Caran d'Ache Neopastel

Caran d’Ache has been an expert manufacturer of pastels since 1952, and over 30 years ago, the craftsmen in its Geneva workshops developed the Neopastel to fully satisfy the needs of professional and amateur pastel artists. With its range of 96 professional-quality colors, this soft oil pastel encourages unlimited creativity through the wide variety of techniques it makes possible.

This assortment contains the 12 basic colors to start working with oil pastels, allowing for many color mixes.

Details of the pastel:

• Oil pastel, round shape, water-resistant
• Dimensions: 10 mm x 68 mm
• Soft and velvety texture that does not crumble and can be dissolved in white spirit
• Colour identification number and lightfastness both indicated
• Extra-fine pigments and inert oil

Techniques for use:

• Flexible: the point, the bevelled cut, or the flat side of the pastel may all be used
• Unlimited blending, shading, templates, for impregnating and shading, "fingerwork," on numerous media.