Sennelier Pastels & Oil Sticks

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Sennelier Pastels & Oil Sticks

For the past 130 years and into the future, Sennelier goes on with increasing fervor to combine the traditions of the old masters with the innovations of modern chemistry. Sennelier delivers vibrant and eternal colours to the artists of today and tomorrow.

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From The Collection by Opus Paris, France · Est. 1887 Read the story

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The story behind Sennelier Pastels & Oil Sticks

The Paris colour shop across from the Louvre that made oil pastels for Picasso.

Gustave Sennelier opened his colour shop on the Quai Voltaire in Paris in 1887, across the Seine from the Louvre, and supplied painters of the day. In 1949 the family developed artist-quality oil pastels at Pablo Picasso's request.

For more than 130 years Sennelier has combined the traditions of the old masters with modern chemistry, delivering vibrant, lasting colour.

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Sennelier oil pastels are soft enough to blend with a fingertip. Layer light over dark, then scratch back through (sgraffito) for crisp highlights.

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