I chose to use the connection between Sennelier and Holbein oil pastels because he Sennelier oil pastels were especially made for Pablo Picasso. The Holbein oils are just about the same but they weren't made just for any one person. Some people can t tell the difference between the two. With some help with the two web pages I looked at, which are "Oil pastels product reviews" and "Fine Art Store". I found had they are the same in many ways and don't really have many differences.
The Sennelier products were origin oh made for Pablo Picasso. Only when Henri Sennelier had left over oil pastels, Picasso only wanted 30 of each colour, was when he started selling them. Nice they became very popular Henri began to make more. Sennelier oils were made in 1949, and is one of the oldest brands that are available still today. Their one of the softest oil pastels made, they say its almost as equal to painting with lipstick. The Sennelier oil pastels are not intended for your skin because of the toxics it contains, there called cadmium and cobalt pigments. The tip of the pastels is tapered like a colourful bullet. The wrappers are notched very quarter inch for easy peeling and leaves just enough room for the colour to show and enough room so you can tell what colour is running out. The wrappers are helpful with keeping your hands clean. The oil primaries are very good for mixing/mixture, some say you can paint an entire painting with them. These oil pastels are expensive just for a small amount of them, the primaries (3 colors) range from about $6-12 dollars, just in the U.S. (Sennelier review)
Holbein products are also expensive, depending on the kind you get the price varies from $11-52 for a set of 15 oil pastels, for a ate of 24 the price is about $75 and up. Holbein has top quality oil pastels along with other products. "Their products when shipped to people are systematically organized in a way that makes sense both to the traditional painter looking for specific pigments and to the colourist looking for gradated tints of each pigment". (Holbein review) Their oils pastels do not have wrapping so you might get your hands dirty when you use them.
Holbein products are high quality, made from fine natural and man made pigments, with quality oil and wax. It one of the world leaders in Fine Art Materials web site. Most people would agree that the colours are amazing. You get excellent results for the price you pay for them, along with the depth of the colour. They are very expensive. Sennelier manufactures on of the finest professional oil pastels the world has. The quality of the pastels make them a pleasure to use. They are extraordinary creamy, they are like lipstick. They have rich pigments, outstanding opacity, incredibly wells have excellent lifelessness. (fineartstore)
Both of the sources I looked at said that Sennelier has the finest oils world. They were developed for Pablo Picasso and they are soft like lipstick. They talk about how Holbein oils are naturally and man made. They are high quality materials. The colour takes well and also blends well. It's also one of the world leaders in oil pastels.
I was finding in one of my sources that they only really talked about how they were mad and what they were made of, never really talked about how well they work and if they were able to blend. One source did talk about where they originated, but not really sure for the Holbein products. I know Sennelier was produced in Spain. Not entirely sure on the exact location.neither of the sources really did say.
I think both of the products are good but they are expensive for a small amount of them. I would prefer the Sennelier products more because the tips are more pointed than most oil pastels that are cylinder shaped.
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