Almost every art academy features monochrome colors such as black, white, red chalk, and sepia in their life drawing courses. These colors give the drawings vitality, liveliness, and expressiveness. Lightened with white and darkened with black shadows, this is an old tradition of figurative drawing from the Renaissance. PITT Monochrome chalks embrace this ancient tradition of figurative drawing, which is why the chalks are harder for drawing applications than regular pastel chalks. When smudging the color, the lines do not completely dissolve. The red chalk and sepia chalks are complemented by fat-free and fatty drawing pencils for details and lines. This is a 33-piece set in a metal case with a professional standard.