
Sennelier - Oil Pastels - 6 Discovery Colour Set
In 1949, Parisian painter Henri Goetz approached Henri Sennelier, the famous artist materials manufacturer, about creating a wax colour stick for his friend Pablo Picasso. Picasso, a long-time Sennelier customer and a frequent visitor to their store across the street from the Louvre museum, was looking for a medium that could be used freely on a variety of surfaces without fading or cracking.
Their collaboration produced the incomparable Sennelier oil pastel.
Key features:
- Extra fine Artists’ quality Easy to work with Blend well with other colours
- Extremely versatile and can be used on a wide variety of surfaces
- Makes use of the components used in all Sennelier colours – top-quality pigments, an extremely pure synthetic binding medium, and mineral wax
This set includes 6 full sticks in the following essential colours:
- White - 001
- Lemon Yellow - 019
- Permanent Intense Red - 220
- Delft Blue - 203
- Green Medium - 045
- Black - 023
Made in France.
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Sennelier - Oil Pastels - 6 Discovery Colour Set
In 1949, Parisian painter Henri Goetz approached Henri Sennelier, the famous artist materials manufacturer, about creating a wax colour stick for his friend Pablo Picasso. Picasso, a long-time Sennelier customer and a frequent visitor to their store across the street from the Louvre museum, was looking for a medium that could be used freely on a variety of surfaces without fading or cracking.
Their collaboration produced the incomparable Sennelier oil pastel.
Key features:
- Extra fine Artists’ quality Easy to work with Blend well with other colours
- Extremely versatile and can be used on a wide variety of surfaces
- Makes use of the components used in all Sennelier colours – top-quality pigments, an extremely pure synthetic binding medium, and mineral wax
This set includes 6 full sticks in the following essential colours:
- White - 001
- Lemon Yellow - 019
- Permanent Intense Red - 220
- Delft Blue - 203
- Green Medium - 045
- Black - 023
Made in France.
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In 1949, Parisian painter Henri Goetz approached Henri Sennelier, the famous artist materials manufacturer, about creating a wax colour stick for his friend Pablo Picasso. Picasso, a long-time Sennelier customer and a frequent visitor to their store across the street from the Louvre museum, was looking for a medium that could be used freely on a variety of surfaces without fading or cracking.
Their collaboration produced the incomparable Sennelier oil pastel.
Key features:
- Extra fine Artists’ quality Easy to work with Blend well with other colours
- Extremely versatile and can be used on a wide variety of surfaces
- Makes use of the components used in all Sennelier colours – top-quality pigments, an extremely pure synthetic binding medium, and mineral wax
This set includes 6 full sticks in the following essential colours:
- White - 001
- Lemon Yellow - 019
- Permanent Intense Red - 220
- Delft Blue - 203
- Green Medium - 045
- Black - 023
Made in France.












