Cray-Pas Expressionist Oil Pastel Set, 50 Sticks

Wonderful selection of colors. I cannot imagine a scene one could not draw with this color ramhe. Blend easily. Strongly recommend planning out your drawing in advance so you can successfully work in layers or from light to dark. This is a basic premise of pastel (and other art media) techniques but i often forget it, to my dismay. Planning helps with any project. Packaging is durable and provides good environmental protection for product. It gets hot in my area and the pastels stay in good shape. Recommended storing them flat rather than placing box on its side or everything will fall out. I also recommend placing it on to of whatever supplies you have stacked. I feel the box could endure an encyclopedia on top but why test destiny? Overall, a positive experience for beginners or more advanced artists. IF you are a BEGINNER, I strongly recommend finding videos regarding how to use oil pastels. These are good for beginners but the caveat is that said beginners should obtain info on use before taking the plunge.

I tried the crayons today on a daffodil field sketch. Very easy to use, doesn't break, smooth coloring, and beautiful colors. And the price is incredible for this kind of quality. Highly recommend.

Good quality, great pigment, ease to use & cleanup. Highly recommend. Pair with a nice sketch ad for a great gift.

I bought these to have a set that I can boldly experiment with without feeling sorry for them like I do for my more expensive oil pastels. I didn't expect much considering the price tag but what a surprise I got! A fantastic range of colours, richly pigmented, they handle really nicely, blend well and the colours even go over each other surprisingly well too. They are great for broad strokes and finer details. One can get interesting effects by going over the strokes (and different colours) with the Extenders (they are shaped exactly like the pastels but contain no pigment and only the filler wax component, and you get 2 of these in the box). They react well to blending stumps too. They are noticeably harder than e.g. Sennelier or Mungyo Gallery, but that is also a nice feel to work with and makes it easier for a softer oil pastel brand to go on top. They do look rather cheap (e.g. the packaging, and the wrappers don't even have colour names written on them) but don't be fooled - these are really a joy to work with and a steal at the price. They produce some crumbs while working - if not for that I would have given 5 stars.

These oil pastels work well. They are creamy, they are easy to blend, and the colors are bright.

came on time.product was exactly as promised

This brand was the first oil pastel to come on the market. They were invented in 1925. I have been using them since 1964 when I was a teenager who couldn't afford oil paints and all the products that are needed to use it properly. Over the years I have used other oil pastels including the water soluble kind, but I find Cray-Pas to be my favorite and these days I just don't bother with any other brand. I like this expressionist set very much. The colors are beautiful and vibrant, and the 2 extender/blender sticks that were included will make it easy to get the effects I want.

I bought another brand before this one and sent it back after trying 2 of the colors. When these came I was apprehensive but am thrilled with them. They blend well on batik fabrics and the oil doesn't transfer to my hands like the other brand. Love them. Tsome of the highlights and shading in the photo were created with these oil pastels. These were also less money for the same amount as the first set.

Estos colores de Sakura, que aparecen como "Expresionistas" no son pasteles al óleo, son simples ceras, como lo conocemos en España, no llevan aceite de linaza, deben estar tratadas con parafina. Lo explico poque observo que en muchas marcas aparecen también con la misma denominación y son simples crayolas o ceras. Los tonos de los colores son variados, pero en cuanto a calidad dejan que desear, tenemos las ceras Manley españolas, que son fabulosas y las hay de 50 colores y mucho más económicas. La gran mayoría de las pinturas que aparecen como pasteles al óleo, incluidas las Faber Castell, que también las he comprado son ceras y por tanto bastante caras. Estoy pendiente de recibir las de Sennelier, por lo cual no puedo opinar aún, pero quizás sean las únicas que son al óleo y posiblemente las de Windsor & Newton.

Highest quality pastels at good price. Lasts longer than other plus colour very rich

Es handelt sich um sehr schöne Stifte für ausdrucksstarke Bilder. Das Produkt kam schnell und genau wie abgebildet an. Vielen Dank.

I love the crayon! It blends well and even when I accidentally dropped the box and the crayons all scattered, it didn't break at all!

Muy buena calidad, son suaves, y de tonos vibrantes, se mezclan fácil, para la cantidad y precio, realmente lo vale