Derwent Academy Oil Pastels, Set of 24, Multicolor

Really not creamy enough. Very frustrating to use. I'd pay a bit more if you're new to oil pastels or you'll give up.Took me back to crayons as a kid. On textured paper doesn't cover well, smoother paper is better but doesn't blend brilliantly. Heavy layering works okay, though you do end up with small specks of the oil pastel spotting the paper, but when blending or layering colour it does tend to pull off.Okay for sgraffito (scratch art) as long as you don't use too many layers, and cheaply covering large areas.I'll stick to their pencils.UpdateOrdered some of the Pentel pastels suggested by another reviewer. They are a dream to work with by comparison. Much creamer and blend beautifully.Really surprised as Derwent have always been my go to.

It's the first time I've used oil pastels so I was a little worried in case they would be difficult to blend as they weren't at all expensive. I needn't have worried. I used them to add accents to die-cut cardboard and Flower Forming Foam before moulding the shapes into artificial flowers and they blended really well. I think they are excellent value for money.

Good range of colours, blend well, reasonable price. Packaging was different to shown but prefer as more practical for storage.

Our granddaughter is good at art and really wanted these for Christmas

This set was part of a gift for someone in hospital. The recipient was very pleased with it.

Not cheap, but what a budding artist apparently needs. Put to work immediately and apparently do the business for her.

bought these for my daughter who's doing A level art , and she seems to be very pleased with them .

Still to be tried but pleased so far