Sakura invented Cray-Pas oil pastels. The high-quality coloured crayon, which has been around since 1921, has the ideal balance between pigments, oil and wax. Today, Cray-Pas still sets the standard, unequalled in terms of quality.

This, now famous, crayon was initially developed to encourage schoolchildren to express themselves and be creative, with the aid of its soft texture and mixability: Junior Artist.

Through innovations, the very best ingredients and a belief in the power of individual expression, Sakura has added to the range through the years with Expressionist and Specialist, so that you can now work with Cray-Pas throughout your life.

Cray-Pas is ideal for making portraits, landscapes, still lifes and abstract works of art. They come in a very wide range of colours and the light-fast crayon can be applied to many different surfaces, including paper, cardboard, canvas and wood.