Box of 24 Sennelier oil pastels In 1949, the painter Henri Goetz asked for Henri Sennelier to develop a new material for his friend Pablo Picasso who was looking for a colored wax chalk. The “Sennelier Oil Pastel” nation of that collaboration. Over the decades, this range has been enriched by of metallic colors, iridescent shades, and thirty new base colors. Beyond In addition to the classic shades, it also includes unique tones and particularly a gray gradient, necessary for a balanced palette. This evolution is the fruit of a long-term collaboration with European and North American painters who worked with our company to develop a palette of exceptional tones. Sennelier oil pastel is a product that reuses the components used in all Sennelier colors: high quality pigments, a very pure synthetic binder and a mineral wax. The pigments are ground with an inert, non-drying binder that does not oxidize and will not have any effect. There will be no effect on the life of the film or the media. This base is then mixed with wax (neutral pH). The balance of this mixture gives a peculiar unctuousness to Sennelier oil pastel, and a creamy texture that allows great freedom of pictorial expression. Sennelier oil pastels have an exceptional concentration of pigment that gives them great coloring and covering power, great vibrancy of tones and very good resistance to light (except for metallic and fluorescent inks). The notable properties of its components and carefully thought-out dosages give Sennelier oil pastels unique characteristics that make it the reference brand recognized worldwide. Includes colors: 1, 19, 20, 200, 220, 31, 202, 219, 2, 6, 203, 237, 214, 42, 45, 213, 26, 239, 92, 35, 34, 16, 15, 23. It also contains a high quality Sennelier cloth and a graphite stick.