Rembrandt Professional Soft Pastel Set General Colour Selection | 30 Half Pastels

These are a dream to use. I like to use them to lay down a base layer and do under painting before coming in with Pitt pastels for details. You get a lot of colors and the way I use them they will last a long time.

As a keen amateur, I had tried oil and soft pastels in the past but found both mediums-compared to my usual oil and watercolours, uninspiring. I wanted a medium that was portable and easy to work with so after recently watching oodles of YouTube tutorials, I was inspired to give soft pastels another try. From the recommended soft pastel brands suggested in the tutorials, these Rembrandt soft pastels fitted into my budget. The box of 1/2 sized pastels arrived well packed. The set has a good range of colours for begginers, while the pastels are not overly soft/crumbly, instead they do blend beautifully-depending on the the pastel paper you are using. I was surprised to find that the ultimate outcome depended not only on the quality of pastels but also the paper you choose. As good quality art media is expensive, and even as beginners we aim for the best results, the types and ranges of pastels are as varied as pastel pads and blocks therefore, I would highly recommend researching the fit between pastels and papers before purchasing. I found these soft pastels work beautifully with Clairefontaine's Pastelmat pastel pad but not as well with the Fabriano Tiziano pastel pad.

Why did you choose this product over others?: excellent set of colours. Well packaged in sturdy box. Rembrandt pastels are a good balance between too soft and too hard pastel sticks.

Lovely set of creamy pastels that blend well.

I had high expectations of these because I've seen many artists saying they're really good but I was a bit disappointed. The tubular shape can leave harsh lines if you use the tip and the sides have a filmy coating so you have to waste quite a lot of pastel rubbing this off before using them. Maybe it's just the way I work but I actually prefer some of the cheaper brands such as Faber Castell.

Blend well, good colour range, good starter soft pastel set.

Great quality. Perfect size and beautiful colours.

These are labelled as soft, but they a firm as opposed to the really soft brand sennelier. I daresay they will last longer though! Great saturation of Pigment and good value for money.

These pastels are durable and perfect for the paper I use with lots of texture. Unlike the student-grade brands, the vibrant colors blend and layer smoothly, providing a mess-free experience. The half-stick packaging makes them easy to grip and apply to the paper, and their slightly harder edge allows for detailed work that softer pastels may struggle with. They work as you would expect for an incredible price. The Rembrandt soft pastels come in a sturdy, elegant box that keeps them safe for a long time! I highly recommend them for beginners and practicing artists. The Rembrandt Pastels are a pastel artist's dream. They are soft, blend extremely well, and have a great color selection (up to 90 colors!). If your budget allows, get them; you will not regret it!

The quality is justified to the price. Worth to buy for learners and practiced artists

I'll begin by saying that I'm very pleased with these pastels. They work exactly as I expected and when I finish these off I'll most likely buy another set, possibly with more colours. The packaging for shipping and storage seems more than adequate for me. None of the pastels were broken and the box seems suitable enough for storage in the long term. Physically the pastels are half sticks meaning, though you could break them in half, I chose not to. The range of colours is nice and I think will be enough to cover many needs. Remember that though they blend extremely well all blending is done on paper so getting consistent colours beyond those in the set is more difficult the smaller the set is. In use the texture is fairly consistent with great coverage for all colours (something cheaper sets don't have). They go on readily but are not so soft they crumble in your hand. They blend very nicely on paper with a tortillon or fingers and aren't so soft they fill the tooth immediately. I've tried them on two watercolour papers, pastel paper and some multi media paper all of which worked fine. They covered pencil and charcoal without issue (though charcoal can blend into them). Overall these do what you expect from a pastel of this type and work nicely. I think they represent good value for the quality and range of colours provided. I'll probably buy them again and might consider one of the bigger sets.

Comprem sem medo, esse é o meu primeiro set de giz pastel seco e é o primeiro produto da marca. Simplesmente sensacional: são macios, bem pigmentados e tem um tamanho bom!

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