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Working with Schmincke’s finest extra soft pastels will give you a completely unique drawing experience. They have an incredibly high concentration of top quality pigment powder held together by the absolute minimum amount of binding agent - just enough to ensure that they remain a stable compound. Unlike many pastels on the market they also do not contain chalk or additives which helps keep their colouration pure and consistent throughout each pastel. This stripped back recipe results in such soft pastels that Schmincke had to design a costly and time consuming manufacturing process to stop them breaking. Each lump of pre-kneaded pastel dough is rolled into rounded skeins which are sectioned by hand and laid onto a sheet. The skeins are then cut by hand with a wire-strung frame and transferred onto wooden palettes where they are left to dry for around 2 weeks. By this time they are so soft that they need to be wrapped by hand and gently placed in their foam packaging.

This paper is produced with a high cotton content and pure ECF cellulose, according to ISO 9706 'LONG LIFE' regulations. It is acid free to guarantee long permanence in time. It has highly lightfast colours, an excellent surface making and sizing which make this paper particularly suitable for pastels, pencil, graphite, charcoal, tempera, air brush and watercolour techniques. Tiziano can be used for all printing techniques. Dimensions 21 X 29,7cm.

- High quality drawing pencil - Special lead formulation for results with a metallic lustre in a wide variety of grey tones - Particularly suitable for writing, drawing, sketching and hatching as well as for professional graphic and artistic applications on paper and matt drawing film - High break-resistance through special lead formulation and super-bonded lead - Available in 24 finely graded consistent degrees: 12B, 11B, 10B, 9B, 8B, 7B, 6B, 5B, 4B, 3B, 2B, B, HB, F, H, 2H, 3H, 4H, 5H, 6H, 7H, 8H, 9H, 10H - Lead diameter: 12B: approx. 4.5 mm, 11B-6B: approx. 3.6 mm, 5B-3B: approx. 2.5 mm, 2B-10H: approx. 2.0 mm - Lines reproduce well - Wood from PEFC-certified, sustainably managed forests