Schmincke Soft Pastels

The Schmincke Extra-Fine Soft Pastels are as soft as velvet and silk with a particularly soft and intense colour application as a result of their formulation and the traditional production technique.

The colour spectrum of 400 shades allows limitless artistic possibilities, whether used in their pure form on specialist pastel paper, in mixed-media techniques or on canvas and other prepared substrates.

  • Each stick is handmade individually – colours that are as soft as velvet and silk 
  • 400 brilliant and rich colours 
  • Exceptionally strong colour application 
  • Best, highly concentrated artists’ pigments 
  • Minimum binder content 
  • Maximum lightfastness 
  • Unique colour mixtures and special colours  


Please scroll down to view the extensive 400 colour range of Schmincke Soft Pastels.

  • Schmincke Extra Soft Pastel

Schmincke Extra Soft Pastel

SKU: A255.842
Color: Ochre Light 013 B
$5.69 $9.49
  • Schmincke Pastels Manganese Violet 052 D

Schmincke Extra-Soft Pastels: Blues

SKU: A255.8194
Color: Manganese Violet 052 D
$5.69 $9.49
  • Schmincke Pastels Greenish Blue 065 B

Schmincke Extra-Soft Pastels: Greens

SKU: A255.8236
Color: Greenish Blue 065 B
$5.69 $9.49
  • Schmincke Pastels Reddish Grey 090 D

Schmincke Extra-Soft Pastels: Greys

SKU: A255.8338
Color: Grey Violet 090 D
$5.69 $9.49
  • Schminke Pastels Permanent Red 1 Pale 042 B

Schmincke Extra-Soft Pastels: Reds & Purples

SKU: A255.8148
Color: Permanent Red 1 Pale 042 B
$5.69 $9.49
  • Schminke Pastels Ultramarine Blue Deep 060 D

Schmincke Extra-Soft Pastels: Specialty Colours

SKU: A255.8215
Color: Ultramarine Blue Deep 060 B
$5.69 $9.49
  • Schmincke Pastels Titanium Yellow 007 B

Schmincke Extra-Soft Pastels: Yellows and Oranges

SKU: A255.822
Color: Titanium Yellow 007 B
$5.69 $9.49
  • Schminke Pastels Ultramarine Blue Deep 060 D

Schmincke Extra-Soft Pastels: Specialty Colours

SKU: A255.8215
Color: Ultramarine Blue Deep 060 B
$5.69 $9.49

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