Pure and brilliant colours, composed of high-quality pigments and kaolin clay for a formulation with easy colour transfer, a velvety appearance and made to be less likely to crumble.
The slim, round sticks are ideal for using the edges for detail or on its side for broad area coverage.
They work fantastically on surfaces with a tooth (surface texture) that can hold the pastels, such as paper, cardboard, stone, asphalt or even wood.
Colours are lightfast rated with good (25-100 years under museum conditions) to excellent (100+ years under museum conditions and free of heavy metals (e.g. lead, cadmium, and cobalt).
Pastel drawings and paintings are not smudge-proof, and it's recommended to use a fixative on top of finished artwork.
12-piece pastel starter set includes a general colour selection, 1 each: White(5) (100.5), Deep Yellow(5) (202.5), Lemon Yellow(5) (205.5), Yellow Ochre(5) (227.5), Madder Deep(3) (331.3), Permanent Red(5) (372.5), Burnt Umber(5) (409.5), Ultramarine Deep(5) (506.5), Red Violet(5) (545.5), Phthalo Blue(7) (570.7), Permanent Green Deep(5) (619.5), Black(5) (700.5).
