Premium Derwent Alphacolor Round Soft White Pastels

Laura : Nice product.

United States on Jun 22, 2023

Gary J. Hernandez: I was pleasantly surprise at how well these pastel sticks perform. Great value for the money. They are soft, opaque and apply smoothly. Just what I was looking for. Will buy again.

United States on Mar 03, 2023

Trixie Mack: Though it arrived shattered, that has nothing to do with the quality, but the fault of the shipper and I can still use it for what I bought it for. It’s not a chalk, it’s more of a very soft crayon. I bought it for highlights for my art and it works beautifully.
The quality is excellent, I highly recommend it

Canada on Nov 20, 2022

Debbie: Very good quality. No mess. Easy to use and easy clean up.

United States on Jan 14, 2022

LC: These pastels are easy to use and do what pastels do. They are quite soft, so they disappear quickly if you are using them for blending with other colors. Overall, I'm satisfied and will buy them again, although probably the 12 pack rather than 3.

Canada on Jun 08, 2021

Alex Cendres: Ce fut très long avant qu’on envoie l’article,
3-4 semaines au moins. Reçu 10 jours après la date de livraison prévue. Je les ai reçu cassées ... Un peu ordinaire et l’état de l’emballage laisse à désirer, mais elles font le boulot tout de même. Elles sont très minuscules, contrairement à ceux auxquelles j’ai l’habitude.

Canada on Mar 12, 2021

Heather Ann Good: These are one of the softest pastels I have, and their square shape means there is always a ready edge to create a tiny glowing highlight or crest of a wave on top of other colors. They also serve as my best choice to blend with other colors to lighten their shade. I make sure to never run out of these.

Canada on Jan 24, 2021

blueraye: I haven't used these pastels yet, but they seem ok. I mainly mix white with darker colours to make whatever colour a lighter shade.

Canada on Dec 21, 2020

Nate: I'm a sidewalk chalk artist. I use a lot of different types and brands of chalk, some of it sidewalk chalk, some pastels, and some chalkboard chalk. The sidewalk chalk is used mainly as a primer and I depend a lot on pastels for my details and shading overtop of the sidewalk chalk and have had much experience with soft pastels. I am constantly looking for white chalk, as there is never enough for my chalk art. I bought this hoping it would be compact like the soft pastels and a better quality/longer lasting than the chalkboard chalk I'd been using for my white.

Results: It is not compact like the soft pastels I'm used to. It is much more comparable to plain old chalkboard chalk. In fact, it has the same hollow sound when dropped on the sidewalk as chalkboard chalk has and aside from it being a long cube shape instead of a cylindrical shape, there really is no difference. I can buy a 12-pack of chalkboard chalk for the same price as this 3-pack. I will not be purchasing this again.

United States on Oct 15, 2020

Julia Sims: So... This is what it is. So I give it 4 stars. Nothing wrong with the product. Shipped fine, draws fine, is soft. But... It didn't really suit the purpose I wanted it for, and I have since purchased several different pencils that will get the results I am looking for.

I bought this product in hopes that Icould use it to outline a painting on darker colored canvases before I started painting, so I had an idea of where I was painting before my paint touched the canvas. So basically I was looking to sketch on prepped canvas. This WORKED in theory because it's chalk.
You can get THICK lines from this, and they wipe and wash easily, so that's as it should be. But you can never get crisp clear lines. You can't effectively sketch thin or clear lines with this. Doesn't even matter it you use the edge. This isn't really a reflection on the PRODUCT quality as it is a disclaimer for those looking for what /I/ was looking for but there's nothing that defines what it can't do in the description (Duh, who sells a product by giving you a list of what it can't do) Just people should be aware, so hopefully this can help someone in the future. But it definately is easy...

United States on Apr 18, 2017