Pastels - Soft Pastel Sets

Art Spectrum Pastel Sets

These boxed sets of assorted Art Spectrum pastels are made in Australia in the classic tradition. Triple-milled to bring out the finest color of each pure pigment, they ensure a perfect mix and uniform softness. They give a rich, velvety bloom.

Caran d'Ache Artist Soft Pastels

Brilliant colors and rich texture of the soft dry pastels signal their high proportion of pure, first class pigments blended with a minimum amount of binders.These round, unwrapped sticks have a soft, smooth, and uniform texture.

Great American Art Works Pastel Sets

Each set of 78 handmade, richly pigmented full-size pastels are arranged in reusable cardboard boxes adorned by artwork inspired by the selection within. Richly pigmented, these pastels have superb brilliance of tone. They measure 2-1/2" x 1/2".

Loew Cornell Soft Pastel Sets

Loew Cornell Soft Pastels are made of the finest materials available. Rich in pigment and smooth in texture, these square pastels will delight the student or aspiring artist with their soft touch. Sticks are 2-1/2” x 3/8”. Non-toxic.

PanPastel Artists’ Painting Pastels Sets

Here are genuine artists’ quality pastels — the softest in the world — uniquely packaged in stacking and interlocking jars. PanPastels were specially developed so that artists could lift, apply, and control pastel color, just like true painting.

Prismacolor Soft Pastels

These soft pastels are made with traditional formulations of brilliant, fully pigmented colors. They are individually crafted into soft-writing, rectangular ½ length sticks, providing the greatest flexibility of applications.

Rembrandt Soft Pastel Sets

Rembrandt soft pastel sticks are available in a variety of sets. Rembrandt Pastel Sets are beautifully gift packaged with foam inserts. Choose colorful cardboard boxes or exquisite hardwood boxes with brass hardware. Choose a landscape or portrait set.

Schmincke Soft Pastel Sets

Exceptional softness and consistency results in dense, smooth application and great color intensity. Finest pigments in high concentration. In sets, including 1/2 sticks. Wooden or cardboard box.

Schmincke Soft Pastel Wooden Box Sets

This exquisitely finished hardwood box contains 299 full-size sticks of equally beautiful soft pastels. Schmincke soft pastels are made in Germany with the highest quality pigments.

Sennelier Half-Stick Soft Pastel Sets

Recognizing the fact that purchasing a set of pastels is a major investment, Sennelier makes its pastels available in half-sticks, giving you twice as many pastels for the money, and allowing you to sample twice as many rich, wonderful colors.

Sennelier Pastels in Wooden Case

Sennelier uses only the purest pigments, mixed with minimal amounts of natural binders in an exclusive formula that yields lightfast, water-soluble pastels. Superb packaging makes these sets ideal for gift giving as well as studio storage.

Sennelier Soft Pastel Sets

Sennelier Soft Pastels are available in a variety of specialized sets. In addition to light, medium, and dark toned sets, Sennelier also offers starter, landscape, portrait, and floral sets. Sets are packaged with snug fitting foam to protect each stick.

Townsend Terrages Pastel Sets

Townsend Terrages Sticks are designed to "open" the surface of the paper. Pumice is blended into these pastels. The pumice ploughs through the finish of the paper, creating a toothy surface on which to transfer abundant color.

Unison Handmade Pastel Sets

Handmade, lightly rolled, so pigment is softly compressed. Result is very fluid, intense colors. Instead of white or black to make up a color set, Unison uses pure pigments with a cycle of related hues. Sets to 72 professional colors.

Unison Handmade Pastel Wooden Case Set

Hand selected by master portrait artist Daniel Greene, these vibrant, handmade pastels feature a smooth, creamy texture that makes them a pleasure to use. The set includes 144 pastels boxed in a handsome wooden carrying case.

Winsor & Newton Artists' Soft Pastel Sets

Very bright, strong, and clean colors. The purest pigments in high concentrations results in a supple, creamy consistency with minimum dust. Texture doesn't change. Assorted colors in sets and 1/2-stick sets.

Alphacolor Soft Pastels

Rich in pigment, with a velvety texture. Square sticks in plastic trays. Sets--Basic Color (up to 144), Charcoal, White, Fluorescents, Earth Tone, Hi-Fi Gray, Landscape, and Multicultural Portrait pastels.

Blick Pastels

For school arts. Surprisingly good quality at low prices. Square sticks are shrink-wrapped in stackable black plastic trays. Sets of 12 and 24.

Faber-Castell Goldfaber Studio Soft Pastels

Goldfaber soft pastel half sticks offer very smooth color laydown. Vibrant colors are combined with excellent opacity to obtain rich pastel effects, as well as great blending characteristics.

Reeves Soft Pastels

High-Quality pigments give these sets strong, vibrant colors with good lightfastness to resist fading. Each is packaged in an attractive cardboard box. Non-toxic.

Yarka Russian Pastel Sets

"Yarka" means bright and vibrant. Lightfast pastels of finely ground mineral and earth pigments. Medium-soft grade, a velvety response, and many colors. Assorted color sets in varnished wooden box.