A guide to the Royal Talens Van Gogh Oil Pastels

A look at the Van Gogh Oil Pastels. A guide to them and what they feel like and potentially blend like and costs. All you need to know before you set out to add them to your Arsenal of Oil Pastels.

[@kdj.imagery4317]

I agree, I find no use for the colorless blenders. Just a pastel with the oil and binder with no pigments. I have this set and my thoughts are the same. It's a nice range of color and the numbers (ex 207.5/207.9) designate the tints of the color. I have found them too be fairly good however, some colors are different than others and they are a medium in firmness. What I don't like is that some blend well and others don't. I use a white stick and make a base layer and then blend the colors over top and they seem to blend better. Also it depends a lot on the surface of your paper. Perhaps using them as a base layer and using some Mungyo over the top.

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I have a set of 12 that I got for a great deal, and my thoughts on them matched yours pretty well. Strangely, the individual Van Gogh pastels tend to be more expensive than the Caran d'Ache Neopastels in the U.S. (at Blick), so I haven't been tempted to buy more. I wonder if the colorless blender would be good for sheering out colors or glazing - Perhaps there is a mixed media usage? I haven't found a use for it in my art either.