Pastel painting has enjoyed great popularity for centuries, uniting drawing techniques with an intense colour effect. The extra-fine pastels by Schmincke areas soft as velvet and silkwith a particularly soft and intense colour application as a result of their formulation and the traditional production technique. The colour spectrum of400 shadesallows limitless artistic possibilities, whether used in their pure form on specialist pastel paper, in mixed-media techniques or also – on the special Schmincke primers – on canvas. A professional range of fixatives ensures that the observer can also enjoy the unique results over a long period.