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title: "PITT Pastel Pencils Tin Of 12"
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# 12 rich pastel shades high pigment, wax & oil free sharpenable with erasing knife PITT Pastel Pencils Tin Of 12

**Brand:** faber-castell
**Price:** R835
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🎨 Elevate your art with the pastel pencils that pros swear by!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** PITT Pastel Pencils Tin Of 12 by faber-castell
- **How much does it cost?** R835 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- faber-castell enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted faber-castell brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Compact & Portable Tin:** Sleek metal case keeps your pencils organized and protected, ideal for on-the-go creative professionals.
- • **Muted Earth Tones Mastery:** Curated 12-color set emphasizing sophisticated, subtle hues perfect for professional shading and layering.
- • **Precision Detailing Power:** High pigment leads deliver crisp lines and smooth shading without wax or oil interference.
- • **Effortless Blending & Smudging:** Designed for seamless color transitions that elevate your pastel artwork with minimal fixing required.
- • **Timeless Craftsmanship Meets Innovation:** From a legacy brand since 1761, combining tradition with modern pastel technology for unmatched quality.

## Overview

Faber-Castell PITT Pastel Pencils Tin of 12 offers a premium set of wax and oil-free pastel pencils featuring 12 muted and earth tone shades. Renowned for their high pigment concentration, these pencils enable precise lines and smooth shading, perfect for detailed pastel work. Housed in a compact metal tin, they blend effortlessly with minimal fixing, reflecting over 250 years of Faber-Castell’s heritage in quality and innovation.

## Description

From the manufacturer About Faber-Castell Faber-Castell was established in 1761 by the cabinet maker Kaspar Faber, it is one of the oldest industrial companies in the world. The company is one of the world’s leading manufacturer of wood-cased pencils with a varied range of products for writing, drawing and creative design, as well as decorative cosmetics. Faber-Castell is renowned for its high quality, innovative products, commitment to tradition, and environmental awareness. Lothar von Faber took over the family business in 1839. He is remembered, in particular, as a pioneer of the branded article who in creating his own brand name set a new standard. Today the eighth generation family member Count Anton-Wolfgang von Faber-Castell, who took over as head of the company in 1978, has been instrumental in new product development and the expansion of international activities. Count Faber-Castell takes delight in rediscovering products from the past and recreating them with timeless design and modern technology. Pitt Pastel Pencils - Tin of 12 The Pitt pastel pencils contain a high level of pigment, but are wax and oil free, and are perfectly suited for fine details in pastels. Just like the Polychromos pastel crayons they can be easily smudged to create fine color transitions and perfectly complement the pastel crayons. Only minimal fixing is required, ensuring that the pastel drawings retain their vividness of color. Pitt Pastel Pencils Pitt Pastel Pencils are supreme quality and they have excellent light resistance and color brilliance, are grease and oil free, ideal for fine and elaborate details and can be sharpened with erasing knife or sharpening machine. Colours Included Colours included in the set are white, cream, helioblue-reddish, light ultramarine, hookers green, earth green yellowish, pompeian red, sanguine, terracotta, dark naple ochre, dark sanguine and black

Review: Lovely pencils - These are lovely pastel pencils I would thoroughly recommend them
Review: Another Faber-Castell winner - I bought these to compliment my other Faber Castell ranges of pencils and I have to say that like all of the Faber Castell I have tried they are very nice, the colours in the pastel range are lovely and they are very easy to use. That said I keep reading that they were designed to provide Pastel pencils that require little or no fixing and yet I will be fixing mine as I really cannot tell that they are any different in that aspect to the various other pastels I have tried in the past, however I am still quite a novice with pastels so it might be something that I am doing rather than the pencils so I will have to see how that spans out as I gain more experience.

## Features

- Warning:Not suitable for children under 36 months
- Compact, economical lead
- High level of pigment makes lead suitable for lines and shading
- Colour selection has particular emphasis on muted shades and earth tones

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B000WIHKJE |
| Age Range Description | Adult, Child |
| Age range (description) | Adult, Child |
| Animal Theme | Lion |
| Artistic Charcoal Form | Compressed Charcoal |
| Best Sellers Rank | 32,725 in Home & Kitchen ( See Top 100 in Home & Kitchen ) 23 in Drawing Media/Pastels |
| Body Shape | Cylindrical |
| Brand | Faber-Castell |
| Brand Name | Faber-Castell |
| Closure Type | tin |
| Colour | Multicolor |
| Country Of Origin | Germany |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,189 Reviews |
| Drill Point | Fine |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 04005401121121 |
| Grip Type | smooth |
| Included Components | Metalletui |
| Ink Base | Pigment |
| Ink Colour | Multicolour |
| Ink colour | Multicolour |
| Is the Product Left or Right Handed? | Ambidextrous |
| Item Diameter | 4.3 Millimetres |
| Item Dimensions | 105 x 185 x 12 centimetres |
| Item Weight | 0.8 Grams |
| Line Size | 0_7mm |
| Manufacturer | Faber-Castell |
| Material | Wood |
| Material Type | Wood |
| Model Name | Pitt Pastel |
| Model Number | 112112 |
| Pattern | Single |
| Product Warranty | No warranty. |
| Recommended Uses For Product | Drawing |
| Special Features | Blendable |
| Style | Tin of 12 |
| Subject Character | no subject character |
| Theme | Rainbow |
| UPC | 499995253599 400540112117 |
| Unit Count | 12.0 Count |
| Water Resistance Level | Not Water Resistant |
| Writing Instrument Form | Pastel Pencil |
| Writing instrument form | Pastel Pencil |

## Product Details

- **Age range (description):** Adult, Child
- **Brand:** Faber-Castell
- **Colour:** Multicolor
- **Ink colour:** Multicolour
- **Material:** Wood
- **Model name:** Pitt Pastel
- **Point type:** Fine
- **Special feature:** Blendable
- **Unit count:** 12.0 count
- **Writing instrument form:** Pastel Pencil

## Images

![PITT Pastel Pencils Tin Of 12 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81X150ZcIuL.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: What colours are provided**
A: 101 White, 106 light chrome  yellow, 109 dark chrome  yellow,  118 scarlet  red, 151 helio blue reddish, 167 permanent  green olive, 168  earth green olive, 283 burnt Sienna, 199 black, 140  light ultramarine,  127 pink carmine.  Amazon  have the wrong description  of what colours  you get.

**Q: Does they have skin tones**
A: Hi, 
I only have the box of 24 pastel pencils and depending on what skin tone you are looking for, there are only two light skin colours but the bigger tin of 60 has many more. But they are pastels after all, so I would be using other colours blended together to achieve a true range of skin tone values and they do blend really well together. 
I hope this helps.

**Q: I want something that will smudge and blend well for backgounds to my adult colouring books. Will these fit the bill?**
A: These pastel pencils were on the recommended list from my art instructor (who specialises in pastel paintings) and are brilliant for finer details, once the background of your painting has been established.  They will blend, as they are softer than normal colouring pencils, however if you really want good smudging and blending for a background, I would thoroughly recommend Sennelier pastel crayons.  These are soft crayons which look a little like coloured pieces of chalk, but are soft, almost crumbly and come in the deepest and most subtle of colours.  They will blend and smudge extremely well.  I ordered these also through Amazon.  They are fairly expensive as they are good quality - the softer, the more expensive, I find - so I bought a box of 40 assorted half pastels, which gave a brilliant assortment of colours.  Hope this helps.  Good luck.

**Q: Are these better than the derwent pastel pencils or carbothello one?**
A: I haven’t used the Derwent or Carbothello pencils.  I’m no great artist but attended (before Lockdown) art classes where I live.  I bought on recommendation of our teacher.  I remember as an 11 year old persuading my Father to buy this make of colouring pencils (they cost 17s 
6d. Which my Father thought was very expensive in 1951).  The box contained 36 pencils and  I still had some small stubs when I left at 18 
to go to College.  So I do believe they are quality pencils and apparently good for smudging, hatching & cross hatching and for use with 
fixatives.  Hope this helps.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lovely pencils
*by L***4 on 26 October 2025*

These are lovely pastel pencils I would thoroughly recommend them

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Another Faber-Castell winner
*by R***S on 12 September 2016*

I bought these to compliment my other Faber Castell ranges of pencils and I have to say that like all of the Faber Castell I have tried they are very nice, the colours in the pastel range are lovely and they are very easy to use. That said I keep reading that they were designed to provide Pastel pencils that require little or no fixing and yet I will be fixing mine as I really cannot tell that they are any different in that aspect to the various other pastels I have tried in the past, however I am still quite a novice with pastels so it might be something that I am doing rather than the pencils so I will have to see how that spans out as I gain more experience.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good for fine details
*by A***R on 10 January 2026*

I use these along with the CarbOthello pencils, these are firmer and good for fine details that don't require much blending.

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*Last updated: 2026-02-12*