These pastels are smooth on the paper, are consistent in color and texture. I love working with them.

Honestly, I was quite disappointed in my selection of individual Diane Townsend pastels. This isn’t a review of the pastels themselves. I love DT pastels. I was looking for a lovely assortment of lights. The colors swatches on the website showed some lovely pale and distinguishable colors. I ordered 10 sticks that I thought would be perfect for my needs. What I got was basically 9 sticks of white and a pale green. Only the green matched the color swatch. I have looked and compared and I see no barely no color difference in the other 9. It’s hard to order from a website but that is really the only choice we have for quality pastels. This isn’t even a color monitor issue. The color just isn’t there.

I purchased 6 singles and 3 are lovely..however.. 3 are gritty and even sandpaper doesn't solve the problem. I don't think I will purchase these again.