SENNELIER Extra-Soft French Pastel for Professional Artists, Half Pastel Seaside inspired Set of 6

Both the Seaside 6 ea pack and Emerald Sea arrived today. The sight, feel, and play of colors on paper are glorious. These are the first Sennelier extra-soft pastels I have had the luxury of holding in my hand. We all have texture preferences - soft, hard, or somewhere in the middle. My preference is the velvety soft of the extra soft Sennelier pastel. I have multiple other soft pastels on shelves and in drawers. I wish I had spent the money on previous purchases and instead bought the largest set of these pastels. Little by little I will add to my collection. If intensity of color and velvety feel are what you are looking for start with this brand first, Sennelier extra-soft pastels, before you experiment with others. They are an investment in your art experience. MB

I love these pastels and intend to buy more. They are VERY soft and easy to use (I use them with makeup brushes to paint dolls' faces). The colors are intense and even. I previously used Rembrandt, but like these better. Update. I bought more of these pastels that arrived today in a padded envelope. These pastels are very fragile and needed more careful packaging than just being thrown into a padded envelope. They arrived in pieces - very disappointed.

Colors are as represented ( I bought two sets of 6 pastels) I have given this a 4 star because the seller doesn’t understand that the box should be bubble wrapped or otherwise protected. On each set I had two sticks arrive broken and will only be usable with a wet brush.

This pastel set is great for portrait work. I used it as a college student in my drawing classes for color work. It blends smoothly with a nice rich color. I would recommend this for any art student to add to their supplies for any work in chalk pastels or charcoal.

I have never used soft pastels and thought I would give them a try. I’m sure they are wonderful but they are messy. I did try painting over them with water and that’s kinda magical. I’ll give them five stars as they are very pigmented and fun.

These are professional quality soft pastels, the color pigments are rich. Easy & enjoyable to work with on any pastel surface, great for using as a wash for back painting.

I love this brand, I would give it a 5-star, but one of the pastel bars came broken.

Great product, honoring a great brand, inspiring colors

Great quality

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Tolle Farbauswahl, tolle Qualität. Kaufe die Sets immer wieder nach. Der Preis ist auch vollkommen in Ordnung!

Lovely soft pastels and the colours are rich. I would suggest lightly sanding one of the flat sides when preparing to shade large areas, it just helps to release the pastel pigment more easily. Use sandpaper to get the squared edges sharp after use and they will continue to provide good usage. Good quality for a reasonable outlay.

Questi pastelli sembranl fatti di burro per quanto sono morbidi e si sfumano bene fra di loro. Il prezzo purtroppo è molto elevato, non per tutti.