PanPastel 29545 Ultra Soft Artist Pastel, Pearlescent Violet, 954.5

Everything about this product is exactly what I had hoped for, the rich velvety texture transforms your projects, and is a great price point.

I kept hearing about how great pan pastels are so I had to try some. I just got black since I am working on a B&W drawing. The first picture (left) is before I got the pan pastels, the second (right) Is with this product. I had gotten the applicators before to try with regular charcoal but hadnt tried to use them. Pan pastels work best with the applicators (handles with replaceable sponge tips), Ive tried Q-tips (cotton buds) but they dont distribute the product as smoothly as the applicators. They are not cheap $7-8 per pan but a little goes a long way so its a good investment in your artistic tools.

Yes! While I like the NuPastels quite a bit, these have better lightfastness and easier coverage. Many of my subjects are of African descent, so this hue is a must-have. They are a fine art quality pastel.

This is a colorless blender used along with pan pastels. It can also be used with your other pastels t blend and smooth out colors. Would recommend.

Good depth of color. Used brush as tool to use

Came smashed. Powder everywhere. Tried to pack it back into the container but it isnt working. Might be best to go to an art supply retailer that are professionals at sending out items like these. So wanted to add this to my collection. Really disappointed.

Coloring

For chalk type stuff, these are very smoothly textured, almost no pressure is required to get color on your chosen medium -- mine is clay, and the PanPastels are bright and sharp. The Titanium is very bright.

I bought this after having watched a video on YouTube about drawing with white charcoal on black paper. I already had some black paper so I just needed white pan pastel and some sponge tools to apply it. I really enjoyed trying something new. The name of the artist whose video I watched is Mad Charcoal. He apparently uses pan pastel a lot. I wouldnt have thought to try it if I hadnt seen his video. I really enjoyed the scratchboard effect of the drawing.

Opened package and no product was in there.