Versatile, vibrant, and well-made, these pastels are appropriate for every level of skill and creativity. Foundation sets offer you an easy way to try three different types of pastels. The soft handmade pastels are great for velvety finish work. The medium-soft pastels are perfect for the middle layers of a painting. The semi-hard, square pastels are perfect for under painting and have great flat edges for shading. Each pastel type features superior lightfastness and doesn't crumble.

This set contains:

• 12 half sticks of handmade pastels
• 12 half sticks of medium-soft pastels
• 12 half sticks of semi-hard pastels
• 2 squares of professional-grade white and black
• Charcoal pencil
• Kneaded eraser
• 2 stomps
• Chamois
• Pencil sharpener