Set of 36 intense colors Cray-Pas Expressionist; superior oil pastels from Sakura. Ideal for creating portraits, landscapes, abstract works of art or other creations. The oil pastel chalk is soft and easy to apply to various surfaces such as paper, canvas, wood, plastic and stone. This way you can even imitate the effect of oil paint! The oil pastel chalk is of art quality and extremely lightfast, so that your works of art retain their original color for decades. In 1925, Sakura discovered and patented a revolutionary coloring product, Cray-Pas: a soft, easy-to-use oil pastel crayon with intense colors. This marked a global breakthrough in color and after almost a century Cray-Pas is still the most important oil pastel for children and artists around the world. The quality of Cray-Pas is indisputable due to the balanced color range, coverage, unique pigments and easy application.