kits I use them on oil pastels?
the silicone nail artistry tool kit
Oo, no I haven't - thank you! Will go and look it up!
Ita a huge frustration for me that high quality supplies are cheap in the USA then extortionate for us here in the UK 😕
There are definitely some products I wish I could get here more easily and cheaply (currently I really would like the Portable Painter mini pans and can't even find them here!), but I do think it varies with different brands. Also, I think the Gelatos are quite an old product now, and just aren't as available any more.
@@helencryer definitely. And it frustrates me that for many products the only supplier is Jackson's so there's no option for shopping around. I've started buying open stock items from small independent art shops online where I can, but it's just difficult to get some items here. I don't know if I should thank you or curse you for turning me on to Cult Pens - they may have been in my browser frequently since you mentioned them months ago 🤣
It won’t let me edit or reply to my comment. Sorry they’re called finger cots
Thank you! I'd not seen these before! Have you used them yourself? I'm wondering if they're like wearing latex gloves - I tried those with oil pastels but they moved around too much, so I didn't have enough control with them, and they left wrinkle lines in the pastel. Just wondering if these are tighter.
@@helencryer They’re a snug fit, not like the gloves…we’ll they’re snug on my fingers😂 I don’t think I’ve tried them with the oils as I got them for the chalk pastels which make me gag when I touch them
OK, that's great to know, thank you! I will give them a go!
They are no longer making these translucent gelatos, which is so sad.
That is such a shame! I hadn't realised this when I made the video - I'd just thought they were hard to get hold of in the UK.
Lychee that one is actually gonna be pronounced as leechee (litchi) if you look for it on the internet that a fruit is very tasty. All these colors are so pretty❤
Ah, interesting! In England we pronounce it Lie-chee. Yes - I've eaten many of them!
Love the colors of this set but the "tone" and such of the video is very monotone and hard to keep watching. Hopefully this is taken as constructive criticism. I really do love the colors!!
Thanks so much for taking the time to comment! Yes, I'm pretty aware my videos aren't particularly exciting, and that my presentation style is quite low key, but that's how I just naturally seem to make videos - I'm not sure I'd know how to change that! Luckily there seem to be enough people who don't mind it, and keep returning.
Don’t change a thing…..you have a lovely presentation 😊
@@helencryerI really enjoyed the video and the pace of it. It was natural and I find your voice relaxing. I find most videos on TH-cam exhausting to watch as there’s way too much talking and not enough pauses.
Thanks ever so much!