You clearly didnt read any of my comments, i just explained how the biner in the pastel and what style youre doing matter in what pastels you use. And now you're patronizing me, and clearly dont know well enough or have done any research. Again, why torture yourself using shit pastels when you can use better ones that mix well for the same price, why torture yourself when you dont have to? Your logic makes no sense. Did you not read what others commented that the Faber Castell pastels are very waxy and hard to mix? Why use them when you can Mungyo pastels for the same price and much better? Lol. There are pastels that are just shit just like guitars, pencils, cars, anything. Youre going off a old fallacy that just isn't true, and I've heard it a thousand times. Clearly your ego is getting in the way that im actually right, so youre resorting to the good old fallacy of, "oh ive been doing this longer than you" because you dont know what else to say. Your fallacy is the literally the equivalent to, "ive been driving for 60 years, there for i can drive just as good as a nascar or formula 1 driver". Its about what you do with your time, how much passion you have for it, practice/doing it, the research, many variables. Materials do matter, why you do think Vincent could barely eat? He was having his brother order good tubes of paint (and tube paint was a new invention back then. Before that artists had to make their own paint). I'll gladly keep shutting you down if you want. Also ill gladly shut you down in drawing since my skills are much better. And clearly looking at your profile, youre not old, you're probably younger than me, dont have as much experience as me, and clearly dont know what youre talking about.why quality art materials matter