Faber Castell oil pastel set

A set of high quality oil pastel paints by Faber Castell. The set includes 25 shades made from durable pigments. Comes in a hard box with a small plastic knife for varied creations.

The paints come in the form of a cylinder, with which large surfaces can be painted using the width of the cylinder or small lines and details with the help of the edge. Oil pastel colors blend easily, allowing color grading and creating new shades. Great for quick drawings and high level paintings.

A set of oil pastel colors is recommended for children

Oil pastel colors, also known as panda colors, are especially popular with children. The colors are easy to grip, oily to the touch, oily, soft, easy to apply. The fingers can be used to blend the layers of paint together. Oil pastel colors allow for great color that blends easily and work laterally and in layers of color that activate the whole body. In this way the oil pastel colors can express intense emotions like joy, excitement and even anger. Therefore paintings in pastel oil are very expressive for the most part. Oil pastels paint a process at work. You can scrape with a spatula or smooth toothpicks from the layers of oil pastel colors and thus constitute a metaphorical process that "everything can be changed".

Oil pastels are soluble in flaxseed or turpentine oil, so you can achieve liquid effects, combine the use of a brush to apply, a sponge to apply and mix shades on the painting substrate.

When the painting is finished in oil pastel colors, in order to preserve the painting and prevent the application of paint, it is recommended to spray the finished painting with fixative and frame it under opaque glass, similar to preserving water paintings.

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