Atelier is an art magazine that focuses on art lovers with a passion for drawing, painting and with a broad interest in art. Articles with an educational character, stories about art and artists…Very happy to see Mamut pastels featured on a dutch art magazine…

Autumn is a very special season of the year in so many countries, full of colors and changes. The possibilities to play with those fall colors are amazing!

People are afraid to break soft pastels. It is painfull to see your work smashed into little pieces, but in some way, it also has a certain beauty…

Natalia Leonova, Soft pastel artist. Painting process with Mamut pastels and her impressions about Mamut.

Inspiration can come from the most diverse places.
From a book, a movie, a situation or a walk... I live near the Mediterranean Sea and the colors are abundant.

After several months of work, some other months of testing, and some more spend on pastels production I finally (finally!) release officially Mamut as a Soft Pastel brand… And Graciela Bombalova “Bogra” visits the studio to test the Mamut pastels!

Few days ago I had the chance to visit and meet an old color master. Maybe the last Handmade Oil Paint color artisan in Spain. Since it came to my ears that there was still an artisan manufacturer of oils in Spain, I had no doubt that I wanted to meet him!

I am not pretty sure how Mamut came to me or if it was me, looking for something, that found it on my way. We are alway so busy trying to get somewhere, trying to achieve something, trying to force our limits, that we get no time to realize what we are or, maybe the most important thing, what we really want.