Blockx Soft Pastel - L67xH13mm

Blockx Soft Pastel in Mars Yellow 1 is a handmade, velvety soft pastel offering a rich, earthy yellow tone suited to landscape work, portrait underpainting, and classical studies. Formulated from mono-pigment PY42, an iron oxide pigment known for its opacity and strength, this pastel delivers a dense, stable colour with excellent covering power and tonal consistency. The high pigment concentration ensures strong chromatic presence without fillers or additives. Soft yet non-friable, this dry pastel provides strong covering power without crumbling, allowing for confident layering, blending, and expressive mark making. It performs beautifully across surfaces, particularly specialist pastel papers. The richness of the pigment ensures outstanding lightfastness, preserving brilliance over time while maintaining fresh, clean tonal clarity in both subtle highlights and bold passages of colour. Fully light-resistant and water-dilutable, Blockx Soft Pastels offer technical versatility alongside professional permanence, combining artisanal craftsmanship with uncompromising pigment quality.