ArrtxArtist Oil Pastels 48 Colors Set, Soft Oil Pastel Vibrant and Creamy, Professional Oil Pastel Crayons Set Art Supplies for Artist and Beginners

I love the softness and creaminess of the oil pastels and the colors are solid, bright, easy to blend and can be used on most papers. Great for any arts especially abstract. The pastels in the piece dry within hours and the artwork can be stored.

Me gustó el producto para complementar pasteles de colores saturados.

fun to use, very very soft. good for final layer

I love oil pastels. I own several brands ranging from the cheaper student grade to the outrageously expensive artist grade oil pastels. There is a lot of fun to be had with this very versatile medium and I find them to be criminally under-rated as an art medium unlike its more popular, chalkier cousin- soft pastels. These oil pastels from Arrtx are excellent considering their price point. They are not exactly cheap (currently listed at $49.99, time of review, for the full set of 72) but they are priced so much cheaper than the artist grade offerings that may break the bank. For instance a set of 72 of the Sennelier oil pastels will run you well over $200 (you may find it at a cheaper price IF you look around but good luck with that).The 72 set is beautifully packaged in an attractive cardboard box offering a wide range of good, saturated colours.The performance of these pastels are great. They are soft and creamy; the sticks are a good size, and the colours are very pigmented. They effortlessly stain your fingers like lipstick so there is no surprise here that they work beautifully on paper. They perform much better than the budget brands (which are usually harder with less pigment) and are on par with the more expensive artist grade oil pastels outside of the Senneliers which are the softest and truly feel like lipstick. I can't really find a negative with the performance. I tested these out in both good quality and cheaper paper, and of course, it performs better in good quality stock but oil pastels is one of the mediums that performs well across different surfaces. The layering is limited but this is typical of oil pastels and all of the techniques can be used with these with no problems.The only negative for me (and for most artists) is the lightfastness. There is no lightfast information here so we are to assume these, or the majority of the colours are not lightfast pigments. So despite these being labelled as "artist quality", if no lightfast information is included, they are usually classified as "student" or "scholastic" grade. Since these perform so well, I would classify these as the latter. The pigment/colour numbers and names are listed on the back of the box and also branded on the paper sleeve.So if you love oil pastels, I see no issues with these outside of the lightfastness. The colours are vibrant, the performance is excellent, and the 72 piece set offers a good assortment of gorgeous colours. And you can have so much fun with this medium, I always recommend it to all artists from beginners to seasoned professionals who have never given oil pastels the time of day.

Probably the worst pastel sticks