In 1949, Pablo Picasso asked Henri Sennelier for a colour he could use on any surface. Sennelier created the first professional oil pastel, and this is the collection at its most generous: fifty colours, chosen from the shades artists reach for most, each made in France and set into protective foam inside a wooden presentation box that closes with two clasps.

Sennelier oil pastels are soft, creamy and intensely pigmented, laying down colour with the richness of oil paint and the immediacy of drawing. Blend them, layer them, scrape back through them or soften them with a little solvent for luminous washes, on paper, canvas, board, wood and more.

The Original Artist Oil Pastel

The Presentation

Release the two clasps and the wooden lid opens onto all fifty colours, each held in fitted foam so the sticks travel safely and stay in order. It is a set made to be the centrepiece of a studio, and a gift that is remembered.

What Is in the Box

• ✓ 50 Sennelier oil pastels, assorted colours
• ✓ Foam lined wooden presentation box with two clasps

Specifications

Using Your Set

Keep a scrap of card beside you and wipe the tip of each stick after blending, so every new stroke stays clean. For broad passages of colour, soften the pastel with a little odourless solvent on a brush and work it like paint.

Complete your collection with the Sennelier Oil Pastel 24pc Set - Black Wooden Box or the Sennelier Oil Pastel 6pc Set - Discovery.

About Sennelier

Sennelier has been making artists' colour in Paris since 1887, when Gustave Sennelier opened his colour shop on the Quai Voltaire, across the Seine from the Louvre. Cezanne, Gauguin and Picasso all bought their colours there. In 1949 Henri Sennelier created the first professional oil pastel at Picasso's request, so that the artist could paint on any surface without preparation. Sennelier oil pastels are still made in France to that original idea: soft, creamy, rich in pigment and endlessly blendable.

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