PanPastel 28005 Ultra Soft Artist Pastel, Black 280.5

It glides and blends so well with the other colors.

Love the color for making blush on my felt softies! Only issue is that it came broken so I have to make sure I open it over something that wont stain.

Great pkg was in great shape

I have an entire supply of their line of pan pastels. They are excellent and easy to work with (last forever!)

Easy to use. Just pick your applicator carefully as they can make it blotchy.

As you see by the photo the pigments are strong and can be easily picked up. They go on well with many surfaces like resin or paper. The colour is so beautiful as well. I am constantly buying them now. PS: the packaging was fine for me and I didnt have any issues. Love them!

I love Panpastels. I’m new to using them. My gripe is not about the brand itself but the fact that in the photo, it looks like a skin tone but in reality, it’s more like a very light gray! I can still use it on animals, backgrounds, & eye whites but using it how I had planned to, will not work.

This is essential for anyone who has Pan Pastels (or any pastels, really)- its basically like a clear Pan Pastel and allows you to extend and pull an application of Pan Pastel without making the color lighter or darker. For instance, if you lay down a line of blue Pan Pastel on your paper, you can then drag some of this right on top and it will allow you to cover twice as much area without dimming the color. I use it a lot to create transparent colors with Pan Pastels and other dry pastel sticks I have in my art supply collection. It also works as a way to get am ombre/faded look, and is a wonderful way to blend colors adjacent to one another without actually *mixing* the colors, so you dont get any muddy grays/browns from mixing colors that are complementary.

Im not a professional artist, but I AM a professional shopper of art supplies - according to my Husband The Complainer - and all I can say is that Im halfway through my first pastel work (see attached photo of Snakey) and I LOVE these Pan Pastels. From what I understand, everyone who uses them loves them, and my little review is hardly necessary. I CAN say, however, that I have used them also for polymer clay, and I can speak to their wonderful qualities in that field, having had an amazing experience with them for over 20 years now. You can use Pan Pastels on uncured (preferred) clay, and NEVER worry about it not working - it will stay put through any sort of condition you can imagine. It survives through the baking process, even multiple bakings, and looks as fresh and beautiful as it did when you first applied it, the same as it does when you apply it on Pastelmat when using it for artwork (as in Snakey). I dont consider myself an artist, but Im having a ball using these. I know theyre expensive, but theyre actually NOT when you think of how little you use at a time. Compared to pastel sticks, you are using barely a fraction of the amount. If you take the time to compare the two, you will see. The results with Pan Pastel, however, are worth the investment, no matter the cost, though, if results mean anything to you. And they should.

Perfect for applying to plastic dolls that have been treated with Mr. Superclear. Just what I have been looking for.