{"title":"Sennelier Soft Pastels","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBuy Sennelier Soft Pastels Online in India\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes a soft pastel soft is how little binder is in it. Sennelier's extra-soft sticks are close to raw pigment held together with just enough gum to survive handling, which is why they crumble if you press hard and why the colour sits on the paper with almost nothing between pigment and eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat that means in practice\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou need paper with real tooth. Smooth paper fills after one or two layers and refuses to take any more. Sanded or textured pastel surfaces let you build six or seven layers. Work light to dark, keep a rag for your fingers, and accept breakage as normal rather than a defect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eComplete the setup\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse textured \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/papers-pads\"\u003epaper and pads\u003c\/a\u003e, fix lightly with a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/varnish-fixatives\"\u003eworkable fixative\u003c\/a\u003e, and compare with \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/mungyo\"\u003eMungyo\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/conte-a-paris\"\u003eConte a Paris\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cretacolor\"\u003eCretacolor\u003c\/a\u003e. Browse all \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/soft-pastel\"\u003esoft pastels\u003c\/a\u003e or the complete \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/sennelier\"\u003eSennelier range\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStationerie has sold artist materials from Kolkata for 25 years and ships to serviceable PIN codes across India. See our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/art-supplies-india\"\u003eIndia delivery guide\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sennelier-extra-soft-pastel-set-of-12-introductory","title":"Sennelier Extra Soft Pastel Set of 12 – Introductory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSennelier Extra Soft Pastel Set of 12 Introductory\u003c\/strong\u003e is the smallest way into a range that took three years to formulate at the turn of the twentieth century and has been made much the same way ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Sennelier extra soft pastel is pure pigment ground with a natural transparent binder, in a balance weighted heavily towards pigment. The paste is never compressed during making and the sticks dry naturally in open air, which is why they crumble so readily onto the paper and blend with almost no pressure. The brightness comes from the pigment itself and from the natural mineral fines Sennelier identified in 1905.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSet size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12 full sticks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFeel:\u003c\/strong\u003e extra soft, releases colour on the lightest touch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSurfaces:\u003c\/strong\u003e pastel paper, sanded pastel board and other toothy supports\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are layering heavily, fix between layers rather than at the end. A heavy final fixing flattens the vibration between tones, which is the main thing soft pastel has going for it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sennelier","offers":[{"title":"Sennelier","offer_id":50235589919014,"sku":null,"price":2973.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/5184\/6950\/files\/new-intr.webp?v=1756123329"},{"product_id":"sennelier-half-stick-pastel-landscape-30-set","title":"Sennelier Extra Soft Half Stick Pastel Landscape Set of 30","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSennelier Extra Soft Half Stick Pastel Landscape Set of 30\u003c\/strong\u003e is a themed half stick selection built around the greens, blues, ochres and earth tones that landscape work actually needs, from foliage and field to distant hills and overcast sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHalf sticks are the same pigment and binder composition as the full sticks, simply shorter. They are sturdier in the hand, less prone to snapping under pressure and considerably cheaper per colour, which is why most working pastellists own more half sticks than full ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSet size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30 half sticks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePalette:\u003c\/strong\u003e landscape greens, blues, ochres and earths\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest for:\u003c\/strong\u003e plein air studies, layered skies and field work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuild the tones gradually on a toothy surface, and test blending, lifting and fixative on an offcut of the same paper before committing to a piece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sennelier","offers":[{"title":"Sennelier","offer_id":50235590607142,"sku":null,"price":3703.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/5184\/6950\/files\/2222.webp?v=1756123328"},{"product_id":"sennelier-half-stick-pastel-seaside-set-of-30","title":"Sennelier Extra Soft Half Stick Pastel Seaside Set of 30","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSennelier Extra Soft Half Stick Pastel Seaside Set of 30\u003c\/strong\u003e is selected for coastal subjects: the blues and turquoises of open water, the pale sands and warm greys of the shoreline, and the diffused light that sits over both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoastal work depends on close-value greys and blues that sit next to each other without jumping. A themed set supplies those half tones ready made, so the transitions can be blended straight on the paper rather than mixed towards on a palette.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSet size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30 half sticks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePalette:\u003c\/strong\u003e marine blues, turquoise, sand, shell and cool grey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest for:\u003c\/strong\u003e seascape, harbour and coastal light studies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe half stick format holds up to repeated handling and travels well, which matters when the subject is outdoors. Extra soft pastels release colour under very light pressure, so work up from thin coverage rather than committing at full strength.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sennelier","offers":[{"title":"Sennelier","offer_id":50235590770982,"sku":null,"price":3703.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/5184\/6950\/files\/2-1-600x600_600x_86e7b44d-c25c-4a99-bc06-ef97339819ff.webp?v=1756123327"},{"product_id":"sennelier-extra-soft-pastel-set-of-48-portrait","title":"Sennelier Extra Soft Pastel Set of 48 – Portrait","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSennelier Extra Soft Pastel Set of 48 Portrait\u003c\/strong\u003e is a cardboard box of 48 sticks assembled around flesh: the graduated flesh tones, pink lakes, vermilions and Persian reds that build a face, with the bistres, indigos and greys that put it in shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSennelier numbers its tints, so a colour such as Flesh appears at 3, 5 and 6, three steps of the same hue towards white. For portrait work this is the point. You place adjacent values without mixing them, and let the softness of the stick do the blending on the paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pastel is pure pigment ground with a natural transparent binder, uncompressed and air dried, which is why it deposits so readily and blends with a fingertip.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShades included:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bistre; Black Green 4; Blue Gray Green 7; Bright Yellow 4, 5; Brown Ochre 2, 3, 4; Cadmium Yellow Light 2, 3, 4; Chinese Vermilion 5, 7; Cobalt Violet 6; English Chromium Green 2, 4, 5; Flesh 3, 5, 6; Gambonge 1, 2, 4; Gray 8; Indigo 5, 6; Ivory Black; Magenta Violet 7; Persian Red 4, 5; Pink Lake 2, 3; Purple Violet 3; Raw Sienna 5; Scarlet Lake 1, 3; Ultramarine Deep 1, 4, 8; Vermilion 3, 6, 8; Venetian Red 1, 3, 4, 5; Yellow Ochre 2, 4.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sennelier","offers":[{"title":"Sennelier","offer_id":50235593851174,"sku":null,"price":11151.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/5184\/6950\/files\/whejoevh.webp?v=1756123318"},{"product_id":"sennelier-extra-soft-pastel-set-of-100-portrait","title":"Sennelier Extra Soft Pastel Set of 100 – Portrait","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSennelier Extra Soft Pastel Set of 100 Portrait\u003c\/strong\u003e is the full portrait palette in a wooden box: a hundred sticks weighted towards flesh ochres, madders, ruby reds and scarlet lakes, with cobalt blues, chromium greens and greys to cool and knock them back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a hundred sticks the tint ladders become genuinely usable. Ruby Red at 2, 4 and 6 or Cobalt Blue at 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9 give you five steps of one hue towards white, so modelling a form is a matter of selecting the next value rather than mixing it and losing the freshness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComposition is a balance of natural transparent binder against pure pigment, with increasing amounts of mineral fines added for the lighter tints. The paste is never compressed and the sticks air dry, giving the extra soft handling the range is named for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShades included:\u003c\/strong\u003e Apple Green 5, 7, 8, 9; Blue Violet 1, 3, 4, 5, 6; Bright Yellow 1, 3, 4; Brown Ochre; Brown Ochre 2, 4, 6; Burnt Madder 7; Cadmium Yellow Deep; Cadmium Yellow Deep 2, 3; Cadmium Yellow Light 1; Carmine Brown 6; Chromium Green 2, 7, 8, 9; Chromium Oxide Green 6, 8; Cobalt Blue 3, 5, 6, 8, 9; Flesh Ochre 3, 4, 6, 9; Golden Ochre 1, 2, 9; Gray 1, 3, 4, 8, 9; Indigo 6; Intense Blue; Intense Blue 5, 7, 8; Ivory Black; Leaf Green 4; Lemon Yellow 2; Madder Carmine; Madder Carmine 3, 7; Madder Violet 1, 3, 5, 9; Magenta Violet 4, 5, 6; Naples Yellow 2, 3, 9; Nasturtium Orange 3, 4; Orange Lead 1, 3, 4, 8; Red Brown; Red Brown 1, 2, 9; Ruby Red; Ruby Red 2, 4, 6; Scarlet Lake 3, 5, 7, 8; Ultramarine Deep 2, 4, 5; Venetian Red 3, 5; Vermilion 2, 4, 6, 8; White; Yellow Ochre 6, 7.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sennelier","offers":[{"title":"Sennelier","offer_id":50235594015014,"sku":null,"price":30600.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/5184\/6950\/files\/N132130-1_500x_e9181f49-3e3b-429a-81e3-07dbd10f7cf6.jpg?v=1756123316"},{"product_id":"sennelier-extra-soft-pastel-set-of-100-landscape","title":"Sennelier Extra Soft Pastel Set of 100 – Landscape","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSennelier Extra Soft Pastel Set of 100 Landscape\u003c\/strong\u003e is the landscape counterpart to the portrait hundred: a wooden box weighted towards chromium and cinnabar greens, cerulean and cobalt blues, dead leaf and olive greys, red ochres and Van Dyck browns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLandscape painting lives on close greens and greens that are barely green at all. 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