Cretacolor Fine Art Pastel Pencil Sets - These pencils are excellent for detail work, as they can be sharpened to a point. Colors can be mixed with one another or smudged. Smaller sets provide a good color range to experiment, while larger sets are the perfect compliment to a collection of traditional soft pastels. Their rich pigmentation and high degree of lightfastness guarantee brilliant results. The colors have a soft, velvety-smooth stroke, powdery texture and can be blended with one another, smudged or dissolved with water. These pastels are rich and vibrant. The pencil format allows for fine detail work and they can also be used with water to give a totally different effect and texture. Excellent for professionals, artists, designers, architects, draftspeople, landscape designers and students.