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 fantasticly 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.
36-piece pastel set includes a portrait colour palette: White(5) (100.5), Deep Yellow(5) (202.5), Lemon Yellow(5) (205.5), Yellow Ochre(5) (227.5), Gold Ochre(3) (231.3), Orange(9) (235.9), Madder Deep(3) (331.3), Madder Deep(9) (331.9), Light Oxide Red(7) (339.7), Indian Red(7) (347.7), Indian Red(9) (347.9), Permanent Red Light(7) (370.7), Permanent Red Deep(8) (371.8), Permanent Red(5) (372.5), Permanent Red(10) (372.1), Permanent Rose(3) (397.3), Permanent Rose(9) (397.9), Raw Umber(7) (408.7), Burnt Umber(3) (409.3), Burnt Umber(9) (409.9), Burnt Sienna(5) (411.5), Burnt Sienna(9) (411.9), Ultramarine Light(9) (505.9), Ultramarine Deep(5) (506.5), Violet(9) (536.9), Mars Violet(5) (538.5), Blue Violet(5) (548.5), Phthalo Blue(7) (570.7), Olive Green(5) (620.5), Cinnabar Green Light(3) (626.3), Cinnabar Green Light(10) (626.1), Cinnabar Green Deep(10) (627.1), Grey(3) (704.3), Grey(10) (704.1), Mouse Grey(7) (707.7), Mouse Grey(9) (707.9).
