RembrandtSoft Pastels General Selection Professional Set 300C90.5

The Rembrandt Pastels are a pastel artist dream. Soft, blend extremely well, great color selection. I would not recommend for a begining pastel student as they are rather pricey, however, if your budget allows, get them, you will not regret it.

The price point is great. For the serious pastelist you need soft, medium, and hard pastels with pastel pencils. These meet my medium needs.

I love the pastels workability and colors. My only negative is that the end of one of the pastels was broken.

These are a hard "soft pastel", but that makes them perfect for doing the first few layers of a painting, using the truly soft pastels for the last layer. Beautiful vibrant colors, my first choice to begin my artwork. I will definitely buy these again, I only wish Amazon had more open stock to order, most micro sets are sold out. Please get more! Here is a painting I did with them, I'm still learning.

I thought I hard purchased soft pastels. Though upon receiving them, the box does say "soft" though the pastels themselves seem hard, dry, crumbly and break all too easily.They are NOT a pleasure to work with.If this is the quality of Rembrandt, then I would suggest another brand, unless these are qualities you are looking for in a pastel crayon. I was disappointed to say the least.

Some of them are cracked, broken.Also sounds very small. Wont last too long

This is the perfect set for the serious beginner. They are professional quality, but on the lower end of the price range for pro-quality. The half sticks mean you get more color options for your money.

This color pallet is extensive and the quality of the pastels is excellent~ very easy to apply, blend and manipulate.