HA SHI Water-Soluble Oil Pastels for Adult Artists, 24 Colors, Blendable

I bought this set as a way to experiment with water soluble oil pastels. I did not expect much more than the usual Far East collection of more or less mediocre product. Imagine my surprise when, opening the box for the first time, i found that my box contained Mungyo brand and labeled soft Gallery water soluble pastels. I am guessing that these pastels are rebadged Mungyos. Mungyo is a well-regarded pastel maker offering superior Products at very reasonable prices. As a result, my Little experiment in water soluble oil pastels turned into a joy. They are really good.

I have different sets of oil pastels. I even made a whole bunch myself. This is the first time I have bought water-soluble oil pastels. I am certainly not a professional artist, and watercolor has been a hard craft to master. These crayons are wonderful! But, first, yes there was crayon with a broken tip, another one broke off about an inch when I was using it. Personally I have no problem with this, as most pastels end up in pieces anyway. Even the shavings can be used. These pastels are soft. They dissolve beautifully when you brush water over them. I am quite taken with them. I am waiting on another brand as well, and this was kind of my back-up choice. It was a very good choice. Yes. I love these crayons!

Compared to the Portfolios, these have brighter colors which is wonderful. But they are not as creamy and don't blend as well when wet.

These are a lot of fun to play with. They blend well with water so I use them for portions of watercolor painting where I want a little more opaque color in spots but yet I can blend it in with the existing painting. It's also fun to do a regular oil pastel painting and then blend it with a brush afterwards.

They go down and spread just like you'd expect. Activation is consistent between colors. I think it's great, especially at the price. A talented person could make something beautiful with these. (Me? No. Ill just try again.) The surprise here was the color selection. You could work from a split primary, but there's plenty of varied earth tones and skin shades too. I'm not a pastel artist, but without water blending these convenience greens seem important. I would trade a beige for a truer yellow ochre and a purple for a warmer blue. There's like five blues and they're all nice, but I want my basic bitc ultramarine sometimes, but that might be a watercolor habit that doesn't matter to you if you want to use and blend dry.

My box had only one pastel that spread smoothly. I would have thought they were just supposed to be chalky and not blendable except one glorious pastel was exactly right - smooth, buttery, a pleasure to work with. The rest of them unfortunately had bright colors but were about as blendable as an offbrand crayon. I tried to contact the seller for assistance but couldn't find any way to do so on this page. HA SHI, please let me know if you can help!

They work just like oil pastels and watercolor paint. They are soft and the colors are bright. When used as watercolor it will act as a watercolor leaving no dark splotch where the oil pastel was originally drawn. Iv watched youtube reviews and found these were liked more than the name brand ones. I decided to buy these before I seen the price so that was a nice bonus

Very good.

綺麗に発色して良かったです。

気に入ってます。

確かに水には溶けるが、中途半端（水彩絵の具の50％程度）。活用の方法を研究中。

オイルパステルを使ってみたかったので、購入。 使ってみないと、それぞれのメーカー、商品での特徴がつかめないので最初試したところ、個人的には濃い色の上からも白が乗ってくれるような全体的に柔らかいものを探していました。 こちらは、重ね塗りでは白が乗ってくれなかったので、描き方としては薄いところは最初から白を塗っておく必要がありますね。 そういう特徴を掴んでからなら、上手く他と使い分けられればと思いますが、自分の望んでいた特徴のものとは違いました。 白はとても固く、黒は柔らかかったです。色によっても、特徴が変わりますね。 水溶性ということなので、最後に水筆で濡らしてみたりもしてみたいです。 追記 最後に、水を付けて使ってみたところ、パステルの暖かみを残したまま滲ませたりぼかしたり、という面白い効果が得られましたので、今回レビューに追記と評価を上げさせていただきました。 この効果を部分的に使ったりするのも面白いです。今はとても気に入っております。 少し難がある部分があるとすると、カスが出やすいのでマメに取ったりしています。 あとは、気に入ったので減りの早い色だけ単色買いできたら、最高だなあと思います。