Mont Marte Pastel Pencils 36pce Suitable for everything from subtle detailed work to quick expressive sketches Easy to use and are ideal for blending and smudging. These are high quality chalk pencils. You could use the way to blend, shade, and control smudge with these pencils to get a layered or shaded effect that you could never get with your other pencils, great price, great quality great purchase. Awesome buy for everyone. Our fine pigments ensure a high degree of lightfastness and covering power. High pigment content guarantees strong luminosity and covering capacity Excellent light-fastness and color brilliance. These pencils sharpened to a sharp point with an electric pencil sharpener and did not break but they colored fine details easily. Awesome colored chalk pastel pencils. Highly recommend these pencils for advanced coloring.