I think this will work fine for soft pastels. I had hoped to be able to use it with colored pencil. I purchased the "black" paper which is actually a very dark grey. A #2 on the Gray Scale. I needed a true black. Also the paper is quite dirty. If you rubbed your finger tips across it, you will have gray fingers. That issue caused the gray to mix with colored pencil and distort the colors. However, pastels should be fine with it. I will use this paper for my pastel works, but I will not order more, I have other papers for my pastels. The sanded texture is somewhere between 200 and 400. Fast shipping, well packaged. Read more

These are very similar to UART, but they don't curl up. They don't take quite as many layers and they don't like wet underpainting much, but they are very good value. Read more

This paper is great for adding many layers, but be prepared to really use up your pencils. I switched to my less expensive pastel pencils for the base layers, saving my better quality supplies for last layers. You won't have a sharp point for very long, continually sharpen. Tried to erase to adjust the nose length for a portrait, it was a nightmare. Next time, I'll use a 10F pencil for my sketch, so if I have to adjust, it might work better. My mechanical pencil just smeared. There is a major learning curve to use this paper. I've been looking for a paper for portraits that has good tooth for layers, but without a noticeable texture like Canson Mi-Teints paper. Still haven't had my Goldilocks moment. I doubt I'll be buying this again . Update: After the annoyance of not being able to get enough layers on Mi-Teints Pastel paper and fighting the texture, I decided to try this paper again. Yes, it eats up your pencils, but you can layer to your hearts content. I use my less expensive pastel and regular pencils and pan pastels for the first few layers, cheaper to replace, and use my best supplies for the last layers. Also, because erasing is very difficult, I did my preliminary sketch using a 10F pencil. Worked much better. Once you get over the learning curve with this paper, I think you'll love it, too. Read more

Es ist sehr grobes Papier, aber für meine Pastellmalerei sehr gut geeignet. Man kann viele Lagen Kreiden auftragen Read more

Didn't like it the first time I used it, then used a different paper for pastel use and got frustrated with not being able to work enough layers. So I tried it a 2nd time, and fell in love! I've never reached a point that I can't add another layer, never! Yes, it will eat up your supplies, but that's why my first layers are my more affordable and easily replaced pastel pencils and colored pencils as the base, then I build from there. Totally worth it! Read more