The perfect addition or beginning to your soft pastel collection. A beautiful set of artists' round soft pastels. These pastels are vibrant and highly pigmented with a soft consistency and smooth colour laydown. The pastels can be used with expressive broad strokes or the edges can be used for finer lines and more precise application of colour. Colours can be mixed softened and blended easily with fingers or with tools. Protect your work after finishing by using a soft pastel fixative. 48 assorted colours included. The set also contains a number of highly useful accessories: HB and 2B graphite pencils a craft knife for sharpening and shaping your pastels paper stumps for blending a pencil sharpener putty eraser and a metal erasing shield template. The sturdy plastic case keeps everything neatly together while protecting the fragile pastels. Case measures approximately 32 x 22.5 x 5 cm.