Description
The Sennelier Soft Pastels are a high quality set of pastels composed of pure pigment and a natural transparent binder. The set was created in 1905 and has remained unchanged throughout the century, with the exception of the addition of mineral fines to create brighter shades.
Sennelier Soft Pastels are composed of high quality pure pigment
grounded with a natural transparent binder. It took over three
years, at the turn of the 20th Century, to formulate the Sennelier
range of Extra Soft Pastels aa laacua and thus to
create one of the largest chromatic range of pastels. Throughout
the century, this range of tones has evolved, but the heart of its
making remains unchanged. The high quality composition of
aa laacua pastels is the result of a perfect balance
between binder and pigment. For gradient shades, increasing amounts
of mineral fines are added, ultimately tending towards white. The
exceptional brightness is the result of the pigment and of the
natural mineral fines discovered by Sennelier in 1905 and that have
been used ever since.