Got it and it's 76 pc beautiful soft pastel and they are highly pigmented. Spreads well and goes good on pastelmat..

The purchase of this set of 72 pastels was inspired by reading an excellent book on mixed media and by their reasonable price. I use quite a lot of Koh - I - noor products and have been impressed by how well they perform for a low cost, often finding them better than a product from a famous brand, so was reasonably confident that they would be okay.They arrived in perfect condition and nicely packaged nestling in and topped with foam in solid cardboard trays with lids. The arrangement of the sticks is pretty random - it looks like there is a tray with a 24 stick set, plus one with extras that make up a 48 set and another that adds more for the 72 - so you do have to be prepared to spend a while ordering them to your satisfaction.(As I like to separate earth tones and primaries I probably would have done this anyway so wasn't hugely bothered but it is irksome. )I was really impressed with their performance as they laid down smoothly, blended well, were highly pigmented and produced very little dust. They are what I would call a medium soft pastel, softer than the Inscribe/Mungyo type but not as soft as the Unison/Sennelier ones. I didn't have a problem with this as I find very soft pastels make far too much mess in a smallish studio that is primarily for painting and am far too impatient to cover everything with dust sheets before beginning work. I was delighted to find that there was very little colour shift when they were fixed and they dull far less than other brands that I have used - even the more expensive varieties - which was a surprise considering how inexpensive they are.There is a plastic wrapper on each stick that keeps your fingers clean but is a tad fiddly to peel. Picking off at the half moon cuts on the seam sometimes requires a couple of attempts to remove the amount you want and is less easy to remove than a paper wrap.However since these worked out at just over 40p for each 7cm x 1cm diameter stick when I bought them I was happy to put up with the small irritations of the disorganised selection and fiddly wrapper, which I feel were far outweighed by the surprisingly good quality of the pastels and the number of interesting, subtle shades offered.The colour range is well suited to my passion for landscape and cityscape and I am having marvellous fun roughly blocking in the composition with watercolour or acrylic then refining them by applying pastels, which is a world away from the smoothly blended still-lives I was taught to do.If like me, you wanted to experiment with new techniques using pastel without spending a huge amount of money these fit the bill perfectly. They would also be good for anyone who wants to try out pastels as a new medium without the expense and mess of very soft pastels that might put them off the medium completely.

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These sticks are pigment-rich, creamy yet firm, and not prone to crumbling.The plastic wrapper includes a lightnfastness rating and color code.Their pencil-like circumference facilitates rendering get of detail.Product quality is very high in this moderate price range.I rate them tops in their segment.I long to purchase the 120 piece set in an attractive wooden box.The distributor is prompt and reliable.It is my hope that these sets will become more widely available to U.S. artists.

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