Specification
Reeves Oil Pastel Set of 48 Overview
The Reeves Oil Pastel Set of 48 offers a comprehensive range of vibrant, highly pigmented colors ideal for artists at all levels, including beginners and professionals, and can be handled by children, teens and adults alike. These pastels produce deep, intense hues that apply smoothly and blend easily for subtle tonal effects or bold strokes.
Key Features
Extremely versatile: Use dry for sketching and drawing, or with turpentine and a brush for painterly blending on surfaces like paper, card, canvas, or boards.
Good lightfastness ensures colors stay strong over time, with sharp lines on both light and dark papers.
Packaged in a tin box for convenient storage and portability.
Best Uses
Perfect for visual arts education, ministry event artwork, or DIY crafts, as they fill large areas quickly and support creative techniques from sharp details to expansive color washes.
Technical Details
The Reeves Oil Pastel Set of 48 consists of large-sized sticks made from pigments, non-drying oil, paraffin wax, microcrystalline wax, and fillers like mica.
Physical Dimensions
Individual pastels measure approximately 10 mm in diameter and 75 mm in length, with the full set (similar to smaller packs) packing into a tin about 125 mm wide x 25 mm deep x 199 mm high, weighing around 0.27 kg.
Performance Specs
These highly pigmented pastels offer good lightfastness, smooth creamy consistency for easy blending dry or with turpentine, and vivid opacity suitable for paper, card, canvas, or board.