Great for Oil Pastels
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I use a lot of oil pastels.  This erases will erase them cleanly from canvas or paper.
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Pan pastels are so easy to use and work so well with other mediums.  I am able to make blends and effects with pan pastels that I was not able to do with the sticks.  They make a nice addition to the tools of my trade.
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Fantastic smooth bright colors, great chubby/large size and good ingredients. I'm all for more natural, higher quality ingredients, but with art supplies that usually means a less than stellar color payoff/texture. These are almost oil pastel in payoff. We were very pleasantly surprised.
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I'm using these to blend soft pastels and pastel pencils.  The material does absorb pigment, but I just use a baby wipe to clean them between uses.  They may not last forever, but are a good value, since I really needed something for this task.
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I am  not much of a painter as my medium is pastels.  However, these paints are perfect for painting on  glass jars.  One coat almost covers perfectly.  The colors are vivid and a nice range (except maybe for the green).  The green is a yellow/green.  Dark green would have been better, but the colors mix like any acrylic paint.  I have bought a couple single once to add to them  like gold.
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This worked well in my Firefly Refillable Liquid Bliss Petite Oil Lamp Candle.  I used it ot make purple oil that I useda at a bridal shower.
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I use this a lot and wax painting sometimes I will take oil pastel and melt it with the Beeswax pellets it's just a cheaper way of doing wax painting
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Perhaps a mid-range set of oil pastels. In terms of quality,  they would be fine for all but the professional oil pastellist.  Have sets by several manufacturers and could give away other sets and keep these to use with my Sakura Specialist set.
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this is a perfect box of pastels. I bought them for a 9 year old who is taking art lessons and tey were perfect.
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I like this to make my Pastels more useable as you can see the colors at a glance.  And mix the color as you need with out opening up all the lids.  Unless you have a broken pastel you must keep the original top on and yes you can also use the tray top with the broken pastel lid in place and the others opened up.
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I loved these pastel pencils.  I was only sorry that I had only bought the 24 count set.  They truly are buttery smooth going on and then when using blending stumps...oh so smooth and beautiful.

I highly recommend this brand of pastel pencils...but be smarter than me...buy the largest set you can afford. There simply were not enough colors to do much of anything...at least for the things I was needing.  But a really GREAT product!
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Works perfectly, I'm so happy to find a product that is safe and very functional for saving oil pastel works.
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I am primarily a pencil and charcoal artist but am trying to branch out a bit.  I tried painting but I feel a deeper artistic connection when I am able to use my hands more than tools. I have no experience with any other oil pastels to compare these to and I've never taken an art class in my adult life, but I really enjoyed Pentel Arts Oil Pastels. The colors blended beautifully and I was able to create something and get my hands messy. The mess was an easy clean up and washed off of clothing and skin easily. I am planning on ordering a second set to have on hand and for the price, I don't know that you can beat these.
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This paper is really great, the best I know for pastels, since it can be reused again and again and accept hard and soft pastels.
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I had gotten these as a gift, I'm still learning how to use oil pastel. They're harder than i expected, About as hard as the expressionist oil pastels. Good pigment saturation, pretty uniform in hardness/opacity. i don't care for the extender i just use a brush and paint thinner. You can use softer brands over top of them to pull out highlights. very nice for the price, i likem and ill be buying more when i run out. The paintings attached i made with specialist and just a couple senneliers.
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I love these! There are so many uses for them. I'm using them to keep my fingers clean while pastel painting. If they are too long on your fingers just cut them with scissors to the appropriate length. Great product-I've bought 5 sets so I never run out!
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Strathmore makes good, affordable paper. Although I'd like to use Canson for everything as I did in school, I have found that the Strathmore 80-Pound Pastel Paper handles my oil pastels well, especially if I apply fixative (sorry John Elliot! I still do treasure your book:&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Oil-Pastel-for-the-Serious-Beginner/dp/1626548994/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Oil Pastel for the Serious Beginner</a>). This set also offers a nice array of background colors that simply feel more inviting than white sometimes... although there are white and cream sheets too! If you are new to pastel painting, know that this paper is suitable as well for chalk and soft pastels. I have used it with acrylic paint too.