Mont Marte Soft Pastels in Tin Box 36pc

The Mont Marte Soft Pastels in Tin Box 36pc set is an intermediate, artist-grade dry coloring collection designed for fine artists, sketch enthusiasts, students, and illustrators. Crafted with premium, lightfast pigments finely dispersed in a delicate binder, these soft chalk pastels deliver smooth, velvety laydown with minimal pressure. The functional square stick profile enables total mark-making control: use the sharp corners and edges for crisp contour lines, fine cross-hatching, and intricate details, or use the flat edges for broad sweeps, rapid underpainting, and rich tonal blocks. Packed in a durable, sleek metal tin box with protective foam cushioning, this 36-color palette offers a well-balanced chromatic range suited for landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and expressive mixed-media works.

Key Features & Specifications:

- Brand: Mont Marte

- Product Type: Soft Pastels (Dry / Chalk Pastels)

- Quantity: Set of 36 Assorted Colors (carefully curated spectrum of primaries, secondary hues, earth tones, and neutrals)

- Stick Profile: Square stick design — crisp edges for fine detailing and flat sides for wide color laydown

- Texture & Laydown: Ultra-soft, velvety chalk consistency that glides across toothy surfaces with effortless pigment transfer

- Pigment Loading: Rich, concentrated pigments providing vibrant opacity, excellent blendability, and clean color mixtures

- Blending & Feathering: Blends smoothly using fingertips, paper stumps, tortillons, or dry brushes to create subtle gradients and smoky atmospheric effects

- Storage Packaging: Sturdy metal tin box lined with custom foam slots to cushion pastels from shock and reduce transit breakage

- Surface Versatility: Adheres cleanly to textured pastel paper, sanded card, toothy sketch paper, canvas panels, and toned kraft surfaces

- Clean & Non-Toxic: Odorless, non-toxic formulation safe for artists, students, and studio work

Includes 36 bright soft pastel colours:

White, Cadmium Yellow, Salmon, Apricot, Indian Orange, Tangerine, Cadmium Orange, Vermilion, Scarlet, Hot Pink, Fuchsia, Maroon, Purple, Lavender, Cornflower, Cobalt Blue, Navy Blue, Sky Blue, Cerulean Blue, Aegean, Turquoise, Seafoam, Emerald Green, Leaf Green, Sap Green, Forest Green, Olive Green, Moss Green, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Terracotta, Red Oxide, Burnt Umber, Mid Grey, Blue Grey, Lamp Black

How to Use:

1. Work on toothy pastel paper or textured mixed-media sheets to ensure maximum pigment grip.

2. Use the sharp tip or corners of the stick for initial outlines, accents, and fine details.

3. Turn the stick on its side to lay down sweeping background washes and bold blocks of shadow or light.

4. Soften edges and create smooth transitions using a blending stump, tortillon, soft brush, or fingers.

5. Apply a workable fixative between layers if building heavy pigment, and finish with a final protective fixative spray.

6. Store the pastels inside their designated foam slots within the tin box to keep them clean and protected from chipping.

Quality Assurance:

Mont Marte Soft Pastels are produced under strict artistic manufacturing standards, ensuring uniform velvety texture, balanced softness, and dependable blending performance across all 36 sticks.