Caran d'Ache Neoart 6901 Pastel Sets

Introducing Caran d'Ache Neoart™ 6901 Pastels, the revolutionary wax-oil pastel redefining permanence in contemporary drawing and painting. Developed and manufactured in Switzerland, Caran d'Ache Neoart™ offers professional artists an innovative medium that combines the creamy softness of wax with the richness, depth, and layering capabilities of oil-based colour.

With a highly concentrated pigment load and 75% mono- or bi-pigment formulations, Caran d'Ache Neoart™ 6901 pastels deliver exceptional chromatic purity, luminous colour intensity, and archival-quality results. The smooth, satin finish allows colour to glide effortlessly across the surface while maintaining the control needed for detailed mark-making, layering, and mixed media techniques. Rich opacity, brilliant pigmentation, and exceptional blendability enable artists to transition seamlessly between broad painterly passages and intricate detail. Unlike traditional soft pastels, Neoart™ is completely dust-free, making it ideal for studio artists, illustrators, and creatives seeking a clean, permanent drawing medium.

Caran d'Ache Neoart™ 6901 Pastels are designed for artists who demand permanence. As part of Caran d'Ache's Expert Range, Neoart™ 6901 is the world's first wax and oil pastel to comply with the stringent ASTM D6901 lightfastness standard, delivering colours that remain vibrant for up to 100 years. Whether creating gallery pieces, commissioned portraits, botanical studies, or mixed media artworks intended for long-term display, artists can rely on the exceptional lightfastness of every colour in the range. The Neoart™ 6901 range consists of 48 colours, including 34 shades rated LFI (Excellent Lightfastness) and 14 shades rated LFII (Very Good Lightfastness), making it one of the most durable pastel ranges available today.

Ideal for drawing, layering and mixed media techniques, Caran d'Ache Neoart 6901 Pastels can be used on a variety of surfaces including paper, card, canvas, glass and wood. Caran d'Ache Neoart™ 6901 Pastels are compatible with other professional Caran d'Ache ranges, and their permanent, water-resistant formula can also be dissolved with white spirit for blending and painterly effects.

Key Features:

• Professional-quality oil and wax pastels
• Smooth, soft and non-powdery texture
• Rich, highly saturated colour
• Excellent coverage
• Permanent and water resistant
• Octagonal shape for a secure grip
• Suitable for paper, card, canvas, glass and wood
• Can be dissolved with white spirit
• Designed for long-lasting artwork with excellent lightfastness
• Ideal for drawing, layering, blending and mixed media
• Made in Switzerland.

Neoart™ 6901 Pastel Set of 12

• offers a carefully selected foundation palette featuring essential primary, secondary and earth colours. It provides everything needed to mix a surprising range of hues while learning the unique handling characteristics of Neoart™. The compact format makes it an excellent introduction to the Neoart™ range while still providing the permanence and colour brilliance expected by professional artists.
• Colours include: White, Yellow, Orange, Permanent Red, Violet, Ultramarine, Grass Green, Brown Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Sepia, Silver Grey, Black

Neoart™ 6901 Pastel Set of 24

• expands the core selection with a broader range of warm and cool variations, allowing artists to achieve greater colour nuance and more sophisticated mixes directly from the stick. The additional greens, blues, earth tones and portrait colours significantly reduce the need for colour mixing while increasing creative flexibility.
• Colours include: White, Silver Grey, Black, Lemon Yellow, Yellow, Orange, Saffron, Burnt Ochre, Brown Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Permanent Red, Purplish Red, Violet, Ultramarine, Night Blue, Ice Blue, Grass Green, Moss Green, Spring Green, Light Malachite Green, Terracotta, Russet, Sepia, Slate Grey.

Neoart™ 6901 Pastel Set of 48

• showcases the full Neoart™ 6901 palette, including subtle tints, deep darks, contemporary pigments and specialist colours developed specifically for professional artistic practice. With access to the full colour spectrum, artists can work with maximum precision, tonal control and chromatic complexity while benefiting from Neoart™'s unrivalled permanence and lightfast performance.
• Colours include: White, Bismuth White, Silver Grey, Payne’s Grey, Violet Grey, Slate Grey, Sepia, Black, Permanent Red, Burnt Sienna, Russet, Terracotta, Burnt Ochre, Cornelian, Herculanum Red, Brown Ochre, Burnt Ochre 10%, Saffron, Orange, Butternut, Ochre, Raw Umber, Gold Cadmium Yellow, Brown Olive 50%, Primrose, Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Spring Green, Moss Green, Grass Green, Dark Phthalocyanine Green, Cobalt Green, Dark English Green, Light Malachite Green, Chrysocolla Blue, Ice Blue, Cobalt Blue 5%, Cobalt Blue, Ultramarine, Night Blue, Dark Indigo, Violet, Manganese Violet, Purplish Red, Anthraquinone Carmine, Violet Pink, Perylene Brown.

Range: Neoart
Pack size: Set
Application: Drawing, Blending, Mixed Media
Product type: Oil Pastel
Use with: Paper, Card, Canvas, Glass, Wood