The Creative Studio Oil Pastels are extremely versatile and soft offering smooth consistent laydown for near professional pastel effects. Thanks to their high pigment concentration these high quality oil based pastel crayons are lightfast and therefore are not likely to fade or change their colour. Acid-free, archival and colour matched to all Faber-Castell Art & Graphic products.

Oil-based pastels offer wonderful opportunities of applying both extremely intense, strong colours and delicate pastel tones. Due to their high luminosity, the pastels are ideal for encaustic as well as various pastel and scraping techniques. Depending on the desired artistic effect, you can use your finger to wipe them or blend them with a paintbrush and turpentine (or white spirit).

There are endless possibilities of blending individual colours to create new hues. Thanks to the high quality consistency of the Faber Castell Creative Studio oil pastels blending wiping mixing and thinning with white spirit or other oil thinners is fast and effortless. Pigment saturation and opacity are excellent. The oil pastels are suitable for use on all paper types and colours cardboard canvas and even wood and clay pottery.

The product packaging is designed to survive tossing around in backpack. Packaged in a heavy cardboard box with lid. Pastels sit inside moulded styrene trays, a thin foam pad protects the pastels from marking and touching the box lid. Colour names and numbers are printed on the inside lid. Also included is a small booklet from Faber-Castell with techniques for oil pastels and other Creative Studio products.

Set of 12 colours: White, Cadmium yellow, Dark cadmium orange, Pink carmine, Helio-blue reddish, Phthalo blue, Phthalo green, Light green, Terracotta, Van dyck brown, Black and Cold Grey IV.

• Ages 6+
• Not suitable for children under 3 years
• Box of 12 acid-free oil pastels
• Protective paper sleeves protect the pastel and keep your hands clean
• Includes an informative booklet on pastel techniques