Caran dAche Classic Neocolor II Water-Soluble Pastels, 15 Colors

I never tried anything like these. I do mixed-media art. Love to add lines in my work and these can also be used with a little water on my brush to make a wash. VERY PLEASED with this product. Highly recommend!

nice pastels!

I am loving using them, they are really well crafted, the colors are true to the name. I just got them and had so much fun filling the including color chart. The only complaint I have is related to the tin, it is very thin, and the package was not well protected, so another item that came in the same box damaged some of the colors. If you have the option to buy this from a specialty seller (that would carefully wrap it) Id suggest considering that.

I love these Neocolors. There is a large variety of colors and they are of a professional quality. Easy to use and vibrant colors when water is added. Nice tin to hold them safely. Wonderful in every way.

Good price.

Smooth even colour and pigment. So easy to use, draws like a good soft crayon, then a little wash of water is all it takes to bring out the vibrant colours. A small amount of water will leave the original strokemarks visible, and a wetter wash causes the colours to flow better and gives a watercolour finish. I add mod podge to my final water wash to make the end product a little more resiliant to wear and tear when I am making cards or artwork that will be handled. Danielle

Wish I would have bought a bigger set. Buy the biggest set your budget will allow.

I’ve been seeing my fellow crafting YouTubers with these and had to give them a try. I love them and will be buying other sets.

The colors are great, but the color sticks crumble when just touched to paper. Also about 10 of the colors came already crumbled and broken. Now that I have tried using them there are about 15 more that have crumbled, leaving half the stick (which will probably crumble also). The mess is worse than using regular pastels.

Beautiful textures and vibrant colour laid down. Mixes well together like watercolours but with more body. Caran dArche has always been my favourite since student days. Pigment is very stable.If you use these with the wax insoluble crayons it gives another aspect. I want to try these on different surfaces and see how they go.