This oil pastel set offers a great basic palette of colors to create various drawings with. The pastels come in convenient packaging with a plastic tray and cardboard sleeve to keep them neat and organized, so they are great to have in your studio or to take with you. Each set includes 12 pastels (100 White – 205 Lemon Yellow (Primary) – 202 Deep Yellow – 311 Vermilion – 318 Carmine – 535 Cerulean Blue (Phthalo) – 508 Prussian Blue – 617 Yellowish Green – 662 Permanent Green – 227 Yellow Ochre – 411 Burnt Sienna – 700 Black). Talens Art Creation water-soluble oil pastels are creamy oil pastels that apply smoothly and blend easily, just like regular oil pastels. The difference, though, is that besides applying them directly to paper, you can mix these pastels with water to create even smoother color transitions and to make the intense colors more transparent for a watercolor effect. Apply water to (parts of) your paper using a wet brush, wet the pastels before applying them or use a wet brush to deposit color directly from the pastel onto the paper. Create even colors by smoothing the texture of already applied dry oil pastel marks with a wet brush for seamless color blending and transitions. Sold as 3 sets for a total of 36 pastels. Recommended age 13+ years