Schmincke Soft Pastel Set 60 Colors - Wooden Box

Schmincke Pastel Brochure Each pastel stick has a velvety texture and silky softness, and is handmade (contains no chalk). It offers an extraordinary and highly enjoyable pastel application experience. Because it contains the highest quality pigments and possesses an extremely high pigment density, it provides an exceptionally strong color appearance on the painting surface. The amount of binder has been kept to the absolute minimum. This allows you to achieve the most natural state of the color when you apply the paint. It has the highest lightfastness achievable in pastel paints. This series includes unique color mixtures and colors exclusive to the range. The pastel painting technique, which combines drawing techniques with intense color effects, 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 application 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. A color spectrum containing 400 different shades allows for countless artistic possibilities. With fixatives produced by Schmincke for pastel paints, your pastel artworks will remain dazzling, just as they were when first created, for very long periods without wearing down. Because Schmincke Pastels contain extra-fine and intense pigments, they cannot be machine-produced as machines break pastel sticks of this quality. For this reason, they are produced using traditional methods and are 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.