Sakura Expressionist, 50 Piece Set, Multicolor, Count

In 1925, Sakura Color Products of Osaka, Japan, invented oil pastels using quality pigments, wax, and oil. Today, the finest elements continue to make up the Cray-Pas family of oil pastels. Cray-Pas oil pastels are the standard by which all other pastels are measured. The Expressionist color range allows students, hobbyists, and professional artists to achieve a range of painterly effects. Expressionist oil pastels are extremely smooth to apply, can create broad strokes, and allow the user to blend colors to build texture and depth. The uniquely smooth and blendable oil pastel formula further extends the range of skin tones. Colors include salmon pink, pale orange, naples yellow, raw sienna, yellow ochre, olive brown, burnt sienna, brown, vandyke brown, sepia, black, white. Sakura Cray-Pas oil pastels can be used for portraits, landscapes, still-life, abstracts, scratch art/sgraffito, wall art, stenciling, water color resists and more.About SakuraTo be human is to be uniquely creative. While technology will change the way we live, only we as humans have the particular ability to imagine and unlock possibility. At Sakura of America, we foster this incomparable human capability to think, dream, experiment, and connect.We know everyone is capable of creativity. This trait is within everyone, not just select people. Whether you are using our products for artwork, expression, problem solving, storytelling, or organization, creativity is at the core—allowing us to connect with ourselves and with others. We believe if you foster your creative abilities, you can reach your full potential.We encourage people to take a moment to explore how creativity unlocks new perspectives, self discovery, and human connection.