Pastels

Rembrandt Soft and Oil Pastels – open stock and sets

The ultimate and exclusive choice for professional artists. A legendary name for a range that is known for its superior and unparalleled quality. It has been developed through pure skill and artistic insight, and is based on the best raw materials. Rembrandt products can boast unique characteristics such as maximum fineness, lightfastness and durability.

Schminke Extrasoft Pastels – open stock

Working with Schmincke’s finest extrasoft pastels leads you back to the origin of color and is a real painting experience rather than simple drawing.
They contain only the purest medium fine ground artists’ pigments, which are in the highest possible concentration. Contrastingly, the binding agent content, is kept to a minimum, which ensures a stable compound. In order to guarantee the highest quality it is necessary to manufacture Schmincke pastels using special recipes which avoid the use of machinery during manufacture.

Prismacolor NuPastels – open stock and sets

They’re tougher than traditional soft pastels, but maintain the same rich, creamy pigments needed for superior blending and shading. Artists of all expertise levels can benefit from these pastels, especially those interested in illustration or tightly rendered drawings. Because they can be used wet or dry, it’s like a two-for-one deal– mix them with water or odorless mineral spirits to create cool effects.

Van Gogh Soft Pastels – open stock and sets

Van Gogh oil pastels are made of pigments using oils and waxes as a medium. They are available in both assortment sets and separately.

Van Gogh carré pastels fall into the category of dry pastels. They come in a square shape and are made of pigment, various types of clay. Only available in assortment sets.

The various combinations of media give each type of pastel its own characteristic charm and range of applications.

Pan Pastels

PanPastel Colors are genuine artists’ quality pastels, uniquely packed in a pan format; available in a range of 80 colors.

PanPastel Colors were developed so that artists can easily lift, apply and control pastel color, just like true painting! The pan format holds the color like paint for easy application.

Loaded with the highest quality artists’ pigments; PanPastel Colors are made using a unique manufacturing process requiring minimal binder and fillers, resulting in a rich, ultra soft and low dust formulation.

All of these professional quality colors are highly pigmented, have excellent lightfastness and are fully erasable.

Each pan contains 40%* more material than the average pastel stick.

Pentel Oil Pastels and Fabric Pastels

An exciting medium for the creative mind. Brilliant colored pastels apply smoothly and blend easily for subtle shades, tints and color mixtures. Acid-free pastels are ideal for use on paper, board or canvas. Acid-free pastels are ideal for paper, art boards and canvas.

Art Alternatives Soft Pastel Sets

Artist Soft Pastels feature vibrant colors and offer a rich laydown. Each set comes in colorful packaging with cut-out windows that show color selection. A reusable inner tray and box with foam padding makes each set easy to transport. Each stick measures 2-5/8″ x 3/8″.