About this material
PanPastel is a soft pastel packed in a round, flat container called a pan. Unlike stick pastels, you pick up the color with a special sponge and put it on paper much like paint. It is made from good pigments with only a small amount of binder, so it makes little dust and spreads easily.
Colors are sold one at a time and in sets of 5, 10, 20 and more. Sets come with Sofft Tools, which are sponge tools made for PanPastel. In October 2025, 53 new colors were added.
Colors can be layered and blended on the paper, and they can be erased with a kneaded eraser or a plastic eraser. PanPastel can also be used together with colored pencils and watercolors.
Translated from the Japanese original.
- Type
- Soft pastel (in pans)
- Volume
- 9ml per color (pan diameter 62mm)
- Application
- Applied with special sponges (Sofft Tools)
- Sets
- 5, 10, 20 colors and more (with Sofft Tools)
- Open stock
- Available
- Distributor
- Holbein (Japan)