I ordered these Mt Vision Pastels to try. An artist friend uses them and recommended them to me. I tried them out last night and I really like them. They are bigger than Sennelier and the colors are vibrant and beautiful. They are just soft enough.
I picked my selection of colors by opening a pic I want to paint in Photoshop and sampled the main colors of the image. I love my color selection, I have enough sky, earth, grays, bright yellows and oranges to do my fall scene. I thought it was a good way to get just the colors I needed.
Look back later and I will post the painting I am working on.