These Sennelier Extra Soft Pastels are made from a high quality pure pigment that is finely ground with a natural binder which is finely balanced, offering you the best colours a pastel can provide. These Sennelier Soft Pastels where first made by Gustave Sennelier in 1900 and gained popularity with artists the likes of Cézanne, Gauguin, Monet and Modigliani. Each pastel is given the very best treatment formed from the most premium quality pure pigment with the finest chalk and bound with a natural transparent binder, it is then air dried in moulds as opposed to compressed. This will lend you the most amazing results being beautifully soft, offering vivid and bold colours, and water soluble to achieve some unique effects. They will arrive protected in a foam lined cardboard box. - Brand: Sennelier - 12 Assorted colours inside - Made from high quality pure pigment, the finest chalk and natural binder - Vivid and bold colours - Water soluble - Foam lined cardboard box