MUNGYO Gallery Artists' Soft Oil Pastels Professional, 48 Assorted Colors, Vibrant and Blendable

Creamy but not sticky. Soft enough to be layered and blended but not so mushy that you can't draw smaller details. Best oil pastel I've tried in this price range. I am considering getting a bigger set because I'm such a fan.

The media could not be loaded. These oil pastels are exactly what I was needing. They have a great formula that makes the pastels super soft and easy to work with and blend. This is such a great value for the product you are getting.

First of all I'll say I'm happy with these pastels. I am not tremendously experienced in oil pastels but I've been experimenting recently with a lot of old craft items including a big mixed media set. I quite enjoyed the oil pastels but wanted to try something a little better without too big of an investment. These fit the bill and give me the oil pastel experience I've been lead to believe I should expect.Starting with the physical aspects, the packaging seems robust enough though the foam holding them down is a little thin. I haven't felt especially compelled to put them in a nicer box which says that (for me) they are acceptable. Despite the thin foam they came to me intact.I have previously only draw with some very cheap oil pastels (which I'll compare later) but I did try several brands that a store had in open stock. I found these to be comparably soft to the Sennelier but the feel a little more "greasy" when being applied vs the Sennelier which I'd describe as "creamy". They come in a plain cylinder form without the Sennelier bullet points (which suits me fine) but that's an obvious difference. I found that they didn't crumble much (the Cray-pas specialist crumbled more). Overall I'd say they stand up well to the competition.Next I'd like to talk about painting and blendability. I tried these out on watercolour paper, mixed media paper and pastel paper. On all 3 the softness allows them to apply readily in fairly thick layers. They smooth on the page easily with a finger, cloth or stump. They can be layered over one another but attempting to layer then blend can be tricky: it seems better to simply draw the colours in from their respective sides getting gradually thinner toward one another then smooth out perpendicular to the gradient. They worked nicely for sgraffito and all general oil pastel techniques. The colours are definitely bold but there are a few areas where I felt they lacked, for example I couldn't find a really strong primary red. Having said that I was not disappointed and doubt this will hold me back.As for value I'd like to compare to the cheap set I tried out before. They were a very cheap set of 36 from a retail store. A little measurement tells me that these are about 2x the volume (i.e. provide 2x the materlal). Accounting for that these are 2x the price per volume (compared to an absolute bottom of the line set) and about 1/4 the price of Senellier. Compared to these the cheap set I had previously feel terrible, waxy and crumbly in application with weak colours and hard to blend: these are definitely much better value. Compared to the Sennelier these are definitely not quite as pigmented or smooth or shaped as elegantly but to a beginner I doubt the difference would be that noticeable: for a beginner/student these are probably better value.Overall I'm very happy with the way these work. I definitely no longer feel I'm being limited by the media so I can work on improving my skills. If you are looking for an introduction to oil pastels I would say you won't go too far wrong with this set.

Good value for the moola, nice set of colors

Love the colors. They aren’t super easy for me to work with my I’m not to oil pastels. They are buttery but go on so think and done blend great but maybe i just Don’t know what I’m doing. The blending methods I have tried, are my finger, brush with oil, and Q-tip.. also wish oil pastels had thiner tips for details

Iv only tried the oil crayons from kids' art sets and the Walmart's Kingsart and Kingsart sucks compared to the children's oil pastels from the art sets. So, when I got these, I was expecting waxier like the Kingsart but these were so smooth. They blend very well and leave very little debris behind, were as the Kingsart left a lot of flaked of pieces of the pastel behind everywhere. I bought a thick paint brush to wipe off my art so they don't blend with the colors, but I don't need it with these pastels.

I bought this set because of the different colors it had. Mungyo Gallery set of 48 assorted color soft oil pastels, for $20.98. It arrived in a box with a lid and each oil pastels in their own individual place in a plastic tray inside of the box. The whole box slips into another cover box. They arrived in an amazon box that had the bubble wrap to protect it from slipping around in the bigger box. The Oil pastel box itself was cover tightly with a plastics wrapping to keep the box itself from opening. They are bigger than a regular crayon which is nice. They look to be clean. The go on to the paper smoothly. They blend well. Can't wait to use them and try them on various type of paper as well as blend them with different techniques. I would recommend these. They are very nice and of good quality. For $21 dollars with a variety of 48 assorted color I would say that it is a reasonable price to pay. Anything more would be too high. Unless it has double the colors. I believe this is a well made product. It doesn't smell like some brands. An I would highly recommend this product to not only beginners but to seasoned artists. Great for any Artist's workshops/studios. Great product. Thank you.

Product is as advertised, with true pastel colors, sticks that stay intact and blend well.