BLOCKX Soft Pastels – Wooden Box of 72 Portrait Colors

The BLOCKX Wooden Box of 72 Portrait Soft Pastels is the most comprehensive portrait-focused set in the BLOCKX range, designed for professional artists, portrait specialists, and advanced pastelists seeking maximum control and nuance in skin-tone rendering.

This extensive palette features a refined spectrum of warm and cool flesh tones, pinks, reds, ochres, browns, greys, subtle greens, blues, violets, and carefully balanced neutrals, enabling lifelike transitions, depth, and expressive modeling across all skin types and lighting conditions.

Handmade using traditional methods, BLOCKX soft dry pastels are renowned for their velvety texture, high pigment concentration, and exceptional covering power. The pastels are non-friable, comfortable to handle, and deliver smooth, controlled application with luminous color intensity. Each stick is securely housed in a protective foam insert inside a premium black wooden presentation box, offering durability, elegance, and studio-ready organization.

The pigments are highly lightfast, ensuring artwork remains vibrant over time. These pastels are ready to use straight from the box and are also water-soluble, making them suitable for washes and mixed techniques. While compatible with a wide range of surfaces, they perform best on high-quality pastel papers.

This 72-color portrait set represents the ultimate BLOCKX portrait collection — ideal for artists who demand precision, range, and professional performance.

Key Features

• Wooden presentation box with 72 portrait-focused soft dry pastels
• Extensive range of flesh tones, neutrals, and subtle accent colors
• Ideal for portraits, figures, and expressive skin-tone studies
• Handmade using traditional craftsmanship
• Soft, velvety texture with excellent covering power
• Non-brittle and non-friable
• Secure foam inserts for clean handling and protection
• Water-soluble for versatile techniques
• Excellent lightfastness
• Designed for professional artists and advanced pastelists