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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 Soft Pastels have been made by hand since 1900, when Edgar Degas asked Sennelier to create pastels in true-to-life dark colors. Still made today with 100% pure pigment, using no binders or fillers, the result is an exceptionally soft, lightfast, watersoluble pastel in colors that are unparalleled for their intensity and depth.

Each half stick pastel measures 1¼" in length and ½" in diameter (32 mm × 13 mm).

Set of 60, Ebony Wood Box — Sixty of Sennelier's best-selling colors are presented in a chic ebony stained wood box that's ideal for gift-giving as well as for transport and storage.

Set of 80, Plein Air Landscape — The 80 colors in this half-stick set were chosen for their ability to mix to create the broadest possible range of landscape colors. This set includes 40 of Sennelier’s original, best-selling colors plus 40 newer colors. It’s perfect for travel and on-location work. Each half stick pastel measures approximately 1¼" long × ½" in diameter (32 mm × 13 mm). This is an economical way to try out a large number of colors.

Set of 120, Ebony Wood Box — Containing 120 top-selling colors and presented in a beautiful ebony stained wood box, this wide-ranging set makes an ideal gift for beginning or experienced pastel artists alike.

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Sennelier Soft Pastel Sets

4.7

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2/4/2012

5.0

hard to imagine better

By stan the man

from birmingham, al

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these are not so great for beginners, unless you have money to burn, because they are so soft. but, wow are they beautiful!! very strong colors, that blend and layer well.

1/2/2012

5.0

Sennelier Dark collection

By NanC

from Annapolis, MD

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deep, dark, rich colors slip onto the surface like butter

1/2/2012

5.0

Good Portrait colors

By Pat the painter

from Eastern nc

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Comments about Sennelier Half-Stick Soft Pastel Sets:

I teach pastel portrait classes and I've been looking for a basic set that was of good quality and not too expensive for those starting out. This 40 half stick portrait set is just what I was looking for. It has a good selection of colors that portrait artists need. You can't beat the price and Sennelier is one of the best brands around. I bought up a bunch of the sets for the convenience of my students. It's a great little compact set to take when I go outside my studio to sketch people also.

12/28/2011

5.0

I would buy this product again and again

By klip

from lake havasu city, az

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Love the colours - got the landscape pastels. Easy to use - goes on smoothly.

12/3/2011

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Great Product has Identity Problem

By Ronnie D

from Gold Coast, Queensland Australia

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Hi,
Re: Sennelier Black Box 120 half sticks.
I'm Ron from Oz [Down Under] I've just received my delivery via Fed-Ex [November 2011], only a few days after placing my order, well done 'Dick Blick' great service, great price, and great product.
My studio is in beautiful tropical Queensland Australia, and like many other Aussie artists I'm experimenting with soft pastels as a means of understanding more about colour. The Sennelier 120 set is helping me to do just that, the colour range is suberb, the 1/2 sticks suit my painting style, and the quality is the best I have experienced.
So where's the problem??? well the set arrived without an accompanying colour chart and without a numbered placement list, thus making identification for replacement purposes impossible. Upon contacting the good people at 'Blick' I was concerned to learn that firstly, replacement 1/2 sticks are not available individually [only in bulk or in a new set] and that even with a colour chart, ID is difficult as the 1/2 sticks are not necessarily placed in any set order or sequence. All a bit of a shame... but won't stop me buying the product.

10/26/2011

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Ordering single stick Sennelier Pastels

By Plein Air Gal

from New Orleans, Louisiana

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After initial work in hard pastel, Sennelier soft pastel is my usual choice for a finished painting.
I recommend ordering single stick or sets from Dick Blick for the price and their careful packaging.

10/25/2011

5.0

I would buy this product again

By klip art

from Lake Havasu City, Az

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vibrant colors, goes on creamy and smooth.

10/17/2011

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Great Product & More Bang 4 UR Buck

By Studio Zanne

from Austin, TX

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The Paris set or the Landscape and Assorted sets are wonderful if you're new to pastels, or just trying to expand your palette. It's important to start out with a quality soft pastel set like Sennelier half sticks and avoid the cheaper brands--you will really see and experience the difference. Plus these sets offer a variety of wonderful colors that I keep going back to replenish. I recommend Sennelier half sticks to all my students.

Try the Sennelier half sticks on Kitty Wallace sand paper and you'll fall in love!

I do NOT recommend the Sennelier FULL sticks at all. The demi or half sticks are a much better product and do not crumble as easily as the full sticks. Plus, you don't have to mess with peeling the labels off. Happy painting!

9/28/2011

3.0

Ok, but not soft enough

By Sharon

from Denver, Colorado

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This was a Plein Air set. I prefer softer pastels and these were not very soft. They will be a nice addition to my set for my studio, however.

9/28/2011

5.0

The Sennelier pastels are lovely!

By GIK

from Iowa City, IA

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The only problem, which I knew from the start, but took a chance because of the fantastic value of the purchase, is that the color swatches on the web are not a good representation of the actual pastel color. But I lucked out, nonetheless, and got many useful colors for portrait painting, which is what I was after.

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Item	Description		Price Prices, promotions, and availability may vary by store, catalog, and online.	Qty	MSDS
20036-1009	Set of 20, Assorted, Half-Sticks	List $59.95	$35.58
20036-1019	Set of 40, Assorted, Half-Sticks	List $99.95	$66.97
20036-0409	Set of 40, Portrait Colors, Half-Sticks	List $99.95	$66.97
20036-0609	Set of 60, Ebony Wood Box, Half-Sticks	List $149.00	$89.40
20036-1049	Set of 80, Assorted, Half-Sticks	List $189.95	$100.59
20036-0809	Set of 80, Plein Air Landscape, Half-Sticks	List $189.95	$100.59
20036-0120	Set of 120, Ebony Wood Box, Half-Sticks	List $279.00	$167.40
	out of stock, backordered with an indefinite expected date
20036-1209	Set of 120, Paris Colors, Half-Sticks	List $275.95	$165.57