Pastellini is a set of 98 small colour pencils housed in a cylindrical tin, made by Seletti in Italy.
The tin has a lid with a clear cutout to see the many colourful pencils.
The pencils are quite small and round – making them more of an amusement than a practical tool. Still, they look great, and really brighten up a desk.
There aren’t 98 different colours – there is considerable duplication. And the leads are quite waxy, with weak colours.
They were $11.95 at a bookstore. That’s about 12 cents a pencil!
Has anyone been able to find these online?
Hi Tracie, Try a Google search for “Pastellini” with “English results only” selected. There are a few places selling them, though they weren’t among the first few results when I tried this search.
hi i’m from belgium and last year, i went to barcelona with some friend. they sell the pencils in the artstore of the MACBA, barcelona’s museam for contemporary art
I love this photo.
Just seeing coloured pencils makes me want to start drawing!
Kindest regards.
Shirley, thanks for your kind comment!
I found a barely-used tin of these at my local Goodwill for .99$CAN and I just HAD to buy them. I knew nothing about them, but I just thought that they would look fantastic somewhere around my drawing table!