SENNELIER Oil French Pastel for Professional Artists, Wooden Box Set of 120

I am having the 72 HAIYA Chinese Sennelier dupes, but their is nothing better to have them for a full enjoyment of using them. At this low cost this summer from Blick supplies art store, whouah! It is worthy every Penny spent. Believe me, there are buttery but not as too oily than the new HAIYA selling on the recent American market since last year. As an artist, I need both of them and I am using the HAIYA for general useful, but I am using my Sennelier for delicate details or effects textures. Theirs colours are purest and some are lighter than HAIYA ones and the paper around are more useful quality with numbers written more readability. Nothing will beat Sennelier product even if I had four broken oil pastel. The wooden box is quite big and difficult to manage with hinges easy too broken unfortunately.

I was worried about the weather, if this box would be thrown, kicked, whatever. Had the large sticker, HANDlE with CARE! Thank you so much! I opened this nicely boxed item. The wrapping is wonderful. We finally opened…artist daughter said this is too beautiful to use. There is no limit to what I will pay for anything art related… she wanted the 72 count and I knew this count would brings tears of joy. Right on point. These will be used for 1st place artwork for another year art competition. Only the best will be used. Superb quality…art is forever; When u want the best for yourself, your loved one; you won’t regret this purchase. Photos do not do this set justice. Seller…Thank you for the care in shipping and so fast! I was surprised!

These are excellent, excellent oil pastels but the box... oh my! The box is really unhandy. If I am using these in my studio the box takes up half the table space. The box doesn't fit into most drawers at home, and protrudes out of bookshelves, which means that they can be bumped. Since I travel a lot, it's hard to bring them along, it doesn't fit in luggage, so due to the odd large size of the box, I have bought a different pastel carrying case. Other oil pastel makers have figured out this portability problem. But did I mention that these are excellent excellent oil pastels?

I’ve been wanting these forever. Idk why the set was so much less than regular retail, but so grateful, and a very happy holidays to me! As far as the product itself, none better imho. They are highly pigmented and so smooth, a pleasure to work with.

The Sennelier box came slightly damaged (not much but given the fact that its wood means something hit it kind of hard). Once opened it was clear to me either the pastels were not properly stored (which I doubt) or they were not properly handled during the shipping process. Unfortunately an entire row of sticks lost their point and rubbed along the outside edge of the box. Not ideal for such high quality materials especially when spending this much money.

A+. Fast shipping

A dream to work with. Butter smooth, soft, intense pigmentation. If you need a dot of color or a blending of beautiful choices, Sennelier oil pastels are the professional choice. Impressive selection and value here!

The quality of these pastels are unmatched. Expensive, but worth the investment when on sale. I would eat them if they weren't so poisonous.

Sublimes pastels à l’huile très tendres et aux coloris fabuleux ......

Beautiful creamy colours as you'd expect -- but having them in a convenient box means you can easily take them outside to use, and the padded spacers keep colours much cleaner than any possible alternative. worth starting with this and replacing colours as needed

Hands down, the best oil pastels in the market. I'm a stickler for quality art materials. Some brands are better than others for certain things - a good name does not guarantee a good product... eg. Pebeo make great acrylic but mediocre gouache (Talens make the best gouache paints btw)... All good artist brands make oil pastels, but Sennelier are the master brand. Their coverage is much better (thus requiring less layers), they blend beautifully. I agree with one reviewer who said you should use cheaper pastels in the lower layers. I have a box of Van Gogh pastels (60) that I use for this purpose... but when the base has been laid out and the real work begins, the Sennelier pastels make all the difference.

wonderful pastels

Simply the best oil pastels period! So creamy and lovely to paint with!