MUNGYO Gallery Handmade Soft Pastels Set of 30 - Professional Quality, Rich Pigments, Smooth Texture

### An Interesting Unison Alternative: Mungyo Gallery Professional Soft Pastels I recently purchased the Mungyo Gallery Professional Soft Pastels set of 30: Pros: - Diverse Colors: A wide range of vibrant colors that provide rich coverage. - Texture: Similar to Unison, they glide smoothly across Canson 500 series charcoal paper, Art Spectrum Colorfix Pastel paper, and UART 500 pastel paper, making blending and layering easy. - Ease of Use: Easy to handle and remove the paper cover; can be broken in half for detailed work without significant loss. - Affordable Quality: Comparable to high-end brands, these pastels are softer than machine-made ones but slightly harder than premium brands, offering great versatility. Cons: - Availability and Delivery: Harder to find than other brands, but Amazon offers the best price. - Detail Work: Achieving fine details can be challenging depending on skill level, which is more a characteristic of the medium than the brand. Overall, Mungyo Gallery Soft Pastels are a fantastic option for both beginners and experienced artists seeking high-quality pastels at an affordable price. Don’t let cost be a barrier to this wonderful medium. Highly recommended!

I've wanted to try handmade soft pastels for so long but the price always made me pause. I know myself and if I brought pastels that were really expensive I never would have used them. I would have saved them for the right project or waited until my skills were on par with the quality of the pastels. Which is a waste, what's the point of buying art supplies if they're too precious to use. So when I saw these hand-rolled Artist quality pastels in a youtube video I knew I had to try them. These pastels are affordable, there is nothing cheap about them! I've worked with oil pastels and machine-made soft pastels. These pastels are easy to blend and buttery soft. The color applies smoothly to the paper they're very easy to work with. The color is vibrant and the pastels are highly pigmented. I didn't get a lot of dust and when I opened my sketchbook the next day the transfer on the opposite page was minimal. I haven't used any other brands but these pastels behave exactly as I hoped and expected handmade pastels would. I cannot say enough good things about Mungyo Gallery. I'm going to buy their artist oil pastels next. If you're on the fence, I'd suggest you go ahead and buy them. I'm so happy I did. The set of 30 is a good amount but if you can afford a larger set go for it. I wish there was a bit more color variation, two of the reds are very close in tone to one another. This would be fine but in a set of 30 every pastel counts and if your color isn't dark enough there isn't much you can do. And an extra white would have been nice. But since you can buy these pastels individually I'm not too pressed about that. The color chart in the manual is a helpful tool if you do want to add to your set. You can see which colors come in each set and which colors you're missing.

I have several different brands of soft pastels and wanted something similar to my Sennelier sets. I needed something more affordable so that I can use them regularly without worrying about the cost. I tend to use Faber and Rembrandt most often as well as Nupastels. I am absolutely loving these mungyo/Honsell hand made soft pastels. They blend nicely with other soft pastels and pastel pencils. I’ve tried them on different surfaces/brands of pastel paper, pastel-mat, mixed media, watercolor paper and ampersand pastel board, as well as my own hand made pastel paper with wonderful results. I have recently purchased my second set of 30. This set has beautiful colors and is very affordable. They are similar in softness to Sennelier but not as brittle or dusty. The texture is smooth and creamy so blending with your fingers is pleasantly satisfying. I can’t say enough about the exceptional quality and color selection. These are quickly becoming my favorite. The price jump of the 60 piece set and up was shocking but now I understand why. These are professional artist quality pastels with budget friendly options.

Great Product very pigmented and at a good price. Also product is full size and smooth.

These were the first oil pastels I have ever tried and they are amazing! Soft and easy blending, sharp colors. A great set and a super price point as well. Almost every YouTube review adored them as well. If there is ONE bummer about them, I'd have to say that there are no individual sticks available as you run out. Buying a whole new set to replace one color is stupid! Otherwise, I would say they were a FIVE.

Love the colors, and easy to work with.

While one or two sticks are too hard for my taste overall this is a terrific set of pastels. I only wish I had got the 60 piece set.

Handmade pastels, in this quantity, usually cost hundreds of dollars (me, looking greedily at Unison, Terry Ludwig etc.). I was looking for a budget set to use as a beginner and after my experience with Mungyo Extra fine soft pastels, I just went ahead and bought this set of soft, soft pastels. They work great - I enjoy using them and have not had any issues with it. Found out later that Karen Margulis recommends Mungyo Handmade pastels for beginners on a budget as well!

Love these! They’re soft, pigmented and just all round great pastels. And the price is really good for the quality.

Je suis ravie super produit et envoi rapide pastels bien protégés 👍😊

these pastels are really nice,lovely quality and very smooth to work with. i have other brands i use but these are the ones i use the most at present and have just bought the portrait 60 set ,i highly recomend these for quality and price.

Die Softpastels lassen sich sehr gut mit und ohne andere Softpastels verarbeiten und auch verblenden. Sie sind nicht so hoch pigmentiert wie die der Marke Sennelier , die Farben sind trotzdem intensiv und eher butterig im Auftrag. Ein schönes Set

These pastels are similar in texture to Unisons. The colours are amazing! Quite often when I can’t find a particular colour I’m looking for among my top quality pastels (e.g. Terry Ludwig, Schmincke) I will find the colour in my Honsell (Mungyo) set. Beautiful, bright and vibrant colours, creamy delicious texture. Love these.