Schmincke Artist Soft Pastel 010 O Orange Light

Combining drawing techniques with intense color effects, the pastel technique has been very popular among artists for centuries. Schmincke extra-soft pastels have a velvety consistency and a texture as soft as silk. Thanks to their traditional production technique and special formula, they offer a painting experience that stands out for its softness and color intensity. When used in their pure form, they can be applied on special pastel paper or a canvas treated with Schmincke primers. They are suitable for all mixed media techniques. The color spectrum, which includes 400 different shades, allows for countless artistic possibilities. With the fixatives produced by Schmincke for pastels, your pastel works will remain dazzling and as good as new for a very long time without wear. Since Schmincke Pastels contain extra-fine and intense pigments, they cannot be machine-produced because machines break pastel sticks of this quality. Therefore, they are produced using traditional methods and hand-cut. One of the secrets behind the consistent and unchanging high quality of the Schmincke Pastel series is its steadfast adherence to this traditional production technique.