Name: PanPastel Sofft Tools
Brand: PanPastel
Rating: 4.5 (152 reviews)

Sofft tools have been specifically developed for use with PanPastel soft pastels. Versatile, inexpensive, and reusable, these tools can also be used with most water-based art and craft materials, including watercolor and acrylic paint, to create exciting new techniques, marks, and effects. Finished effects are different than those achieved with brushes, as the brush stroke is completely eliminated.   Invented by artists, for artists, this is a new generation of tools and applicators for artists and crafters. Each product in the Sofft range was developed in a laboratory setting, and extensively test and re-tested in an art studio. This has resulted in a selection of unique professional quality artists&rsquo; tools. The shape of each Sofft Tool has been designed for a specific purpose, ranging from achieving fine details and gestural marks to quickly blocking in large areas of color, such as backgrounds. In addition, the tools are perfect for difficult to reach places on craft projects. Sofft Tools enable a more direct connection with the working surface, making it easier to control and predict the final marks achieved. They instantly feel comfortable to use, and many users find them easier to use than a brush.   Sofft Tools can be used with a variety of mediums, from pastels and charcoal to artists&rsquo; acrylics, watercolors, and ceramic glazes. They&rsquo;re great for a wide variety of fine art, craft, and hobby applications, including applying gesso, smoothing polymer clay, painting, paper crafts, scrapbooking, stenciling, rubber stamping, model making, and ceramics.


**PanPastel Sofft Tools**  - This pack contains 44 pieces, including four knives, 16 covers (including four each Round, Flat, Oval, and Point), one applicator with four replacement heads, 12 mini applicators, and seven art sponges (including one each Wedge Bar, Point Bar, Round Bar, Flat Bar, Round Angle Slice, Flat Angle Slice, and Big Oval).


**Starter Set**  - For use with PanPastels and waterbased media, this set includes seven Sofft tools, including a No. 3 oval knife, five No. 3 oval covers, a sponge bar, and an angle slice round.


**Knives & Covers Se, 4 Knives, 8 Covers**  - Sofft has transformed the traditional painting knife into a multi-use and absorbent applicator for art and craft techniques. When used with Sofft Covers, these inexpensive tools function like a cross between a brush and a knife. Each ergonomically designed knife fits in the hand for ease of use and good control. Sofft Knives are made of a flexible, durable plastic material, with handles that are shaped like traditional wooden handled knives for maximum comfort. Knives can also be used without Sofft Covers as traditional painting knives. Each of the four Sofft knives — No. 1 Round, No. 2 Flat, No. 3 Oval, and No. 4 Point — has a Sofft Cover specially designed to fit it.


**Covers Only, Assorted, Pkg of 40**  - Sofft Covers are sized to fit Sofft Knives and Shapers, transforming them into absorbent tools capable of carrying and releasing color and material in a unique way. Covers are made from specially formulated, semi-absorbent micropore sponge, which is non-abrasive for smooth, uniform results. With PanPastel Colors, the covers can be reused several times (the number of times depends on the type of color and surface being used).When the covers are used with Sofft Knives, they can be used for applying or blending color, manipulating paint, double and triple loading color, softening hard edges, applying smooth layers of material, and applying colors in hard to reach areas.


**Applicator with Replacement Head, 1 Applicator, 4 Heads**  - Sofft Applicators feature a replaceable head. Additional applicator heads can be purchased separately. This tool is ideal for blending, softening edges, and applying colors in difficult to reach areas. Mini Applicators are smaller in size and do not have detachable heads.


**Art Sponge Bar, Mix, Pkg of 4**  - Made of the same semi-absorbent material used in Sofft Covers, Art Sponges have been specially formulated for art and craft applications. They hold and release just the right amount of material, and are non-abrasive for smooth, uniform results. These hand-held sponges can be used for applying color, quickly blocking in large areas of color, blending colors and materials, manipulating paint, creating backgrounds, underpainting, double and triple loading colors, sponging out watercolors and acrylics, and building up smooth layers of color. Art Sponge Bars Mix contains one each Round, Flat, Point, and Wedge sponges.

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PanPastel Softt Tools-Combo Pack  Outside of Package

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PanPastel Sofft Tools-Starter Set  Handle and sponges

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Knives and Covers Set  Outside of Package

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Knife and Covers, No. 1 Round  Handle and Sponges

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Knife and Covers, No. 3 Oval  Outside of Package

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Knife and Covers, No. 3 Oval  Handle and Sponges

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Replacement Heads Package of 8  Outside of Package

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Mini Applicators Package of 12  Inside of Package

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www.dickblick.com. PanPastels were created to offer the artist a new tool for artistic expression by merging dry medium with wet, painterly  technique. These highest  quality pastels are rich, soft and lightfast and are contained in a truly unique pan that holds 35% more material than the average stick pastel. You can purchase PanPastels, Sofft Tools and many other products and art materials at www.dickblick.com

PanPastel Artists' Pastels

www.dickblick.com. Sofft tools were specifically developed for use with PanPastel soft pastels but are so versatile, inexpensive, and reusable, they can also be used with most water-based art and craft materials. Try using with watercolor, acrylic paint, glazes and with a variety of dry  mediums, such as hard or soft traditional pastels and charcoal to create exciting new techniques, marks, and effects. You can purchase these art materials and more at www.dickblick.com.

Sofft Tools for Drawing and Painting Applications

www.dickblick.com. See what distinquishes these high quality artists' pastels and tools from any other. Both products were invented for artists by artists and offer a new and unique way of painting with pastel. This video will show various applications, tips and techniques. You can purchase these products and many others at www.dickblick.com.

PanPastel and Sofft Tools Tips and Techniques

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Here are genuine artists&rsquo; quality pastels &mdash; the softest in the world &mdash; uniquely packaged in stacking and interlocking jars. The packaging protects the colors, thus reducing damage and waste. PanPastels were specially developed so that artists could lift, apply, and control pastel color, just like true painting. The pan format holds color like paint for easy application. Each pan contains 35% more material than the average pastel stick. (On average, based on a market survey of standard soft pastel sticks.) The label, with color name and number, remains with the color pan for easy identification.   Loaded with the highest quality artists&rsquo; pigments, PanPastel colors are made using a unique manufacturing process requiring minimal binder and fillers, resulting in a rich, ultra soft, low-dust formulation. These professional quality colors are highly pigmented and have excellent lightfastness. They are erasable and fully compatible with traditional pastel sticks, pastel surfaces, and conventional fixatives. They can be mixed, blended, layered, and applied like paint for an infinite palette of colors.   With PanPastel, it is possible to create more painterly effects. The artist can apply controlled marks, from intense to delicate &mdash; ultra thin &ldquo;glazing&rdquo; layers and veils of color. It is possible to block in large areas of color in seconds, for backgrounds, underpainting, and tinting paper. PanPastels clean up easily.   Each jar contains 9&nbsp;ml (0.3&nbsp;oz) of pastel. Instructions are also included.

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.

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PanPastel Artists' Painting Pastels Set - Dawn Emerson, Set of 40. In package.

Here are genuine artists&rsquo; quality pastels &mdash; the softest in the world &mdash; uniquely packaged in stacking and interlocking jars. The packaging protects the colors, thus reducing damage and waste. PanPastels were specially developed so that artists could lift, apply, and control pastel color, just like true painting. The pan format holds color like paint for easy application. Each pan contains 35% more material than the average pastel stick. (On average, based on a market survey of standard soft pastel sticks.) The label, with color name and number, remains with the color pan for easy identification. 

Loaded with the highest quality artists&rsquo; pigments, PanPastel colors are made using a unique manufacturing process requiring minimal binder and fillers, resulting in a rich, ultra soft,  low-dust  formulation. These professional quality colors are highly pigmented and have excellent lightfastness. They are erasable and fully compatible with traditional pastel sticks, pastel surfaces, and conventional fixatives. They can be mixed, blended, layered, and applied like paint for an infinite palette of colors. 

With PanPastel, it is possible to create more painterly effects. The artist can apply controlled marks, from intense to delicate &mdash; ultra thin &ldquo;glazing&rdquo; layers and veils of color. It is possible to block in large areas of color in seconds, for backgrounds, underpainting, and tinting paper. PanPastels clean up easily. 

Included with each PanPastel  multi-color  Sets of 3 are one Sofft mini applicator, two Sofft Covers, one Sofft Art Sponge, and a storage jar for these tools. 

Sets of 5 include one Sofft Art Sponge, two Sofft Covers, one Sofft Mini Applicator, and a storage jar for these tools.  

Sets of 6 or 7 include one Sofft Painting Knife, two Sofft Knife Covers, one Sofft Sponge Bar, one Sofft Angle Slice Sponge, and a palette tray with cover.  

Sets of 10 include two Sofft Art Sponges, four Sofft Covers, two Sofft Mini Applicators, and two storage jars to hold these tools.  

Sets of 20 include three Sofft Art Sponges,&nbsp;10 Sofft Covers, three Sofft Mini Applicators, two Sofft Knives, and four storage jars. 

The set of 80 includes 80 PanPastel colors and a 44-piece Art Sponge combo pack, which contains four Sofft Painting Knives, 16 Sofft Knife Covers (including four each Round, Flat, Oval, and Point), one Sofft Applicator with four replacement heads, 12 Sofft Mini Applicators, and seven Sofft Art Sponges (including one each Wedge Bar, Point Bar, Round Bar, Flat Bar, Round Angle Slice, Flat Angle Slice, and Big Oval). 

The sets contain individual 9 ml (0.3 oz) jars of each color, plus a usage guide.

Sofft tools have been specifically developed for use with PanPastel soft pastels. Versatile, inexpensive, and reusable, these applicators can also be used with most water-based art and craft materials to create exciting new techniques, marks, and effects.

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