{"product_id":"zart-pastel-palettes-basics-8-pan-colours-in-one-case","title":"Zart Pastel Palettes Basics 8 Pan Colours in One Case","description":"\u003ch2\u003eEight pastel colours in a pan, not eight sticks rolling off a desk\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEight pan colours in one hinged palette. Highly pigmented, less filler, no binders. $28.30.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePastel sticks break, roll and get lost.\u003c\/strong\u003e Pans do not. All eight colours sit in one case that closes, travels in a bag, and can be handed to a student without half of it ending up on the floor. For a class set that is the whole argument.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNo binders is a real difference.\u003c\/strong\u003e Binders are what dull a pastel and stop it blending. Take them out and you get the colour the pigment actually is, and it moves across the paper instead of sitting on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eApplied with tools and sponges, not fingers.\u003c\/strong\u003e That is how pan pastel is designed to work - you lift colour and lay it down, which gives you control a stick cannot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEight colours is a starting palette\u003c\/strong\u003e, not a compromise. Highly pigmented colours mix, so eight goes a long way further than eight would in a cheaper set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeal with fixative\u003c\/strong\u003e when the work is finished, as with any dry pastel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat is not published\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZart does not name the eight colours, give the pan size or say how much pastel is in each one.\u003c\/strong\u003e They also do not say whether tools and sponges are included - their own copy says the pans are \"best used with\" them, which reads like they are sold separately. \u003cstrong\u003eWe have asked all of it\u003c\/strong\u003e and would rather tell you it is unknown than guess.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53793476706667,"sku":"EVPSZ121","price":28.3,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/2795\/8891\/files\/the-creative-school-supply-company-dry-pastel-default-title-pastels-palettes-by-zart-basics-pack-of-8-psz121-49901810483476.jpg?v=1788373750","url":"https:\/\/megaofficesupplies.com.au\/products\/zart-pastel-palettes-basics-8-pan-colours-in-one-case","provider":"Mega Office Supplies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}