20% off $99 or 25% off $179 plus Free Shipping on orders $99 or more!* Use code CDGH Expires 05/27/13 Learn More>

Art Room Aid - Fund an Art Project - Learn More

Browse more:

Cretacolor Fine Art Pastel Pencils

Photos

Reviews

These durable wood-cased pastel pencils have the same pigment used in Cretacolor's Pastel Carré Sticks, a hard pastel, and so are intermixable. They give the same brilliant colors and high lightfastness.

Pastel pencils are characterized by especially soft, oil-free strokes.Colors are mixable, wipeable, and water-soluble. Fixing is required. Color-coded tips permit easy identification. Pencils are pre-sharpened.

Gift Idea —Pastel pencils are a great gift for any pastel, watercolor, or mixed media artist.Cretacolor Fine Art Pastel Pencil Sets come in both practical tinboxes and elegant wooden box sets.

Note — Use this color chart as an approximation of the real color. If exact color matching is necessary, use actual samples of the materials.

see also ...

® Cretacolor is a registered trademark.

Pastel Pencil

(enlarge)

REVIEW SNAPSHOT®

by PowerReviews

Cretacolor Fine Art Pastel Pencils

4.5

(based on 4 reviews)

75%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Reviewed by 4 customers

Sort by

Displaying reviews 1-4

12/2/2012

(1 of 5 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Best product ever

By Even The Drawer

from Lillestrøm, Norway

Pros

Cons

Best Uses

Comments about Cretacolor Fine Art Pastel Pencil Sets:

im getting these beauty pencils 17th December!!! CANT WAIT!

8/16/2011

(13 of 15 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Can't Get Enough of It

By artist101

from San Jose, CA

Pros

Cons

Best Uses

Comments about Cretacolor Fine Art Pastel Pencil Sets:

These pencils are amazing! I purchased the 72 pack, wanting a variety of colors, and I was so pleased!! They are just as good, if not better than all other name brand pastel pencils I have purchased in the past. Very soft pigment, easy to blend, perfect for layering colors to make a combination, professional quality, and a great deal are just a few words that describe this product. The pencils also came with a piece of sandpaper which I have found makes sharpening so much easier. The thing I was most pleased about was the fact that these pencils did not break on me. Earlier sets from different brands have been too delicate to sharpen, and I have found in the past that I have used up the majority of some pencils just trying to get a tip. These are sturdy and strong while maintaining the high quality, soft pigment that pastel pencils are known for. After experiencing these I will never purchase another brand.

2/25/2011

(9 of 10 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

FABULOUS pastel pencils!

By Painter in Paradise

from USA

Pros

Cons

Best Uses

Comments about Cretacolor Fine Art Pastel Pencils:

Cretacolor pastel pencils are terrific! I use them throughout my pastel paintings for fine details. You can use them to effortlessly blend into soft pastels for all kinds of effects. You can also use them by themselves for excellent results. Cretacolor has an excellent range of colors. Very easy to sharpen with a sharp utility knife. I hardly ever have them break. I recommend this brand highly!

1/8/2011

(5 of 11 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

Fine for the rough in

By M

from Lewes, DE

Pros

Cons

Best Uses

Comments about Cretacolor Fine Art Pastel Pencils:

These work for rough in and just sketching, but are a little hard for blending with or over soft or oil pastels. Fat over lean problem. They are difficult to sharpen, and break easily which is frustrating, and a waste of money and time. I use them for scrabbling, or outlining, or just by themselves for sketching. I recommend using soft pastel pencils for mixing with soft pastels.

Displaying reviews 1-4

Purchase Items

Bulk Discounts available!

SAVE up to 40% off List!

Item	No.	Color		PricePrices, promotions, and availability may vary by store, catalog, and online.	Bulk!	Qty	MSDS

				Each
20547-0009		Set of 12, Tin Box	List $28.50	$19.95
20547-0019		Set of 24, Tin Box	List $52.60	$35.69
20547-0039		Set of 36, Tin Box	List $78.40	$52.53
20547-0049		Set of 72, Tin Box	List $144.00	$96.48

Bulk Discounts! →				Each	12+
20547-8251	217	Bistre	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-2631	236	Black Gray	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-5861	237	Blue Gray	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-5911	139	Bluish Purple	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-5981	163	Bremen Blue	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-8911	229	Brown Gray	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-4201	107	Cadmium Yellow	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-3151	116	Carmine Extra Fine	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-4151	108	Chromium Yellow	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-2581	232	Cloud Gray	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-7921	190	Dark Earth Green	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-2531	235	Dark Gray	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-7521	182	Dark Moss Green	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-4021	203	Dark Ochre	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-3191	136	Dark Old Rose	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-7941	191	Dark Olive Green	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-3781	115	Dark Permanent Red	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-8521	214	Dark Sanguine	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-8081	219	Dark Sepia	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-8231	130	Dark Tan	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-5401	176	Dark Turquoise	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-3741	114	Dark Vermilion	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-5211	153	Delft Blue	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-2991	233	Elephant Gray	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-3811	209	English Red	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-7821	183	French Green	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-7811	179	Fir Green	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-5561	151	Glacier Blue	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-7681	227	Green Gray	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-3251	212	Indian Red		$2.99	$1.43
20547-5201	162	Indigo	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-1041	201	Ivory	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-2251	250	Ivory Black	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-7151	178	Leaf Green	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-5021	158	Light Blue	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-7911	189	Light Green Earth	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-2511	230	Light Gray	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-6631	125	Light Mars Violet	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-4011	202	Light Ochre	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-3181	135	Light Old Rose	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-7071	188	Light Olive Green	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-3771	113	Light Permanent Red	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-8511	207	Light Sanguine	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-8071	218	Light Sepia	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-8241	131	Light Tan	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-3731	112	Light Vermilion	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-3161	117	Madder Carmine	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-6651	140	Mars Violet Dark	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-5921	157	Mountain Blue	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-4141	105	Naples Yellow	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-8091	216	Olive Brown	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-4511	111	Orange	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-2561	239	Paynes Gray	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-7831	187	Pea Green	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-2221	234	Pearl Gray	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-4871	109	Permanent Dark Yellow	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-1171	101	Permanent White	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-3821	213	Pompeian Red	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-5221	161	Prussian Blue	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-6411	126	Reddish Purple	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-3501	133	Rose Madder	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-3371	127	Ruby	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-8121	210	Sienna	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-2621	231	Silver Gray	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-2591	228	Smoke Gray	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-5991	164	Smyrna Blue	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-5231	155	Ultramarine	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-8531	221	Umber	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-8311	220	Vandycke Brown	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-4031	225	White Gray	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-2641	226	Yellow Gray	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43
20547-1811	102	Zinc White	List $2.40	$1.61	$1.43