Sennelier Giant Soft Pastel Individual Stick in Ivory Black (30mm x 100mm)

The Sennelier Giant Soft Pastel in Ivory Black is a single, large-format stick of high-quality artist pastel. It is designed for professional artists and serious enthusiasts seeking intense colour application and superior blendability. Each giant pastel is equivalent in volume to approximately twelve regular Sennelier soft pastels, providing extended working time and substantial coverage for large-scale works or detailed layering. Hand-formed from the finest pure pigments and chalk bound with a natural, transparent binder, these pastels are air-dried in moulds rather than compressed. This traditional manufacturing process results in an exceptionally soft and crumbly texture that deposits intense, vibrant colour with minimal pressure. The formulation is both lightfast, ensuring colours resist fading over time, and water-soluble, allowing artists to create painterly effects by blending with water. The specific shade, Ivory Black, is a deep, neutral black widely used for shading, outlining, and creating dramatic contrasts. Ideal for use on surfaces like pastel paper, canvas, and mixed media paper, this pastel is best suited for professional artists, advanced students, and anyone working on substantial projects where a large amount of a single, high-quality colour is required. Its size makes it practical for bold, expressive strokes and for building up rich, textured layers in drawings and paintings. The product continues a heritage dating back to 1900, when Gustave Sennelier first created these pastels for masters like Edgar Degas.