Soft Pastel Set – 48 Colors | Square Pastels for Artists | Smooth & Blendable Colors

This is a lovely set of soft pastels for the beginning pastel student or the seasoned starving artist on a tight budget. The colors lay down fresh and vibrant. Of course there are better, higher quality pastels but they come with a price. You can do a lovely pastel work with these and each pastel goes a long way. Cheaper pastels have more binder and less color. More Expensive pastels have more color and less binder. Still, the quality of these pastels surprised me and I'm not at all disappointed. I'm able to use the Mungyo Pastels along with my pastel pencils as they blend and layer well. I've got a mix of pastel pencils from 4 different brands and they all work equally well. My pastels arrived well packed and none were broken. Even if they were broken, they're still usable and sharp edges can be used for better line work or to add color to small areas. I found Strathmore 500 Charcoal paper worked really well with these pastels as the paper gripped the color with each stroke allowing me to to blend and layer with excellent results. I tried the pastels on Canson Mi-Teintes pastel paper and the pastels were pulverized as I laid them down and I had pastel dust everywhere. To blend, I use my fingers and blending tortillions/stumps; Use a spray fixative after you finish to keep the pastel from smearing and to also keep it on the paper. If you want to use an inexpensive fixative for children's work or work you don't plan to keep, hairspray will work but won't preserve the art for the long haul. If your child does a piece of art you think you'll treasure for years to come, spring for the artist spray fixative. If you want to spray a fixative over your art and be able to use pastel on top of that so keep the color separated and fresh, use a workable fixative. Workable fixative as more of a tooth, grip, to it than regular fixative. It can also be used as your final coats of fixative. You probably want 2 or 3 final coats. Be sure to allow the fixative to dry completely before adding another coat. Use spray fixatives outdoors or in a well ventilated area.

Wonderful — happy ! I just love the vibrant colors! I used them in my grey sketchbook and they look amazing. They layer beautifully, even on top of watercolor. The quality is really good — the pieces are small but sturdy, so they don’t break easily. Great value for money, super fun to use. The softness is perfect too!

These are a joy to use. The colors are bright and punchy which makes them great for everything from quick sketches to more detailed art projects. The square shape gives a nice grip and makes it easy to lay down broad strokes or shave bits for fine work. For anyone who likes to experiment with color and texture this set is a solid pick and I highly recommend it.

Good value and excellent color selection. Although these are small pastels they blend well, with any style you use. These work well on any type of paper especially those with light texture. Perfect for beginners. I use these for blended under tones.

These are awesome! I'm a pastel artist and in my area it is really difficult to find good pastels for a decent price in both the colors and hardness/softness that I need. There are Rembrandt sets which are great pastels, but they are brittle and very expensive. The cheapest set of Rembrandts I can find near here are about $60, or $5.50 per stick individually. General's are another brand sold locally, and while those have the multiple shades of browns and grays that I need, the sticks are far too hard to lay down color with, and much better suited to sketching and hatching. Even the generic pastels from Hobby Lobby are better than General's, but they don't have sucha color variety, are thin, and not as vibrantly pigmented. Alphacolor are good, but still more expensive than this, and they don't have all the different color variations in one pack. These pastels were the answer to all the problems I've had with other brands. They are soft enough to lay down large surfaces of color. They are super vibrant and blend really well. They are slightly brittle, and the corners may break a bit if you press too hard, but they do not crumble and break in half like Rembrandts or some other brands of soft pastels. And the colors are amazing! The 4 in the top row are all neon. I haven't tested to see whether or not the glow under a blacklight, but they are bright enough that I assume they do. There are 4 shades of gray (not including black or white) about 5 shades of neutral brown, plus red, green, yellow, and orange tones of brown. There are deep reds and beautiful purples, and hot pinks that are so gorgeous I want lipsticks to match. And the only describes about half of the set! The set says there are 64 pieces. They are about half-stick size, but there are also two bonus skinny sticks in black and white. Also, of the 64 colors, it appears that 2 of them are pure white, so there are actually only 63 colors, but it's always useful to have extra white. The sticks are small, but for the price and the variety, they are totally worth it. I was shocked by the quality. These are pigmented enough to stain clothing, linoleum, etc.

Lots of beautiful colors. I shave off the side of them for an easy background when needed and rub it on the paper with a cotton ball. Easy for me to do this. Function and quality is good. These are actually a dry pastel and meant to be that way. If you want a creamy oil pastel, you might want to see what crayola has in stock.

MUNGYO soft pastels I wanted to try stick pastels and read a positive review about this brand. For the price it was a risk I was willing to take. I have no prior experience with stick pastels, but they seem soft, good color and nice assortment. The sticks are just over an inch long and maybe 3/8 inch wide. Just right to get a taste of this before investing a few hundred dollars.

Very crumbly and dusty pastel. Keep a brush handy. Despite the dr Awbscks, they de Live nice color for backgrounds, etc.

Good range of colour. I’d like to see more purple though. Decent quality pastels. Able to layer the colours very well. They even mix nicely. For the price they’re pretty good for beginners/intermediate artists.

Son los pasteles, mejor comprados, sus colores se combinan muy bien y su calidad wow. muy buena super recomendables.

Not too good but ok for beginners. They are too dry. Too much dust with them

Small pieces of pastel. Smaller then usually halfs. Softness ok,compere to price.

Wow a great selection of colours very soft very bendable indeed good price great to use as non toxic