Pastels are an artistic media unlike any other bringing access to vibrant pigments right to your fingertips. They are available in the form of pencils or sticks and maybe mineral or oil-based. Learning what kind of pastel is right for your artwork is the first step in achieving your creative goals and mastering the medium. Faber-Castell offers pastels in soft, oil, and pencil form.
Pitt Pastel Pencils
Pastel pencils are an artist’s best friend when it’s time for detailed work in sketches, portraits, still lifes, and landscape drawings. Faber-Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils offer 60 deeply pigmented colors that do not change on fixing and are lightfast. Wax-free and oil free, these pastels are perfectly suited for fine and elaborate detail while their content allows for easy smudging to create fine color transitions. The pre-sharpened wood-cased pencils keep your fingers clean.
FC112112 12 Count Pastel Pencils
FC112124 24 Count Pastel Pencils
FC112136 36 Count Pastel Pencils
FC112160 60 Count Pastel Pencils
Soft Pastels:
Faber-Castell soft pastels set themselves apart from our oil pastels with 70 colors in the form of standard and mini rectangular sticks. Pigment mixed with minimal binders and compression is what gives soft pastels their gentle smooth lay-down. With these pastels, you can be casual and spontaneous with your art. Soft pastels create unparalleled flowing and soft gradients compared to other drawing or painting mediums. The rectangular shape of the pastels can be used in many ways. Use the tip and edges to draw fine to medium lines or use the wide side of the pastel to cover larger areas. The chalk-like texture of soft pastels makes them incredibly easy to blend and mix with your finger, a blending stump, or a rag. A sealant is recommended when finished working with soft pastels.
Creative Studio Soft Pastel Sets
FC128312 12 Ct Soft Pastel Full-Length Sticks
FC128224 24 Ct Soft Pastel Half-Length Sticks
FC128248 48 Ct Soft Pastel Half-Length Sticks
FC128272 72 Ct Soft Pastel Half-Length Sticks
Oil Pastels:
Faber-Castell brings you oil pastels in 36 vibrant colors. Their mix of oil and pigment give the pastels a crayon-like texture with a creamy lay-down while their cylindrical shape allows artists to create various lines. The soft consistency of oil pastels allows for easy blending with other pastel colors and different media. A foam blender, a blending stump, or even a finger work best when trying to blend pastels. Use a spatula to break up the pastels to mix with other colors or to cover larger areas. Beyond blending, oil pastels are great to use with techniques such as sgraffito, encaustic, adding oil, or mixing with other media such as watercolor. The consistency of oil pastels makes them extremely lightfast with pigments of the pastels sitting on top of the paper, adding extra dimension.
Creative Studio Oil Pastel Sets
FC127012 12 Ct Oil Pastels
FC127024 24 Ct Oil Pastels
FC127036 36 Ct Oil Pastels
