Cretacolor Fine Art Pastel Pencil – Ruby 127

Cretacolor Fine Art Pastel Pencils combine the soft, velvety colour of pastel with the control of a pencil. The pastel cores are encased in wood, so you can sharpen them to a point for fine hair, fur, feathers and facial detail, then build up colour in layers alongside soft pastels or on their own.

The range spans a full palette of 72 colours, including a generous selection of greys, earths and flesh-friendly reds and browns that portrait and wildlife artists rely on. The pencils blend easily with a finger, a paper stump or a soft brush and work best on papers with some tooth, such as pastel paper, sanded paper and textured drawing papers.

Buy colours individually by name and number to replace your most-used shades or to build a palette tailored to your subject.

Key features

• Wood-cased pastel cores for controlled detail
• Palette of 72 colours sold individually
• Blends easily with fingers, stumps or brushes
• Combines well with soft pastels
• Ideal for portraits, wildlife and fine detail
• Made in Austria

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